If heard and read a few stories like that Klik, I just dont want to believe folks cant get themselves ready, but plainly, some dont, thanks for the info nontheless.
The spectrum of people who 'pay to play' is actually pretty interesting if almost unbelievable at times. There are the walking Cabela's ads on the one end, to the plain speaking flannel shirt-wearing, self-made multimillionaires you'd never guess, to the guys who have every bell and whistle (and probably post really nice targets from the bench) but can't make the simplest shots without fiddling with pods, sticks, or other gimmicks, to the quiet hunter in the plainest of old tattered gear - none of it Bean, Bauer, or Cabelas (who happened to be very wealthy) but wouldn't shoot any of the good bears he was put on because they weren't what he wanted, but he didn't care because he was hunting bears (and he tipped well anyway).
Not much in the way of hunters/shooters, eh?
Actually, the gamut - which I, perhaps,didn't convey very well, some very excellent, but you wouldn't know it to look at them. Certainly, the cross-section of clients I have met and talked to are much less "looney" on average than what seems to be typical among many posters here. Seems like a lot of the folks with the best skills and preparation don't feel a great desire to talk about it. Some of the worst seem to think they've paid so much that they're smarter than their guide - perhaps true in certain cases. But there have been more than a few expensive bears killed that weren't the big trophies the ol' smarty hunter 'knew' they were - and generally really close to what the "dumb ol' guide" judged them to be.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
