Agreed, my first guided hunt was a duck hunt in lubbock, it was my first year hunting, I expected to limit out, I think I shot one bird. I was pissed! Until I realized that just because you pay someone $150 it doesn't guarantee a good hunt. The guide service gave us a discount on a goose hunt the following year, and we've been hunting with them once a year ever since.

Ding, ding, ding.

That's why it's called hunting not killing.

My twelve year and I have this same conversation all the time about the experience vs what you kill or catch.

Enjoy the journey not the final destination

I wanna shoot some high fence ducks!!!

I have been on some high fence duck hunts that were very tough, if your looking for easy pick a small pen, those large ones are just as tough as hunting low fence ducks

just4fun. You the same guy that joined this forum to whine about not being able to dove hunt "in the rain" with him earlier this year? Really? If I recall correctly, didn't he offer to send you some money for your trouble if you would PM your address? Hmmm...

You have, we slaughtered Martys neighbor's wood ducks that kept tresspassing on his pond.

So Cable, do you still think ole Cory has too much baggage to associate with?

I would like to see the moderators make guides and outfitters advertise their business in the "outfitter and guide" section on the forum.

I'm not talking about a guy saying "I had a great hunt with Cory," or putting together a group hunt.

My issue with this whole deal is the biweekley advertisement in the migratory section. In my opinion, it belongs in the section that is dedicated to outfitters for advertising.

I am new to this forum, but I have had a bad experience with Drakes Guide Service, and did not want to say anything until after duck season. My cousin lined a dove hunt up with him for us back in September. We were a little late to the feild, do to an accident with one of our buddy's dogs early that morning. His guide set us up in a sunflower field, so we were thinking this was going to be pretty good. We only killed 5 birds between 8 of us, and it was not because of our lack of shooting skills. We did not see any birds, a little dicouraged, but still paid our money. We were staying in Bowie, at my cousin's inlaws farm. On our way back, we talked to cory, and he said that since we had such a bad hunt, he would take us all on a duck hunt towards the end of duck season free of charge. My cousin has tried calling him numerous times, left numerous messages, and Cory has not bothered calling back. We were going to give him a chance to call before we bashed him, but here it is Thurday Jan 21, duck season ends this weekend, AND NO WORD FROM CORY ! ! After reading all of the other stuff about his operation, sounds like he has more complaints than praises !

You know, I'm glad that Cory got a chance to explain himself, but if stories like these keep surfacing he is "gonna need a bigger boat."

will this ever end???

Maturner, whats up buddy, how did yall do yesterday morning ?

We try to contain "blatant" advertisments in the outfitters and guide section. But do allow the posting of pics, bragging rights etc here as well as in the photo section.

When they get carried away, and it becomes a blatant advertisement, they are moved. Nothing different than when threads like this are started. We try to allow enough time for both parties to speak their peace, then either lock or move them.

No reason to beat a dead horse.

We had a good time, but thank goodness we werent relying on ducks for dinner. if you know what i mean.

Greed is good for Gordon Gekko, most guides I know are nowhere close to that character from the movie Wall Street.
Did any of you guys hunt that infamous dove spot in the city limits of FTW????

My 16 year old son and I hunted it maybe 8 times this year. Opening day was less than stellar I guess due to the cold front that had just blown through and we only shot a total of 18 birds between us. Kinda dissapointing. My son was using his new Baretta 390 and I swear I never saw anyone go through two boxes of shells so fast! We both shot limits twice midway through the season on back to back days as new birds moved in. The rest of the times were hit and miss. Maybe 8 total one day and 15 or so the next and yes, I can recall one rainy day where we only scratched out 3. Do I wish it was better? Heck ya! It sure was convenient though to swing by the school on my way home from work and pick up the boy and get a couple hours of shooting in. On a scale of 1 -10 I'd give it a 7 all things considered. Talking to my hunting buddies it sounded like it was kinda tough all over this year. Hope next year is better. Thinking of teaching the boy to reload in the off-sesaon. Either that or he will have to start paying for his own shells.

The money is not the issue it is the lack of comunication and after he has part of your money. All I can say is this many people complaining has to make you think about what kind of guide service he is running. If you also remmeber he told another member he did not cancel any of his dove hunts when he talked to him on the phone but had already said in a post he had. So go ahead and make exscuses for him but he will get what he deserves in the end. ALso why did all his guides quit last year on him before end of season for some of the same reasons that have been posted on here this year.

I think everyone has said what they need to say on Drakes