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I arrived at the guides house on the first day of the hunt and he said to be back at 2pm and we will go out to a stand near where I have taken a bear with him before.
So I thought great I know where I am going to be, but when I arrived he changed things up and said to follow this guide in my truck and he will take me to another spot. I thought cool whatever lets go.
we drove a pile of miles and we dropped a couple hunters off along the way and then came to a corner in a gravel road and he got out and came over to me and said to park and unload my wheeler we are going in the timber here. I looked around and couldn't help but notice 6 other hunters standing there waiting for us to show up. I asked the guide are we ALL going in here? and he said YES, I then asked him how far are we going in? he said that I would be the last on the trail (furthest in) about 2 miles in the timber.
I thought to myself that we are going to have 7 hunters hunting on a 2 mile trail in the timber....WTF? Then I thought well at least I am the furthest into the timber even though we were all hunting the same bear.
Well after it was pitch dark I came out last and met the other hunters on the road and asked them what they thought about the guide putting all of us on this 1 run into the timber and they did not get it. BTW no one even saw a bear.
So what do you think about this situation of stacking all these hunters together like this? I think that it sucked and was a waste of time.
This is a reputable outfitter too and have never heard of him doing this before and we have hunted with him several times with good luck but not this trip.
So I thought great I know where I am going to be, but when I arrived he changed things up and said to follow this guide in my truck and he will take me to another spot. I thought cool whatever lets go.
we drove a pile of miles and we dropped a couple hunters off along the way and then came to a corner in a gravel road and he got out and came over to me and said to park and unload my wheeler we are going in the timber here. I looked around and couldn't help but notice 6 other hunters standing there waiting for us to show up. I asked the guide are we ALL going in here? and he said YES, I then asked him how far are we going in? he said that I would be the last on the trail (furthest in) about 2 miles in the timber.
I thought to myself that we are going to have 7 hunters hunting on a 2 mile trail in the timber....WTF? Then I thought well at least I am the furthest into the timber even though we were all hunting the same bear.
Well after it was pitch dark I came out last and met the other hunters on the road and asked them what they thought about the guide putting all of us on this 1 run into the timber and they did not get it. BTW no one even saw a bear.
So what do you think about this situation of stacking all these hunters together like this? I think that it sucked and was a waste of time.
This is a reputable outfitter too and have never heard of him doing this before and we have hunted with him several times with good luck but not this trip.