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Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 04:42 PM
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DuckKiller2010
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What would you do?
I had some family come in from Iowa to go pig hunting. They wanted to do a stand hunt as well as hunt with dogs.
I got a guide, who will remain unnamed, to do the stand hunt. They put 6 of us, 2 to a stand, in 3 stands that couldn't have been more than 300-400 yards apart. They told us the feeders for each stand had motion lights and then gave us a viridian green flashlight for our guns.
The stand I got dropped off at supposedly had 50 lbs of corn put out the day before. I walked over to the feeder in the daylight and saw two pig tracks and tons of deer tracks. There was no other pig sign other than that. I know pigs travel, but figured we would have more sign.
Then about 9:30 I texted the guides courier to and from the stands to make sure there was a motion light and he said there should be. Also, when the feeder went off at 4 pm it only spun for about a quarter second. I decided to get out of stand and make sure the feeder had a motion light on it and nothing lit up. I texted the guide that the motion light didn't work and he never responded.
Finally at 11 pm we decided we had enough. We texted to get picked up. When the courier picked us up, I told him about the feeder only spinning a quarter second and that there wasn't a motion light. The other two groups of guys didn't have motion lights like they were supposed to either. The courier just said "huh" and took us back to the lodge where our trucks were.
We gave this guy $900 to basically sit in a stand with very little sign with equipment that was either not present or didn't work properly other than the flash light for our scopes and got a "huh" as the response when we told him about it. These guys drove all the way from Iowa for that to be their stand hunt and I was embarrassed.
Luckily, the next day, a buddy with dogs in Jacksboro got us on the hogs for free.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
#6130292
01/11/16 04:45 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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$900 to hunt hogs one evening?
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 04:48 PM
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DuckKiller2010
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Yep. $900. They let me know a week before they were coming down and I was scrambling to get something put together for them. There wasn't a whole lot of guides who had openings and this one is one I see on here a lot and is supposedly reputable.
At least the dog hunt worked out with my buddy.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 04:51 PM
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coolie
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Buyer beware...that's why it's called Hunting, not shooting.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 04:52 PM
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kemon86
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$900 for a pig hunt for one night and 6 people is astronomical.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 05:21 PM
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HoldPoint
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Did you hunt in Bellavue?
Last edited by HoldPoint; 01/11/16 05:23 PM.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 05:37 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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$900 for a pig hunt for one night and 6 people is astronomical. Yeah, I only charge $50 a person to not see hogs. That sucks that there are people out there that set up hunts like that.
Last edited by Double Naught Spy; 01/11/16 05:37 PM.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: coolie]
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01/11/16 05:53 PM
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TFF Caribou
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Buyer beware...that's why it's called Hunting, not shooting.
That has nothing to do with it. Not when you get somewhere where they either don't maintain their equipment, or they lie about it. I'd be saying the same if everything had been done right, just no pigs. But $900 is a joke unless they got a nights stay in a first class lodge, and breakfast lunch and dinner by a good chef. Unless the guide is communicating now, and trying to remedy the situation, I wouldn't have any issue putting his name out there.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 06:13 PM
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Txduckman
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The guide should fix it unless it was all communicated prior to hunt. I can't see why it was 2 to a blind either if each person was paying. There would be a slim to no chance of getting multiple hogs from a single stand in one night.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 06:38 PM
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Cast
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Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 07:48 PM
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Dien
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Sure its called hunting but when you're lied to or equipment isn't supplied as promised then you got screwed.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: Cast]
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01/11/16 07:53 PM
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x2, just to give ample reply time from the accused scoundrel
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 07:54 PM
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HoldPoint
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Surprised you didn't get an offer to come back for free - well, not totally surprised but for that much I would have hoped that would be the case. Sorry to hear about the bad experience. Pretty sure I know exactly who you hunted with.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 07:56 PM
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RedRanger
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I would see if he can offer you a hunt to make up.
Did he offer to discount the price?
You can always give hin a 1099 for his services and at least he would have to pay taxes on that part
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: talkturkey]
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01/11/16 08:09 PM
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Choctaw
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x2, just to give ample reply time from the accused scoundrel Yep, name him.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 08:16 PM
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Son of a Blitch
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Post name and send 1099. Promising something will work and then it doesn't requires a refund, discount, free next hunt, or a sincere apology.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 08:41 PM
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DuckKiller2010
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He never promised we would kill pigs and I completely get that. But the [censored] not working or not being present is what really irked me. I'm gonna call them and see what they I've to say.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: DuckKiller2010]
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01/11/16 08:48 PM
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Just got off phone with his office manager. She said she would call me back and sounded like she felt bad. Not gonna post any names unless I never hear back because that wouldn't be fair to them.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 08:57 PM
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tShawnB
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One thing I have learned in hunting is that there are some down right dirty rotten scoundrels in all corners of the hunting business and if you let them take advantage of you, they will. I wouldn't pay $900 to shoot a hog anywhere ever in the State of Texas unless they stopped selling bacon at Kroger's or Brookshire's.
How come everybody I meet is a deer hunting expert?
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 09:00 PM
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Mr. T.
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Please name him. You are only hurting the rest of us if you don't. And that will give him the opportunity to tell his side of the story.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 09:09 PM
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I've run into more scoundrels ( for lack of a better term...that wont be censored) with pig hunts than with any other....constantly on the lookout for a truly good pig hunt.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
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01/11/16 09:18 PM
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stxranchman
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Is the outfitter on the THF?
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: stxranchman]
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01/11/16 09:22 PM
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Txduckman
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Is the outfitter on the THF? I think most of us know who it is.
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Re: Poor Guide Service
[Re: Mr. T.]
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01/11/16 09:43 PM
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Please name him. You are only hurting the rest of us if you don't. And that will give him the opportunity to tell his side of the story. Not to mention the entertainment factor if all his relatives and friends come on here and promise to kick everyone's butt like that one incident a while back. Man, that was fun.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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