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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 2944637" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>Outfitters generally have a lot of expense too. Tents, stoves, food, horses, trucks, trailers, tack, Atv, utv, sleds, gear..... like any business they have overhead, variable, and margins. There is also market rate. For example, trespass fees or outfitter allocation tags where they do nothing but sell you a very desired tag. My personal opinion is that I find it interesting, not really judging, that people complain about outfitters and guides pricing and yet have zero issue taking a beach vacation costing 2x the price of a hunt and tipping every little hot server handing them drinks all day. Go to a resort and pay a guy to take you hiking, zip lining, snorkeling etc...... Then along comes these hunts..... every year there is a post about it and people upset. Usually, its people upset they hunted and didn't do well. The expectation is they paid for a successful hunt, not a hunt. There is a difference. We feel generous when we are happy and satisfied, not so much when things do not meet our expectations. When I brokered hunts I gave out stats...... sucess rates via outfitter and sucess rates via the fish and game general hunts. Outfitter was usually around 50-75% and over the counter was 10% or less. I tell them you are paying for a chance at success that is much greater than doing it alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 2944637, member: 61747"] Outfitters generally have a lot of expense too. Tents, stoves, food, horses, trucks, trailers, tack, Atv, utv, sleds, gear..... like any business they have overhead, variable, and margins. There is also market rate. For example, trespass fees or outfitter allocation tags where they do nothing but sell you a very desired tag. My personal opinion is that I find it interesting, not really judging, that people complain about outfitters and guides pricing and yet have zero issue taking a beach vacation costing 2x the price of a hunt and tipping every little hot server handing them drinks all day. Go to a resort and pay a guy to take you hiking, zip lining, snorkeling etc...... Then along comes these hunts..... every year there is a post about it and people upset. Usually, its people upset they hunted and didn't do well. The expectation is they paid for a successful hunt, not a hunt. There is a difference. We feel generous when we are happy and satisfied, not so much when things do not meet our expectations. When I brokered hunts I gave out stats...... sucess rates via outfitter and sucess rates via the fish and game general hunts. Outfitter was usually around 50-75% and over the counter was 10% or less. I tell them you are paying for a chance at success that is much greater than doing it alone. [/QUOTE]
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