Guides don't care what you bring on a hunt as long as you can shoot it well and safely. I have had a few guys from the east bring 760 pumps elk hunting and they worked fine. Two things to remember with a pump. Pumps don't fit in a sabbard very well and may be tight coming out, so do some practicing taking gun out of the sabbard. Also, guns ride in the sabbard with an empty cahamber. So make sure that the action is cocked and locked on an empty chamber before putting in the sabbard, so you don't work the slide going in and have a shell in the chamber coming out. Another thing is when your guide tells you to put a shell in, don't try to work the slide quietly. If you do and the action doesn't lock up, there will be no bang when the trigger is pulled. Good luck and practice with whatever gun you tke. Daryl.