Moose hunting in BC? What do you tip your guide???

[finnman]

We leave in a couple weeks and we have been in discussion as to what to tip?
In the states I have read its 5-10% of the hunt cost....is that rule apply to our hard working northern guides as well? I want to make sure we take care of our end of the deal if the hunting and service demand it.
I feel asking the outfitter is not really the best route to go.

Thanks for the replies.

[jrebel]

I will preface my statement with.....Our guide has always been fantastic!!  With that said, our total tip has been anywhere from from 15-20% of the cost of the hunt.  This is how I have broken it down:

1.  Cook got 3%
2.  Guides son (13 y.o.) great hunter / guide in his own right and just a good kid.  $100 plus a nice piece of gear like bino harness, gloves, etc. 
3.  Actual Guide(3):  10% split accordingly based on number of days and guide I killed with. 
4.  $250 bucks to the family / guide that houses us for a couple nights before the hunt and a couple after the hunt. 

A little extra if we killed a Bear on the hunt as it took a day to get the meat out and to a butcher. 

We have become very good friends with our guides and we talk with them a couple times a year.  I plan on returning to hunt with them for a 5th, 6th....etc. time so tipping good guides and families really is worth it.  At the end of the day....it's only money!!      Can't take it with you when your dead!!   

[full choke]

I will preface my statement with.....Our guide has always been fantastic!!  With that said, our total tip has been anywhere from from 15-20% of the cost of the hunt.  This is how I have broken it down:

1. Cook got 3$
 

Must not like the food... 

[Fletch]

   I was thinking the same thing 

[jrebel]

I will preface my statement with.....Our guide has always been fantastic!!  With that said, our total tip has been anywhere from from 15-20% of the cost of the hunt.  This is how I have broken it down:

1. Cook got 3$
 

Must not like the food... 

  I was thinking the same thing 

 

Fixed it.   I never came home lighter than I arrived. 

[finnman]

Great info! Thanks for that..... and the laugh! 

And yes its only money and if they don't get it...someone less deserving probably would!

[Nate Ortloff]

Finnman who are you going with? I have been looking at a few in BC and Alberta and am trying to decide who to use.   
Thanks

[finnman]

Finnman who are you going with? I have been looking at a few in BC and Alberta and am trying to decide who to use.   
Thanks

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[ScoreGasm54]

I'm in the wrong tax bracket to be reading a post like this...

[jrebel]

I'm in the wrong tax bracket to be reading a post like this...

A lot of guys think this way.....AND I GET IT!!!.....But if you save 2K per year in a hunting fund, you can do hunts like this every 4 years.  The problem most folks have, is having the discipline to put the money away and not touch it.   They save up 4K and then want a new riding lawn mower....

If you really want to hunt moose in Canada.....make it a priority and start saving the money now.   

[Basket Rack]

In the past I have typically done 10-15%.  Depends on the type of hunt but if you have a cook, pilot, wrangler etc I give them some of that but always give the guide 10% assuming hunt went well.  That is regardless of if I took an animal, sometimes your guide works his tail off to make your hunt successful and you still don’t get an animal but he should still get a good tip.  However the price of hunts in the far north for not just sheep but all species are getting extremely expensive post Covid and 10% can be a lot of money.  Your outfitter should be able to help with what is appropriate in those circumstances, if you are in question I would discuss when you book the hunt.