Anyone heard of Barbour outfitters in graham wa?

[Rooster1981]

I sure wish I knew what I know now before I gave him money and made my daughter not want to finish out the season. That's what I'm most upset about losing her desire to hunt. Some people you only get one chance to make a good first impression. She's one of those that's why I went with a guide

 This is the real issue here, I really feel for you and your daughter getting put on a bogus hunt. My next ten years of hunting is devoted to taking my two daughter's on deer and elk hunts. If this happened to me I would have not been civil about the situation.  Its can be really tough keeping kids interested in the outdoors when there is so much for kids to do these days.  I wish you the best, and hope you can get your daughter on a good hunt in the future.

[bobcat]

No hunt is a guarantee, guided or not. If you paid for the opportunity to sit in a blind on private land, in an area that holds elk, you got what you paid for.

[huntnfmly]

No hunt is a guarantee, guided or not. If you paid for the opportunity to sit in a blind on private land, in an area that holds elk, you got what you paid for.

[Rooster1981]

No hunt is a guarantee, guided or not. If you paid for the opportunity to sit in a blind on private land, in an area that holds elk, you got what you paid for.

Well I tell ya what, If I paid thousands of $$ to hunt elk I had better at least see some elk. Hunting is hunting, the opportunity to harvest can only happen if there are elk to see.

[teegansdad]

 

[teegansdad]

Hey every day I was told the elk are eating 500 lbs of apples every night from the blind your daughters gunna hunt from I gut enter she will shoot tomorrow opening day then poof no elk seen for 5 days and no apples eatin from 10 blinds in 5 days . This is just my experience with this guide if me sharing my experience with this guide pusses you off well then you have issues my friend. No hunt is a guarantee but when the guide says I guarantee, you tend to trust them. I'm i not right when you hunt with a guide throw your hunting style out the window and trust your guide. Typically I'm saying

[bullfisher]

Hey every day I was told the elk are eating 500 lbs of apples every night from the blind your daughters gunna hunt from I gut enter she will shoot tomorrow opening day then poof no elk seen for 5 days and no apples eatin from 10 blinds in 5 days . This is just my experience with this guide if me sharing my experience with this guide pusses you off well then you have issues my friend. No hunt is a guarantee but when the guide says I guarantee, you tend to trust them. I'm i not right when you hunt with a guide throw your hunting style out the window and trust your guide. Typically I'm saying

Its hard to keep kids interested in anything. There must be failure in hunting, that's what makes the small victorys so sweet. I will never use a guide for my kids but that's just me. Making it a fun camping experience with hunting sprinkled in will ease them into the hunting desire. And when they've had enough, whip out some peanutbutter cups! Your a better dad for trying, don't get caught up on the success and she will do the same 

[jackmaster]

i feel bad for your daughter, if the elk start showing up at my place during the late season i will pm you and she can come shoot one at my place. it isnt like huntn the woods, my place kinda looks like a park really but it is pretty cool, my son shot a nice blacktail buck and a nice bear and then during the rifle season he messed up on a raghorn 5x6 bull, he thought he could walk right on out back and you can guess what happened.... we useally have a few cows hangn around but they havent come by in a couple weeks, i will let you know if they if ya want   

[Curly]

That is too bad that the girl didn't get to even see an elk.  That is a real shame.  I hope she gets out some more and has a good time.

That kind of hunting would have bored me to tears.  I don't think I could have done it for more than a couple mornings and evenings.

But, that said, the outfitter very well may have honestly thought she would have a good chance at taking an elk.  He may very well have had elk on cam every day for 2 months straight, then as soon as season started they just were somewhere else.  The beginning of the rut and/or all the hot weather we were having may have caused the elk patterns to change.  (Maybe if the season had started a few days earlier, the kid would have gotten an elk the first hour of her hunt and reviews of the guide may have been totally different).  It is hunting (even if it isn't the kind of hunting I'd prefer) and there should never be any guarantees in tagging out in hunting.

Just sounds like this guide is trying the best way possible to try and get clients on those local elk.  It's likely very hard to target backyard elk.  It's probably not like he can go to where the elk have moved to when they aren't using his bait sites any longer.  Sucks, but that apparently is how it works out there. 

The problem with the guide, it sounds like, is that he makes claims that are way too optimistic.  And that is more of what I'd have a problem with than not seeing an elk during the hunt.  If he claimed that elk would definitely be there, than he is guilty of over-selling the hunt.

[huntnphool]

i feel bad for your daughter, if the elk start showing up at my place during the late season i will pm you and she can come shoot one at my place. it isnt like huntn the woods, my place kinda looks like a park really but it is pretty cool, my son shot a nice blacktail buck and a nice bear and then during the rifle season he messed up on a raghorn 5x6 bull, he thought he could walk right on out back and you can guess what happened.... we useally have a few cows hangn around but they havent come by in a couple weeks, i will let you know if they if ya want   

Now that is awesome, well done!!!

[Gringo31]

Jackmaster 

You're on my "happy to buy you a beer list"

Very cool

[rosscrazyelk]

i feel bad for your daughter, if the elk start showing up at my place during the late season i will pm you and she can come shoot one at my place. it isnt like huntn the woods, my place kinda looks like a park really but it is pretty cool, my son shot a nice blacktail buck and a nice bear and then during the rifle season he messed up on a raghorn 5x6 bull, he thought he could walk right on out back and you can guess what happened.... we useally have a few cows hangn around but they havent come by in a couple weeks, i will let you know if they if ya want   

Now that is awesome, well done!!!

[teegansdad]

Yeah there is truth in all of your posts. I appreciate your advice and to you jack master I pm'ed you thanks I've had one other such offer I know there are good people that are in it for the right reasons! If it wasn't for my dad taking me at age 13 in Arizona And then every year there after I don't know where I would be today.

[Old Man Yager]

Yeah, I've known Jackmaster for probably about 36-37 years now, he used to be a *censored* when we were kids, but you guys are right, he's a good man!! Way to go on your offer Jackmaster, let me know if you need any help. 

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Jackmaster 

You're on my "happy to buy you a beer list"

Very cool