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Why are hunts so damn expensive???
 Have you ever wondered why these hunts are so damn costly?Well,I have and I can't figure it out..Could I put an ad in outdoor life and tell you I have good white tail hunting here and charge up to 5000 dollars? Hell,I could feed you and put you up for 3 days or so.. Seems to me it would be legal.. There are thousands of guys out there,that would love an elk or black tail deer hunt,but will never see their dream,because they can't afford it with other family obligations..I say it is all a BIG RIP off.... |
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Johnny - I've been on several hunts on a working man's salary. It takes me a couple of years to save up enough $ to go. But when you go with an outfitter, one who does his job, there are expenses just like any other business. If he doesn't own the land he is hunting, he has to pay for the exclusive right to hunt it. He also has to pay the camp cook, guides etc. If the hunt requires horses, there is feed and other supplies. Other costs include fuel, tents and other camp and equipment supplies/upkeep. Not to mention the cost to do preseason scouting. For most of these guys, its their living and its all they do for 3 or 4 months out of the year (the actual hunting part only). Its notthe outfitter costs that disturbs me, its the cost of some of the non-resident license fees. Some of these states are getting pretty outlandish.
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Amen to that!! I've been chasing whitetails andgobblers since I was a kid, and am justnow beginning tohunt out west. . I've got acraving for something different! Luckily, I hunt with a group thathas been there and done that. If not for those guys, I'd probably never get the opportunity. All of our hunts are DYIafter points are built up and tags are drawn. Most are achieved on a budget of $1,000 or less (per hunter).But without someone to show me the ropes. . . .[:o]
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It's because there are people willing to pay for them just like a $50,000 4 wheel drive truck I saw the other day. Take a look at the gun magazines and how many 2 and 3 thousand dollar rifles they are hawking as being affordable and a bargain to buy. If people would refuse to pay that, then the prices would be cheaper but there's always someone with plenty of money who will pay to play. The rest of us are left standing on the outside looking in.
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Not to be a smartass, but the answer comes from economics 101: "because the market will support the high prices." You can bet if they weren't selling as many hunts as they planned to, they would drop their prices to a point at which they can fill up theirschedule with hunts. If they can't drop the prices any farther due to various costs they have to deal with, then they are likely to go out of business or change to a different business. When that happens, supply drops, and everybody elses' prices may go up to take advantageof the situation.
Regarding your business idea, yes, it would be legal provided you file the necessary paperwork with your local, state or national agency, pay the appropriate taxes, and make sure to not misrepresent the hunt, accomodations or anything else. So, basically, until people stop buying hunts at current prices, or you significantly increase the supply of available hunts,it will remain expensive. |
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For the most part , I don't have a problem with the prices that an outfitter charges. They have to make a living too. But I have a problem with no lodging ,3-4 day hunts , Trophy fee and the most Important is 2 x1 Hunts. I lost a 180 + Mule deer honoring the shot Turn on a 2 x 1 Hunt. I wil never again do a 2 x1 hunt.
The prpblem with alot of Outfitters is they take tooo many people every year that the quility of the animals suffer. so the first Question that you should ask is how many people a year do you take each year and then chech refrences check ,check,check ask what you liked and disliked , also ask for people who did't take animals and talk to them too. For the most part do a 1x1,I will not pay $1000 more to hunt 1x1 thats crazy. |
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ORIGINAL: blaserman For the most part , I don't have a problem with the prices that an outfitter charges. They have to make a living too. But I have a problem with no lodging ,3-4 day hunts , Trophy fee and the most Important is 2 x1 Hunts. I lost a 180 + Mule deer honoring the shot Turn on a 2 x 1 Hunt. I wil never again do a 2 x1 hunt. The prpblem with alot of Outfitters is they take tooo many people every year that the quility of the animals suffer. so the first Question that you should ask is how many people a year do you take each year and then chech refrences check ,check,check ask what you liked and disliked , also ask for people who did't take animals and talk to them too. For the most part do a 1x1,I will not pay $1000 more to hunt 1x1 thats crazy. |
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As stated, you can do a DIY hunt for $1000 or less. Is that too much? Then if it is a priority to go, you have to do what it takes to save up that money, work toward a better job, etc. No, I don't think it is a rich mans sport yet. As stated, tag prices are going in that direction though.
And no I don't think outfitters are fleecing anyone. They work hard and get what they can for the hunts. Just like the grocery store, hardware store, they get what they can for their product, as would you if you were an outfitter. |
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yes ,you pay thru the nose to hunt a animal that doesn't belong to anyone. i don't think they should be able to charge those high prices either. some places i've seen ,private land feed all the game so it stays on there land instead of puplic land ,then charge something stupid to hunt there. i guess you could pay to hunt farm animals inside a fence in texas. but then again i'd may as well kill one of the cows in the farmers field next door. i could set in the barn on a rest and shoot one when he came to the feeder.the main reason the prices are high is there are enough fools out there that are willing pay it.
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I'm convinced most of the cost goes to the outfitting the hunt itself, if not to the tag/license as well, but if you draw the tag on yoru own, that shoudl only be a limited cost. The outfitting, ie cooking hauling supplies etc....is what adds up, food, water etc....I think most of us hunters could probably do a find job on our own, but after a full day in the bush, coming back to a meal that you don't have to cook yourself, and clean up to, especially if its a wilderness hunt, or back in the middle of nowhere,
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It's all expensive any more. In 6 yrs I have spent more money hunting in Colo than in40 yrs hunting in PA. And I LIVE in Colo. A trip thru the recent ISE Denver Expo with a knowledgeable friend who has recently hunted worldwide did show me that many hunts are wayyyy overpriced. He did show me some good values there, so it's not all bad. Butguys pay it so it is in fact a market thing.
Capitalism :Dat its finest unfortunately lets some of us hardworkers out[:@]. Hope you get it all worked out. A DIY OTC bull elk hunt can be done for about <$2200 or so if you figger in all expenses and gas from PA and return. I did a lil study on it for another site and others concur with my estimate. Good luck. Lemme know if I can help. |
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It is a fact of life....some people are raised in an environment that produces all sorts of games and they know how to find it because their life was based on learning the land and hunting it...
For us guys in the mid -west.... for just us guys hunting a 10 acre parcel in Michigan.... We do not know where to go out west...we're afraid to invest on a "Do it yourself "hunt because we're unsure of the land but we want to come home successful...so we go guided... We just don't know the nature of the land...we were raised in big cities ....we were not raised in zone XXX of Wyoming.... I guess its how life goes depending on where you live....If I could find an engineering management position that would post me out west I would go...I need to take care of my wife and little girls...if its there....show me the way!! |
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A lot of emphasis is placed on being successful on every single hunting trip. If you think about what you have to spend cash wise and the amount of time and effort in getting to know an out of state area then you have to accept the fact that you will pay in one manner or another to hunt. I have always done DIY hunts and yes at times it has cost up to $2000 to come home empty handed and you always have to justify to your better half and maybe to your self the cost of partial failure/success. Your ability to accept this partial failure/success is what is going to determine your likelihood of using a guide service vs. DIY. I struggled with the cost vs. success of out of state hunting for many years, but when I started viewing it as a vacation/get away/renewal period and success is all in what you make of it…that is when it all came together for me. I will have to say that I have been more successful since I have adopted this philosophy then before since the stress of failure isn’t being held over my head (my wife has accepted it as well). Would I like to go on a guided hunt and be catered to and guided into an unfamiliar land…sure I would, but it might be many more years before I will be able to justify the cost of that luxury hunt (vacation).
Guys it’s all in what you feel your time and success in the field is worth. DIY and be willing to accept the cost/time you have to invest in the field or hire the over priced guide (so some say). In the end you are the one who will have to choose which path is right for you. I don’t hold bad feelings against those who can afford to pay to play since I accepted that I must work hard for all that I get and DIY is my path! Good luck and good hunting… |
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Simple, there are to many people that will pay it. Just like gas. I f we pay the price , they will charge it.
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"Originally by Johnny2: Have you ever wondered why these hunts are so damn costly? Well,I have and I can't figure it out..Could I put an ad in outdoor life and tell you I have good white tail hunting here and charge up to 5000 dollars? Hell,I could feed you and put you up for 3 days or so.. Seems to me it would be legal.. There are thousands of guys out there,that would love an elk or black tail deer hunt,but will never see their dream,because they can't afford it with other family obligations..I say it is all a BIG RIP off.... " Thus the popularity of the local deer patch.... Probably better for your health anyway. |
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Silvertip, was your study done figuring cost of one person coming by themselves? Otherwise, I can't see how it would cost that much per person if you were on a budget. We have a group of 3 to 4 guys to share expenses, and it costs us about half that.
Bull elk tag = $500 (probably more this year) Gasoline: 3000 miles total (15 miles to the gallon average for whole trip): $3/gal gas split 3 ways = $200 (I realize this doesn't include wear and tear on the vehicle driven, but for the sake of argument, lets say that it is not your truck that is taken) Hotel bill (1 stay each way) =$30-50/night/person = $100 Spending money for traveling/eating out/etc =$100-200 Food: you have to eat whether you are on a trip or at home, so this is not really an ADDED expense, but also for the sake of argument, lets add $100 for extra cost beyond what you would spend at home. = $100 a place to stay; someones tent, after the intial expense: $0 Meat processing. Again, this is not really an expense. If you come home empty handed, you don't spend this money. If you get an elk, the meat you bring home more than pays for the processing, so I don't consider this an expense above what I would spend if I didn't go. In fact, it helps recoup some of the expense to go! So far I am at $1100. I am sure I missed a few things, but there are also corners you can cut if you are really on a budget: Don't stay at a motel: pitch a small tent at a campground, sleep in your truck, etc. You can also live on peanut butter sandwiches instead of eating out, drink water instead of sodas, and the deepest cut of all:don't buybeer! |
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I am a working man for the most part I work hard for what I have . I am an Auto Mechanic, Hard work and long Hours. I save and work extra hours and hussle on the side to do my hunt-vaccations. I have hunted from Africa- Mexico , all the prices went up this year because of the fall value of the US dollar.
AS for not a rich mans sport yet - Caribou went from $3900 w/license$5000 + wo/license WhiteTail deer in Sach - $4500 - $9000 and they take 60- 80 people a year. How can you produce big deer with this many deer taken out every year , IT CAN"T BE DONE. I think this year is the year the way people are holding onto money , the outfitters will have alot of cancelations and will have to drop the price on somethngs. I have already had emails on a bear hunt for $1400 that has 5 cancelations. I am done now But Food for thought NOT A RICH MANS SPORT $28,000 Stone sheep --- Polar Bear $45,000 |
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johnny2:
If I could guide-outfit a one-client hunt for $2,500 and earn $100/hour for the hunt, that would be pretty good money. On the other hand, if I could only do four such hunts per season, and I had clients lining up to do the hunt, and I could find three hunters to pay $5,000/hunt, I would do the three hunts at $5,000/hunt and maybe sit at home in the easy chair on the other hunt rather than drop my pricing structure. It is simple economics and capitalism. Why do tickets for the Dallas Cowboys cost $110/seat? Because they can sell them for that figure. If they could sell out pricing the seats at $200/seat, you better bet those seats are going to go up to $200/seat. I say go out there and arrange do-it-yourself hunts. That is what I do. The satisfaction is pretty high knowing you did it all yourself. Of course, those guided/outfitted hunts often have a line on the best hunting grounds for bagging the biggest bulls and the biggest bucks. And maybe they have special exclusive hunting leases arranged with private land owners. And these guided/outfitted hunts have invested some effort up-front scouting to know where the big trophy animals are, which the typical DIY hunter may not be able to do so readily. If you are into it for the trophy, be advised money is going to provide you a big advantage. Trophy hunting has become commercialized in a number of senses and more money spent links strongly with bigger trophy in many cases. |
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WhiteTail deer in Sach - $4500 - $9000 and they take 60- 80 people a year. How can you produce big deer with this many deer taken out every year , IT CAN"T BE DONE. Until outfitters run out of paying clients, the prices will continue to rise. I've gone on a very expensive hunt once, took 7 years for me to save the money to go, and I don't regret doing it, and I'm saving to do something like it once again the near future. |
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Well, if any of you guys are interested theres a place near me thats an estate and has many trophy red stags, its 1 stag over 5 days for $400 and you get to keep the meat and you can get the head mounted.
Only thing is, you need your own firearms. Trophy hunting here isn't as expensive as the US. Just my 2 cents lol |
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I just had an outfitter email me about a Barren Ground Caribou hunt. He didn't include a price, but I told him I am just a regular working classguy and most likely couldn't afford it. He emailed back and said it would only be $7700.00!! I think I'm just going to settle for spring turkey here in Ohio!!!
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I know $1000 is alot of money but if you ever want to hunt out west, it's not hard to skip eating out or conserve in other ways and hunt DIY for elk. It will never get any cheaper!
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Hunting Canada is going to be very expensive because of the weakness of the US dollar compared to the loonie.
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I mentioned this earlier if you guys have the money and want good trophies come to Scotland its 400 bucks for 1 red stag and the hunt is for 5 days.
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DIY hunts are grate , here what I feel about that . I think it would be grate to do one but My draw backs are.
To drive from east coast I guess at $500-$1000 gas Food and lodging week $500 if split with some one else License draw depending on what state or over the counter Hunting on public land - I would like to have scouted before hand But it would take atleast 2 weeks of hunting or get lucky to have taken a good animal It can be done with work or luck. I am looking into a few hunts this year , as soon as Taxes come back (working Man) Mexico for $7000 mule deer and Coues 10 days , also I have spoke by pm and email to a few outfitters on her on Mule deer hunts. |
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ya i wish i could afford an elk hunt or pronghorn hunt, maybe mulie[&:]
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WY antelope is a perfect DIY hunt. It can be done on the real cheap. Lots of goats, lots of public land. Cost would be nothing but gas & tag cost. CB
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Ive done 4 elk hunts, 3 in idaho, 1 in Montana, all DIY. If you can get 4 guys together it really helps keep the costs down. On each trip Ive spent right around 1,100 bucks to do the hunt, that includes lic. gas, lodging and food. I think alot of east cost hunters are intimadated for lack of a better word about where to begin, there worried they wont have a decent shot at a bull or worstwont see any game. My advice to you is study the game/fish web sites for western states, for the most part those will be, Idaho, Montana, Coloradoand Wyoming. Do your home work and by all means call the wildlife biologist for the area your thinking of hunting, they have always been a huge help to me. Also download google earth, it will give you a real good idea of the terrian and vegatation of the area your thinking of hunting. And then bite the bullet, your only a new western hunter the first time, heck last time I hunted Idaho I did it by myself and Im a dumb pennsylvania dutchmen, suck it up and go.
A buddy of mine sumed it up real good for me years ago, about doing what you dream of, his words were, No one has ever layed on their death bed wishing they had spent more time at the office. If anyone would like some help in planning a hunt, drop me a pm, Im always glad to help out a fellow hunter!!!! |
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ORIGINAL: Buckshot Ive done 4 elk hunts, 3 in idaho, 1 in Montana, all DIY. If you can get 4 guys together it really helps keep the costs down. On each trip Ive spent right around 1,100 bucks to do the hunt, that includes lic. gas, lodging and food. I think alot of east cost hunters are intimadated for lack of a better word about where to begin, there worried they wont have a decent shot at a bull or worstwont see any game. My advice to you is study the game/fish web sites for western states, for the most part those will be, Idaho, Montana, Coloradoand Wyoming. Do your home work and by all means call the wildlife biologist for the area your thinking of hunting, they have always been a huge help to me. Also download google earth, it will give you a real good idea of the terrian and vegatation of the area your thinking of hunting. And then bite the bullet, your only a new western hunter the first time, heck last time I hunted Idaho I did it by myself and Im a dumb pennsylvania dutchmen, suck it up and go. A buddy of mine sumed it up real good for me years ago, about doing what you dream of, his words were, No one has ever layed on their death bed wishing they had spent more time at the office. If anyone would like some help in planning a hunt, drop me a pm, Im always glad to help out a fellow hunter!!!! Do some homework and go for it without the use of a guide and I'll guarantee you you'll have just as much fun and save $$$. If anything esle use it as a scouting trip for the next year and your'll still be ahead and save some big $$$. Just do some homework. If you want someone to fix your breakfast and dinner and set you up in a stand and field dress your animal then your going to pay for Tom takeing care of you and making you feel comfortable. It all depends on your expectatations and as well as your comfort zone. Bobby Bobby |
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ORIGINAL: Hunter_59 I know $1000 is alot of money but if you ever want to hunt out west, it's not hard to skip eating out or conserve in other ways and hunt DIY for elk. It will never get any cheaper! |
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I mentioned this earlier if you guys have the money and want good trophies come to Scotland its 400 bucks for 1 red stag and the hunt is for 5 days. |
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By the way they aren't getting any cheaper...so if you plan to make the same money in 5-10years as you do now, go sooner than later. One way to save is to draw a quality tag, and hire a guide, vs. buying guranteed tags. In some cases, such as elk etc.....you can get a $10,000 hunt for $5-6,000. Also it's the only way some guys will ever hunt some states etc.....I've seen I believe in cabelas hunts brochure some utah elk hunts going for 25-35k, draw the tag for.....$800 and go DIY on public land.
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Guides are gonna price themselves out of a job..which ain't all bad.
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Not only with the other answers you have recieved, but usually when you go to an outfitter, your hunting for trophy animals that will score and look big. A lot of hunters dream of putting down a huge 7x7 elk or a 5x5 whitetail with tines 14 inches long. Hunters want that, they will pay for it, hence that what outfitters will charge. However, that doesn't change the fact that we all wish they were cheeper.
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Blaserman-
I hear what your saying. Problem is, I am planning to go solo for elk w/ a bow in which case I need to either get paired up with a guy I don't know or pay an extra $500-1,000 for 1 on 1. There are other unknowns which I plan to know: Like some hunts start @ noon the first day and end at noon the last day ... so a 5 day hunt is now 4 full days and 2 half days. Given the time it takes to get to hunting grounds and get a on an animal 1/2 days don't sound too promising. Also, landowner tags Vs. drawing thru a guide there's another $1,000 difference in cost. This stuff is new to me as I've always hunted w/out an outfitter. |
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This one is always and without question my biggest peeve about hunting today. I know a couple of guys who "guide" during elk and deer season. They know what they're doing. Trouble is, they're like the waiters in the restaurant. They don't set the prices, they just put you on the game and hope you tip them well.
The guys who OWN the elk camps (horses, outfits, etc.) and who have the money to LEASE UP all the available private land are the guys who are the problem here, second only to the guys (maybe some of them here reading this) who will PAY for expensive hunts like that. Most of these guys couldn't tell their own behinds from a hole in the ground when it comes to game - they know MARKETING, and they know ECONOMICS. Everything I do is DIY (with the exception of halibut fishing in AK, now that I sold my boat). I absolutely REFUSE to support people who are only into hunting only because of the MONEY (it's not about the chase to them, or the tradition). Even more disgusting are all these magazine writers who get onto these "trophy hunts" - oh, yeah - in exchange they have to put a plug in for the outfitters, always "the best in the business". Nothing is free. Nothing is honest anymore, either. I'll always have more respect for the guy who hangs a littleforkhorn on his wall from a DIY hunt somewhere else, over some guy who has money and paid someone to show him what to shoot, even if it is a 5x5. Sure, the guides need to make money too. I've no problem paying them directly, it's those guys they work for that I (and often they) have the issues with. And I'll second that a WY antelope hunt is a great DIY opportunity. They're all over the place, though many of these "outfitters" have leased up much of the private land. Thank goodness for BLM. |
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Ecomonics is the reason I hunt pigs here in California..Cheap... its public land and you have to chase them a little, but if you want a guided or semi-guided hunt on private land and ranches here, for pigs in most cases it will cost you 325.00 to 500.00 a pig and the success rate is high, and there are a ton of pig ranches here to chose from.I actually spend a little more than that chasing them around the Los Padres Nat. Forest. because it takes more time to scout for them, sometimes 2-3 days sometimes maybe 4 days. A guided hunt here with a fairly good success rate is probably only one day. I actually hunt 50% NFS land and 50% semi-guided hunts. 325.00 to 500.00 for a pig is not to bad, and these are not high fenced hunts either. Some hunts here you can take 2 for 475.00...you just have to travel a little further north from where I am at. In our present state of the economy here, there are alot of these guys here in Cal. that are willing to discount the pig hunts, espicially the semi-guided ones. Like one guy said if people stop paying for those 7500.00 hunts, the price will fall eventually.
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TXHunter58, you are right about that. If you get a few guys going it's really not that much money. I went to CO last fall on an archery hunt and went solo which cost more. Can't recall all cost but payed $310 for round trip flight, borrowed friend's truck from Denver to hunting area, $510 for license, probably $300 for food, gas& Misc, Around $150 to get elk processed and frozen, Extra $70 to ship bow plus gear bag, about extra $50 to bring two coolers full of meat as luggage, and that was about it.
That's about $1390 solo and the price gets cut when you share driving expenses. I started hunting out west back in 1996 and have gone on 7 elk and 3 mulie hunts. I've had a great time on every hunt and have had some up and downs along the way. I'm single with no children so it's much easier for me to justify and afford doing these. Just don't wait until you are too old to experience it if you can do it. You won't regret it. |
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I agree, hunting with an outfitter is more expensive than alot of us can afford, myself included. It's a shame, but a large part of that expense is caused by the rules and regulationsour government hascreated on guides/outfitters. In most states, Just anybody can't set-up shop and start charging to take us hunting. In nearly every state, there are mandatory training & testingin safety, emergency first aid, guide skills, etc. that they must first take & pass. Then after they get all of that out of the way, they have to purchase a guides license. Usually, that's from someone who already has one because the state has put a limit on the number of guides/outfitters it will allow & theyhave already filled all available guide licenses. Next, in alot of places they have to find landowners willing to lease them hunting rights to private property within the area they are licensed to hunt. Even on public land, they have to apply for the exclusive rights to guide hunts in a given area of the National Forest.Once againvirtually all of those rights have been previously assigned to someone. Thus, again, they are looking for an existing outfitter willing to sell their rights to hunt in a given area of public land. Once they get all of that lined up, they then have to purchase or lease all of the tents, horses, stoves, bedding, lanterns, trucks, trailers, fuel, etc necessary to get their new clients to the camps. Finally, since they only have the short period of time alotted to hunt (the season), they must take on enough clients simultaneously to make the operation pay enough to cover expenses and make a decent living. Finally, do to our current "sue everybody climate" here in the U.S, you can't forget the cost an outfitter must put out to purchase insurance for his business. Ever look into what it costs to purchase the insurance necessary to cover you and your businessif you have an bunch of guys with rifles climbing aboard horses and heading up the side of a 40 degree slope?? Not to mention the fact that no one can guarantee howmuch experienceyour clients have either handling horses orusing firearms. Think about how much it costs you to get liablity insurance on your car, then think about how much it must cost to get liability insurance against the possible lawsuits if a client were to get killed by another client or seriously injured by a horse or mule. Heck, even the insurance to cover the possibility of a client having a heart attack and dropping dead while on a hunt would cost a small fortune since his/her family may just decide that they want to holdyou responsible in a court of law. At any rate, all of those things add up. And any outfitter must cover those costs in just a few short weeks every year. (By the way, I'm not an outfitter; never have been, and have only used an outfitting service once in my life. That was on a bighorn sheep hunt & I had no other way to get myself and my gear into the hunting area. I checked, and it was going to cost me almost as much as I spenton the guide just to rent the horses to do a proper job of scouting, and then rent them again for the hunting season. Guess what, once again, when I checked into why, I found out our state has regulations dictating who and how many people can rent pack animals within the National Forest. There are also regulations dictating how much insurance such an individual must have in order to rent horses on public land. Not to mention the fact that when you take pack animals into the national forest, you must also pack in "certified weedless" feed for them while they are there.And thanks to PETA, we now have regulations dictating how the animals must be looked after while they're being kept in the hunting camp.)
Regards, & Good Huntin', LlindeX |
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The answer can be found at the intersection of the supply and demand curve.
Economics 101 my friend. |
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