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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 2945793" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Just an open question for anyone's response:</p><p></p><p>On a Carolina whitetail hunt where baiting is the norm, the cost is $2,500 for 5 days of hunting and includes room & board. The "guides" drive you to the stand and pick you up twice a day. If you take a deer, they skin & quarter it for you. Not really much "guiding" taking place.</p><p></p><p>When out, I noticed that there was very little bait remaining at some stands and none at all where bean fields were located. I questioned the guide about this and he assured me that bait was placed within 72hrs but must have been consumed by the deer. In a casual way, I said that apparently the bait sites needed to be freshened up. I hunted all week but never saw any fresh bait piles and never saw anyone loading bait on the vehicles..</p><p></p><p>On the 4th morning I woke up with a sick stomach and decided to stay in the rack. I got up at 7am and noticed the guides sleeping on the couches. They remained asleep until 9:45am before they went out to pick up the men. Each guide had 5 hunters to pick-up. I was surprised to see that they had nothing to do except sleep. With 100 stands located around several different parcels, there was obviously no interest in checking or re-baiting any of them.</p><p></p><p>Hunting all week was lean but a few nice bucks were taken. I felt that the entire group (10 men) would have seen more animals if the bait piles were adequately attended to, as I've seen in the past.</p><p></p><p>OK - what is the appropriate tip for the guide per/man? (Each guide had 5 guys for the week)</p><p>The cook did a good job of preparing 2 meals a day (breakfast & dinner) for 10 men. What should she get per/man?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 2945793, member: 313"] Just an open question for anyone's response: On a Carolina whitetail hunt where baiting is the norm, the cost is $2,500 for 5 days of hunting and includes room & board. The "guides" drive you to the stand and pick you up twice a day. If you take a deer, they skin & quarter it for you. Not really much "guiding" taking place. When out, I noticed that there was very little bait remaining at some stands and none at all where bean fields were located. I questioned the guide about this and he assured me that bait was placed within 72hrs but must have been consumed by the deer. In a casual way, I said that apparently the bait sites needed to be freshened up. I hunted all week but never saw any fresh bait piles and never saw anyone loading bait on the vehicles.. On the 4th morning I woke up with a sick stomach and decided to stay in the rack. I got up at 7am and noticed the guides sleeping on the couches. They remained asleep until 9:45am before they went out to pick up the men. Each guide had 5 hunters to pick-up. I was surprised to see that they had nothing to do except sleep. With 100 stands located around several different parcels, there was obviously no interest in checking or re-baiting any of them. Hunting all week was lean but a few nice bucks were taken. I felt that the entire group (10 men) would have seen more animals if the bait piles were adequately attended to, as I've seen in the past. OK - what is the appropriate tip for the guide per/man? (Each guide had 5 guys for the week) The cook did a good job of preparing 2 meals a day (breakfast & dinner) for 10 men. What should she get per/man? [/QUOTE]
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