If the truck was so easy to pull out, why didn't y'all pull him out?

One side only but if true the outfitter dropped the ball big time. 8 dudes paying that much....your a$$ better be prepared.

That folks is called incompetence.

It was. And the previous duck afternoon hunt was a joke as well.

Seems like the guides will always be on the guide's side on this one. I'd say if the guide canceled the rest of your hunts then it is on him to refund the rest of your money minus the 1 hunt (sounds like a sucky hunt, but still went I guess). It is the guide's responsibility to get your to and from your hunting area.

Like i said earlier, this sums up the day we had

if the outfitter blew up your rocket I agree, you should have gotten a refund, or at least he should have paid for the rocket

If the outfitter canceled the hunt, he owes you money. If the birds didn't show up, slow morning whatever, then thats hunting. YOu paid your money you takes your chances. If they can't get you to the field then they owe you a refund. A refund, not a return trip none of that other bullcrap. Cash back in hand. To keep a man's money under these circumstances (I know all to well there is another story to be heard) is BS.

I bet you can remember a similar goose hunt?

And the catch and release goose....

Pretty much

oh yeah, I'm still mad about my rocket getting blown up on that trip, I should have whooped Matt Hughes arse that trip

Matt was glad that we held you back since he was on the back side of his UFC career.

I absolutely agree! If the story is as told that guide messed up and owes you a full refund. A deposit is to guarantee your spot for the dates you pay for and to cover the guide if the party cancels last minute. It is not for covering the guide if he messes up and cancels the rest of a trip! Offering to reschedule a comped trip at a later date is fine to offer but if the customer prefers a refund then the guide owes them. If he refuses that's complete BS! I think you'd have a case in small claims court! (And I'm not normally one to advocate something like that because I think America has become too lawsuit happy....but that's a whole other topic!)

Whatever happened to customer service?

Like stated if this is truly how it went down its sad to see people, especially other guides, who think it's ok! I'll take notes from this thread because one who posted in this thread was one I was considering trying out next year with a good sized group of fire fighters!

I do not normally agree with the Beaver on everything but he has been on and around plenty of guided trips to know when a guide is not doing the right thing.

Regardless of how many guides on the THF agree or disagree with this post, it is obvious this guide did not do the right thing here.

Thanks for starting this post so people know what to expect from hiring this outfit or any other on the THF that thinks you were not dealt a fair hand on this hunt.

For the record, you got shafted, plenty of ducks in that area and the weather did not keep others from killing them.

I agree. Most guides are fully booked anyway since the huge influx of people moving to Texas.
On the long run though, attitudes like that will hurt them. I dont care, i just dont want to be them. And im not.
And remember, 8 guys were dissapointed, not just me. Some were their first trip and others hunted for 40 plus years. I kept communication with the guide and hunters since june of 2015 on a regular basis, and now I look like an idiot and lost credibility...no more. Done!
There is a morality to this story, it makes other guides look good.
I have been hunting with run-n-gun, blake, muddy waters and some other outfitters on this forum and never had a bad hunt. Yeah, some days birds were slow, but it got washed away by their passion, jokes, good food and other stuff that completes a hunt. Birds were just a bonus these days. But when you are 800 yards away to 3000 geese and the same amount of ducks ( the outfitter claimed 30,000 geese and 10,000 ducks the day before, but I know better...) with ideal hunting conditions, its game on! I guarantee you that the 3 guides just named would still have hunted. I could already hear their voices and their cell phones speed dialing: F this trailer, lets walk, lets go! Lets kill some birds!

pancake

What does pancake mean garrett?

took you long enough to ask, its not even funny now

stories are just like pancakes, they always have 3 sides

and for the record, if the events are as said you got the chingalay in a big way

Alls I know is this is doing Stanfield no good for advertising. Doesn't really matter what the two sides, if there are two sides to this one, customer was cancelled on two days hunts. Refund the money. The bad word of mouth this stuff creates will lose the outfitter more money in the long run guaranteed....

Ah, ok, forget the waffle order mam, i ll have the pancakes filled with 'deez nuts' and a 'shut up juice' to go along with it. My bat.

there are all sorts of variables that could come into play on this deal...maybe the outfitter is just a jerk and said screw it, maybe the hunters were huge pests and he just didn't wanna deal with him, which still doesn't justify keeping the money, but who knows how someone thinks? Maybe he is a greedy old coot that just cares about the paycheck?

Like i said, I agree that if the facts are all there they got screwed, but since I dont know the beaver personally or anyone in his crew I would like to wait until I pass judgement.

Caveat Emptor when dealing with outfitters, I would say the good ones only make up 10%

pretty sure the filling you requested is against health codes in this area

The guide called the outfitter at 6:00 am to tell him he was stuck. No answer, he was still asleep.
I giggled.

We control the controllables to the best of our ability and most of the time everything else falls into place. Sometimes Mother Nature doesn't agree with us, but way more times then not everything works out for the best when you give it every opportunity to do so. Luck doesn't just happen, it's when hard work, preparation and opportunity all meet. The more of these you do the more luck you're going to have, PERIOD!

Plus daniel worked hard since april prepping his fields.
Very impressed with his operation. And im sure im not the only one. Even el super nino screwed a bunch of texas, he still managed to do well. Our september teal/fish combo was very good, and we will book back this year.