I have never been on a guided big game hunt but have been to a couple fishing lodges and plantation type deer hunts . I don't mind a 10% Or so tip to the " guide" but for some of the folks in the business and I see it here in some of the replys is I don't really want to spend my trip listening to how tuff your business is. I don't set your rates I just pay them. So I don't really want to hear about " how thin margins are in your business" or about how you broke a $150 prop last week or broke a good scope last week. I didn't break your prop and as a financial guy that has done a lot of budgeting and overhead analysis i figure you should have calculated those sort of things into your overhead. However it is All to common to hear about all the woes of being in the outfitter guide business when using their services.
