Not a problem here either, and a lot of them I just laugh at when I see them coming. A lot of the guides are wanna-bes LOL, and I get a kick out of them but, feel sorry for the poor folks hunting with them.

I agree with jmbuckhunter. I am an outfitter and do spend thousands of dollars on the wildlife. There is so much ground out there, that I dont think any one outfitter could make a dent in the general publics hunt. In my state the hunting laws are very liberal and the states stats say that the average buck taken is 1 1/2 years old. The game dept. does not manage for deer. The laws here allow any hunter to kill as many "does" as he wants to, you could shoot thousands for 7.00 tag. If you shoot a large older buck on opening morning, and then shoot all 9 of the does he was with, you have nocked a big dent in the genetics of the area. This activity goes on across our state. I know that the area's that I hunt are managed on purpose, with a purpose, to increase buck age and keep the good genetics. Bucks here travel miles and the ones that get older on my land, travel and offer everyone in the area a chance at a mature buck. I am able to take 1 or 2 bucks off of an area, where in the past a dozen or more were takenby local hunting. I think anything that any hunter can do to allow a buck to reach adulthood is a great thing, its good for genetics and is good for the herd. The worst scenario is all the old bucks shot and the young bucks doing the breeding, this has happened across alot of area's. I know that not everyone is after a big rack, but then again I have never met a deer hunter that wouldn't like to see the big one. As to outfitters in my state taking up the land, I really doubt anyone could lease up enough to take away local hunting. The good out ways the bad, by taking money to hunt, gives me the ability to put more in to the area's herd and at least make a viable attempt to help the herd, no matter what my agenda. Just my thoughts.

i havent had a problem with it.

I hunt huge public land in Idaho, so I have never had a problem with any outfitter I've met. The state is divided up for the outfitters, so they do the best that they can on what land they have to work. The outfitter that has the area that I hunt in is more than helpful with information and knowledge is abundant and freely given because he realizes that my bowhunting is not going to impede on his business by taking too many animals (only one elk allowed per year)or crowding his clients out. Just my two cents.

I'm not a fan of outfitters one bit. I find it wrong to take the tradition of hunting and turn it into a huge business, regardless of how many of your old friends and neighbors you hose along the way.

I understand the 'if it's legal' line, but I could never look an old friend in the face and tell him he can't hunt in a certain spot anymore because a group of guys from the north east want to pay me to drive them around.

Maybe some of you guys have it different, but it's turning pretty rutheless around here. I'd hate to see some of the things over your way deerslayer.

Not a problem here in Jersey, i dont think there are any outfitters.

100% AGREE!

not a problem they just need to make it less pricey