Just to give a POSSIBLE flip side. I talked with them extensively before booking with a different outfitter in ID for this fall.

I had heard internet horror stories about them, got reports from better business or some such place, then called Larry Amos, the owner and asked LOTS of questions, told him what I found. He denied nothing, but put a different side to all the stories. After several phone calls and lots of email, with Larry being what I felt was very obvious and upfront, he sent me a tape of "Jay Gregory Outdoors" which was filmed there last year. It shows the camp, setup, etc.

I called a couple of his references and was just about to book with him, until my Idaho outfitter called me. I had hunted with him 2 years before and trusted him and he had an opening I could go to, so I went with Idaho. I called Larry and told him and he was again very understanding.

Later this past summer I "internet bumped" into a NY fellow who was booked with Winterhawk and we agreed to swap hunt details. He was at Winterhawk for the first week of bow season and the bulls where not bugling and it was very warm, in the 80's. Still most folks in camp saw elk, 3 of 8 had bulls in range. His impression was that the outfit was very well run, well organized and they worked their butts off under less than ideal hunt conditions. Camp tents where clean and food was good, guides new their stuff and the horses were fine. He is re-booking again for another year.


So, not a direct refernece, but info I hunted up while picking for my elk hunt.

--Bob