If ANY PH/Outfitter ever asks for trophy fees up front, I'd tell him to pack sand and I'd find another. Fifty % deposit of the DAILY RATE at booking, the other 50, sixty days prior and trophy fees at the end of the hunt.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”