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<blockquote data-quote="Pa.Frank" data-source="post: 2944666" data-attributes="member: 128054"><p>I only ever tipped an outfitter and he crew when i went to Africa. It was a real <em>eye opener</em> for me.. A group of friends had gone with this outfitter multiple time in the past so i kinda knew what to expect and what was expected of me.</p><p>One thing they told me what bring about 5 pounds of candy. Atomic fireballs. the trackers and skinners love them. Every morning when they outfitter and the crew picked me up from the camp for the days hunt, I always handed the crew a few candies first thing. Unbelievable how such a little thing affects how you are treated by the crew.</p><p>Another thing I noticed was that they all smoked.. they smoke the equivalent of Bugler (loose tobacco) and would roll it up in newspaper or whatever paper they had and made their African doobie. We had stopped in a small town for fuel, and I went in to the store and bought a few packs of American cigarettes and gave a pack to each of the crew that was with us this day. You would have thought I gave them a Cadillac. The Outfitter said that they will save those store-bought smokes for when they go out on the town to "show off.</p><p>The last critter I shot was a springbok, and had only one skinner/tracker with me along with the outfitter. When we were done, I gave the tracker my hat. Just a $5 Tractor supply hat. Very young guy and unbelievable grateful. He smiled for days and every time I saw him after that, he was proudly wearing that hat.</p><p>When was leaving, I left about 500 dollars US that was split between all the crew (not the outfitter) in addition, all my change and loose paper Rand for the girls that did the laundry and kept the camp. I gave my Knife to my favorite tracker along with a 200 Rand note and a wallet with 100 Rand to the next lead tracker. </p><p>I also left behind a pair of Timberland boots, all my socks and gloves and a couple shirts for the crew.</p><p>Unbelievable how appreciative and grateful these people were for such small gifts. Had I understood this better, i would have brought more give away stuff, including a couple cartons of Marlboro from the duty free shop.</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah. the outfitter got s nice cash tip too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pa.Frank, post: 2944666, member: 128054"] I only ever tipped an outfitter and he crew when i went to Africa. It was a real [I]eye opener[/I] for me.. A group of friends had gone with this outfitter multiple time in the past so i kinda knew what to expect and what was expected of me. One thing they told me what bring about 5 pounds of candy. Atomic fireballs. the trackers and skinners love them. Every morning when they outfitter and the crew picked me up from the camp for the days hunt, I always handed the crew a few candies first thing. Unbelievable how such a little thing affects how you are treated by the crew. Another thing I noticed was that they all smoked.. they smoke the equivalent of Bugler (loose tobacco) and would roll it up in newspaper or whatever paper they had and made their African doobie. We had stopped in a small town for fuel, and I went in to the store and bought a few packs of American cigarettes and gave a pack to each of the crew that was with us this day. You would have thought I gave them a Cadillac. The Outfitter said that they will save those store-bought smokes for when they go out on the town to "show off. The last critter I shot was a springbok, and had only one skinner/tracker with me along with the outfitter. When we were done, I gave the tracker my hat. Just a $5 Tractor supply hat. Very young guy and unbelievable grateful. He smiled for days and every time I saw him after that, he was proudly wearing that hat. When was leaving, I left about 500 dollars US that was split between all the crew (not the outfitter) in addition, all my change and loose paper Rand for the girls that did the laundry and kept the camp. I gave my Knife to my favorite tracker along with a 200 Rand note and a wallet with 100 Rand to the next lead tracker. I also left behind a pair of Timberland boots, all my socks and gloves and a couple shirts for the crew. Unbelievable how appreciative and grateful these people were for such small gifts. Had I understood this better, i would have brought more give away stuff, including a couple cartons of Marlboro from the duty free shop. Oh yeah. the outfitter got s nice cash tip too. [/QUOTE]
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