Outwest Adventures. I’ll jump in here as I know Rob. The Eastern Plains can be the wild west at times. Big name outfitters along with some small hometown operations. You don’t know what you are going to get at times. You can pay 5k or you can pay 12-15k. I hunted a large parcel for a healthy trespass fee in 2018. A buddy of mine and I harvested a 175 and 190. Next year the place was leased by a big name outfitter for 35k plus. I’ll bet he doesn’t harvest more than 2-3 mule deer a year off the 30k acres. That same year, the same outfitter offered 12-15k for a particular deer, they later harvested the deer on another property as shown on Buck Commander. If you have the money to spend you can get on good deer. I’m for capitalism but the game has gotten a little crazy on the plains.
The problem is spending the money and not getting what was agreed upon. Which is exactly what the issue is here. 5 days 1X1, which turned into 5 days 2x1, which due to the tags being in separate units turned into a mess. I don’t know what options a hunter has to protect himself from this type of occurrence other than research and references and yes Rob does plenty of that.