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<blockquote data-quote="Salmonchaser" data-source="post: 1527318" data-attributes="member: 107697"><p>Conducting adequate due diligence can be tough, particularly with real cowboys, just the nature of the beast. The ones I've known are just so matter of fact it can be hard to get information if you don't ask the right question. </p><p>Some pretty obvious ones, accommodations, food, guides experience, that sort of thing. </p><p>Emergency plans in place? We will handle if it comes up kind of answer wouldn't score well with me. </p><p>When someone, looking to book a trip with us in Alaska, asks me for references I ask them what kind they want. Good trip, bad trip, 20 year in a row, good trip good fisherman, good trip bad fisherman, bad trip good fisherman, medical emergency. Since that pretty well covers it I hand them the list. </p><p>You get the idea, you don't just want to talk to five guys who all killed 350 bulls on their first day. </p><p>Hunting is hunting, what I want to know was the guide competent, did he or she work their *** off, stay sober, and behave in an organized and professional manner. </p><p>The elk; are they resident or transient. </p><p>Success rates are, well, statistics. There are lies, **** lies and statistics. But 20 years of 90% success is worthy of note. I would certainly want to talk to the guy who didn't fill his tag. </p><p>I never tell people how many fish they're going to catch, I've never seen them fish. I'd be a little suspicious of the guaranteed opportunities phrase. </p><p>Just some ramblings, gotta get some work done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salmonchaser, post: 1527318, member: 107697"] Conducting adequate due diligence can be tough, particularly with real cowboys, just the nature of the beast. The ones I've known are just so matter of fact it can be hard to get information if you don't ask the right question. Some pretty obvious ones, accommodations, food, guides experience, that sort of thing. Emergency plans in place? We will handle if it comes up kind of answer wouldn't score well with me. When someone, looking to book a trip with us in Alaska, asks me for references I ask them what kind they want. Good trip, bad trip, 20 year in a row, good trip good fisherman, good trip bad fisherman, bad trip good fisherman, medical emergency. Since that pretty well covers it I hand them the list. You get the idea, you don't just want to talk to five guys who all killed 350 bulls on their first day. Hunting is hunting, what I want to know was the guide competent, did he or she work their *** off, stay sober, and behave in an organized and professional manner. The elk; are they resident or transient. Success rates are, well, statistics. There are lies, **** lies and statistics. But 20 years of 90% success is worthy of note. I would certainly want to talk to the guy who didn't fill his tag. I never tell people how many fish they're going to catch, I've never seen them fish. I'd be a little suspicious of the guaranteed opportunities phrase. Just some ramblings, gotta get some work done. [/QUOTE]
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