He's been doing this for years. He even used to be on this forum several years ago. I believe he may have even done some jail time for some of the stuff. But sounds like he's at it again.

He was the Guide for a THF Forum hunt...probably unofficial. Forget what year. Duck in the morning Quail in the afternoon. First class lodging in Bridgeport. Spectacular event

That hunt is what I was referring to. It was around 08/09 I believe.

I dealt with him about 10 years ago and had an extremely negative experience. Wouldn't recommend him to anyone.

What happened?

I was new to duck hunting in North Texas and hadn't hunted at all for the 2-3 years prior, so I called him up about doing some gunning. He tried a bunch of bait-and-switch nonsense, then kept trying to cancel and/or change days. When he started trying to get me to pay him up front, I just told him to pound sand. That was the first time I'd ever tried to use a guide and it was definitely not a good experience. I wound up finding a different guide and wound up with a much better situation.

So... I'm gonna jump in and give my experience. I met Cory in August of 2015 to go look at leases. We met face to face, he drove me around and explained the properties/rules associated with hunting on them, etc. My friend and I had read some of the stuff that's on this site and others, we confronted Cory while with him in a polite and professional way. Cory was able to address the issues presented, explain himself, and we carried on.

Figured why not, lets join the club.

2015/16 season, no real issues other than poor migration. Always had somewhere to hunt. And had a few pretty good hunts.

2016/17 season, renewed membership. Did some dove hunts with him this year. Opening morning we had a full field but within reason. I felt safe, nearest other group to us was 100 yards away.

Duck season. Crushed opening weekend, but before that... I was with Cory briefly Friday night, so I saw first hand the effort he put forth. He was going through scouting reports from his guides (all great guys, hunted with a few) and juggling 3 phones, texting, calling etc. Managing 25 hunters, give or take. I watched the pressure, and demand every single person had, the expectations were set, people wanted to know everything right then. Haha, it was actually kinda funny... I certainly never saw that side of the operation. Think about, hunters are an optimistic group. It's what keeps us coming back. So naturally, there was some level of expectation for immediate results.

Anyways, Cory went through and coordinated all that for the opener. I had a great morning, shot a bunch of ducks, met other groups who were on different properties, some shot some, some didnt... Cant force the birds to be at every hole. But, everyone had somewhere to hunt.

Now think of the coordination the night before the opener... not at the same scale, but that continues through the season. So I try to keep that in mind if communication is ever slow, etc.

This season we had a few slow hunts... but were never promised birds. If the scouts had birds in an area, Cory was honest about it. To my knowledge, he rotated groups and gave everyone a weekend on the most well-scouted holes... Other times, you were just taking a shot and going out to a place that hadnt been scouted. But we had somewhere to hunt, and even the slow hunts you could bag a few...

Not being able to speak for everyone in the club, but knowing at least 12 other members (think there is around 25) who have all had the same opportunities as me... makes me question what is being said in this post. And all the dialogue is others saying, "Yeah I heard he was a crook." - So people "heard" he was...? Theres a few people with bad dove experiences on here (just did a quick skim) but opening weekend of dove season is just gonna be packed. Get further out of the city if you want a more spacious hunt.

Really just wanted to give my experience. Not trying to call anyone a liar, or cause any angst. Just consider the fact that all it took was an irrational, optimistic, hunter who expected limits every time they went out (maybe a few times all season). I went every weekend, sometimes both days... it was hit or miss.. but when we hit, we took banded pintails, limits of redheads (2 ;)), straps of wigeon, I've got a nice hooded merganser at the taxidermist (Avian Arts, awesome guy, and amazing work), as always a ton of gadwall, wish we had more greenheads, and we even resorted to shooting some ringnecks

Getting a lease or membership (to leases)... you still have to put in work (maybe offer to go scout, help build blinds, etc.) and you can have an impact on how well the holes produce. It's also a numbers game... You have to go out and have some bad hunts to get the good ones. If you only want good ones, go pay the high dollar guides in OK, KS, AR, SETX, where they hold WAAAAY more ducks than North Texas, and do their day hunts that guarantee birds.

Take it for what its worth...

LOL! I read a thread on here last night that I found out about on another forum. It was from 2010 or 11 and beaversnipe's posts on that thread were just like hotty's on this one. txbowhunt7 had been a guide for him and had quit/been fired the night before as mr anderson screamed obscenities at one of his guides in front of 11 clients. It was a pretty entertaining read. That must have been not too long before he put the screws to you Mr beaversnipe. Here is the link to the thread from 2010.

This has been going on for a while.

Cory is that you?

I am also a member of the DWE hunt club and did my research before hand, I spoke to Cory about the issues he had in the past and even about the remarks about "jail Time. ( I researched that further and the charges were released and he has no other convictions). I had a new dog and was wanting to be able to hunt a lot of different water. I was never told that I could not hunt, I was never confronted by an angry land owner and hunted two sometimes three days a week. I chose the hunting club because it fit my budget and offered alot of hunting so I could lean how to do things on my own, I still hunted with a guide in another location a couple of times this year, but had just as much fun hunting with DWE.

I think that water fowlers in general are very unforgiving, we have all been young and made mistakes, but I got exactly what I paid for. I think that if you take the time and set out what your expectations are it makes things easier. Sure I was frustrated by a few things but I can only imagine what it is like to try to keep all the hunters in a club happy. And I have talked with Cory about those things so we can work on them for next year.

Was every hunt I had great, No but what I did do every time is enjoy a great sunrise and made tons of memories for me and my family. Shot a lot of ducks over the season, so for me this was exactly what I needed for my hunting budget. The hunting club idea may not be for everyone. Cory was always honest with me, there were times when I asked for a specific spot because it was closer to me and he would often tell me that the birds were slim, other times he would send me to a different location where the birds were. His guides were always helpful and worked hard to make sure we were set up right. I was able to take several Pintails, Buffle heads, Widgeons and teal this season. It is called hunting not killing.

I just thought it was important to hear from someone that had an overall good experience with Cory.