If I told a person to shoot 400yds and it was a bad hit then that elks life is on my shoulders it would have no impact on the hunter trying for another. If a hunter shoots an animal and is wounded we will spend the rest of the hunt trying to find the animal. An obvious leg hit or muscle hit without breaking bone is pretty tough to get back up on the animal. So with all these in consideration we do all we can to make sure its a great hunt. I've spent days trying to get back up on bulls that have shot in the front shoulders some get away and some the person gets to finish off.

But I never try to get someone to shoot further than they are comfortable, it has a very low success rate. Out west a 300yd shot is not uncommon, I prefer clients within 200yds and resting solid on a rock, bipods, or tree. We hunt all the days we promised to hunt. We take the people were we promised to go unless there 5 feet of snow then it's down to the lower country.

There are alot of outfitters in the numbers game(money), amazingly enough some of these guys have lasted 15 or so years. But your right eventually they get the bad reputation. The past that reputation throughout other outfitters in the state which is really bad. Personally we don't take more than four people in one hunting camp per season. We handle it all ourselves so its a more personalized hunt. I've always went way beyond my duties to make people have a great time.

Will you not help them find another animal if there is ample time in the week or however long duration the hunt is?

To answer that question? Depending on the circumstance say gut shot, shoulder shot, broken legs.
If the shot was in capable distance of shooting, or the client begged to shoot 500yds on his own accord. Then my answer is the hunter made a bad shot and we will continue his hunt looking for the animal he hit. Most bad hits take the animals life wether its in a day or weeks later. I find it my duty to find and get the hunter back on the animal to dispose of it.
In colorado outfitters are not allowed to hunt with clients or dispatch game for clients. There have been many days I wish I could take the hunters rifle and make that third or fourth shot after the first shot hit the animal.
I will not let the hunter shoot another bull or deer if they have wounded the animal to the point of mortality. It goes against everything I am. Misses don't fall in this catagory. We all miss eventually.

We have two archery seasons, one muzzlerloader season, and four rifle seasons. Thats seven hunts. We usually book only 12 to 16 clients throughout all these seasons. That comes down to roughly 2 to 3 clients per season. And like said before no more than 4 unless its a group of the same party say 5 or 6 people that book as a party. I look at the outfitters that are booking 50 to 70 clients a year and I'm thinking thats doing your client bad. Its hard enough for one guide to successfully guide hunters to 8 to 10 bulls throughout the year. That makes ten guides for a outfitter running that many hunters. They usually only have 3 to 5 guides for that many hunters. Thats what gives outfitters a bad name. My father and I guide our hunters and if the number exceeds four then we bring in a friend that we have used in the past.
Outfitters have to work on ethics and providing great hunts because they are paid to do so. The ones that run numbers won't last forever.