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Did he tell you previously that it was good elk hunting up there?
Id say you got gooned......
That sucks. I know how much you were looking forward to this hunt with your preseason posts.Your tag is good til the 22nd. Hate to see you spend the nonresident money on that tag and the drop camp, and it be such a short hunt. You're welcome to join my group in a couple of weeks. Different wilderness area. We have plenty of community camp gear, so would be minimal gear needed. PM if interested.
Quote from: kselkhunter on September 03, 2019, 11:00:44 AMThat sucks. I know how much you were looking forward to this hunt with your preseason posts.Your tag is good til the 22nd. Hate to see you spend the nonresident money on that tag and the drop camp, and it be such a short hunt. You're welcome to join my group in a couple of weeks. Different wilderness area. We have plenty of community camp gear, so would be minimal gear needed. PM if interested. My hat's off to you sir, that is a very nice offer.
My "I wonder" is what were the discussed expectations and reactions if things change regarding camp location and game. What was the expectation set regarding the area and who picked it. Can't control the game. Did the outfitter provide the service agreed upon?
What would he have done if both of us tagged out the first day? Would we have been stuck waiting 8 days in camp with quarters hanging in trees and us just sitting there...?
That's a shame. It sounds like he didn't have current information to base the location on. Google Earth can show geography but not wildlife.
Quote from: h20hunter on September 03, 2019, 10:45:23 AMMy "I wonder" is what were the discussed expectations and reactions if things change regarding camp location and game. What was the expectation set regarding the area and who picked it. Can't control the game. Did the outfitter provide the service agreed upon?I would say no he did not provide agreed upon service I am sure the expectation would not be a horse ride but a drop camp where there was "some" elk. Sure no one can control what the elk do but doesn't sound like a place the elk had been for quite a while. We had a bush plane drop us in AK for a caribou hunt and the caribou were scarce but the pilot did enough recon to drop us where there were at least some animals. We missed the migration by a long shot nobodys fault there but effort was made to get us where we had a chance. We hiked our butts off but got 2 bulls. We were also able to use satellite phone to get out early but it took 2 says for him to arrive due to weather Sorry to hear about that vandeman I probably would have pulled out just to save vacation time for another hunt