tell us what happened to you? did you get ripped off?

Yes I would like to know as well!

I read it when it first came up... here is a brief idea of what happened (lets see how well I paid attention!)

- 15 hour drive to get to the guide service (central Iowa)

- when he got there, the guides buddy took him out to hunt
never did see or hear much from the original guide during hunt

- no stands set up.

- spend first day hanging stands with helper guy

- got chased off property he was hunting on (no permission - trespassing)
property owner said guide service had been tresspassing for years andhe was glad he finally caught him!

- guide hung stands in the middle of the night in the woodsclient was to hunt in the morning.

- client had a quad he was going to bring along, but guide said he had one
he could use... no such thing, so he used his truck to get around.

- parked truck in "secure"pasture and horses chewed paint off new truck($2,500 estimate to repair paint)

- demanded refund, guide cut him a check and he left for home

- got home and payment was stopped on check right after guy gave it to him (knowing he would take it 15 hours home to cash it)

Wow!!

yeah it was bad real bad

That is awful!! I'd be looking to give the dude a good thourough rear end displacement...

sounds like a bunch of poachers

Hunt non-guided hunts if you can, they are more rewarding and a heii of a lot cheaper.