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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 2945092" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>We were in a camp of 8 total hunters (plus the guides, the owner and a few paying guests that weren't hunting). I went with one friend, we had a 2:1 scenario with our guide. The cook and his helper had hot breakfast ready each morning by 5 and had a delicious dinner ready each night by 7:30 and kept the food ready for the late arrivals. They also made us bagged lunches and made the less-motivated hunters a full lunch in the lodge if they didn't want to stay out all day. They worked long days (sure, they weren't out in the elements all day, but while we were hunting they were running into town to buy more food and filling specific booze requests for the other hunters). </p><p>It's funny to me that you are badgering me for how much I chose to tip a pair of hard working young professionals that are trying to grow their business as caterers (whom cook for the outfitter camp when the cold Montana winters shut down their wedding season). I earn my money the hard way, just as I'm sure you do. How I (or anyone else) chooses to spend their money or whom and how much to tip someone shouldn't be a source of public scrutiny to this degree. </p><p>The original post was questioning what other hunters have done or experienced. He also detests the American habit of tipping. Me too, I'd happily pay the outfitter a flat fee and never have to feel guilty about whether I'm tipping enough or not (same as with any service where tips are now expected). That's not the world we live in right now, so unless I want to be an a$$hole and stiff some hardworking young adults who understand the game and are factoring those tips into their financial equation, then I need to play the game (I choose to play it within the currently "accepted" percentages and not lose any sleep over it).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 2945092, member: 92230"] We were in a camp of 8 total hunters (plus the guides, the owner and a few paying guests that weren’t hunting). I went with one friend, we had a 2:1 scenario with our guide. The cook and his helper had hot breakfast ready each morning by 5 and had a delicious dinner ready each night by 7:30 and kept the food ready for the late arrivals. They also made us bagged lunches and made the less-motivated hunters a full lunch in the lodge if they didn’t want to stay out all day. They worked long days (sure, they weren’t out in the elements all day, but while we were hunting they were running into town to buy more food and filling specific booze requests for the other hunters). It’s funny to me that you are badgering me for how much I chose to tip a pair of hard working young professionals that are trying to grow their business as caterers (whom cook for the outfitter camp when the cold Montana winters shut down their wedding season). I earn my money the hard way, just as I’m sure you do. How I (or anyone else) chooses to spend their money or whom and how much to tip someone shouldn’t be a source of public scrutiny to this degree. The original post was questioning what other hunters have done or experienced. He also detests the American habit of tipping. Me too, I’d happily pay the outfitter a flat fee and never have to feel guilty about whether I’m tipping enough or not (same as with any service where tips are now expected). That’s not the world we live in right now, so unless I want to be an a$$hole and stiff some hardworking young adults who understand the game and are factoring those tips into their financial equation, then I need to play the game (I choose to play it within the currently “accepted” percentages and not lose any sleep over it). [/QUOTE]
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