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 Tipping on a Guided hunt
#7655685
11/08/19 04:19 AM
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Joined: Jun 2011
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Buzzsaw
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Those who have gone on a few Guided hunts including Lodging, meals and guide. What is normal for a tip??
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7655713
11/08/19 05:21 AM
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Joined: Oct 2012
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Sneaky
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Money. Money is pretty normal.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
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11/08/19 11:06 AM
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Joined: Oct 2007
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TEXASLEFTY
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20% if they do a good job...
I prefer a gift but, that’s hard to do unless you already know the guide.
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: TEXASLEFTY]
#7655928
11/08/19 02:42 PM
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Mr. T.
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20% if they do a good job...
I prefer a gift but, that’s hard to do unless you already know the guide. Me, too...I have shown up with a good knife with the guides name on it. But the best gift I ever gave....I got the guides address and then his wife's name in just normal conversation. On December 15 I mailed her a Neiman Marcus catalog and a $100 gift card. On Christmas day, I got a call from the guide saying that if I wanted to hunt with him next year, I had my choice of dates before he booked anybody else. Best $100 I ever spent.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Mr. T.]
#7655972
11/08/19 03:08 PM
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Joined: Sep 2010
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jnd59
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20% if they do a good job...
I prefer a gift but, that’s hard to do unless you already know the guide. Me, too...I have shown up with a good knife with the guides name on it. But the best gift I ever gave....I got the guides address and then his wife's name in just normal conversation. On December 15 I mailed her a Neiman Marcus catalog and a $100 gift card. On Christmas day, I got a call from the guide saying that if I wanted to hunt with him next year, I had my choice of dates before he booked anybody else. Best $100 I ever spent. Smart man right there. Wished I would have thought of it
No matter how high a duck flies a hammer still breaks a window.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Mr. T.]
#7656008
11/08/19 03:34 PM
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Sneaky
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20% if they do a good job...
I prefer a gift but, that’s hard to do unless you already know the guide. Me, too...I have shown up with a good knife with the guides name on it. But the best gift I ever gave....I got the guides address and then his wife's name in just normal conversation. On December 15 I mailed her a Neiman Marcus catalog and a $100 gift card. On Christmas day, I got a call from the guide saying that if I wanted to hunt with him next year, I had my choice of dates before he booked anybody else. Best $100 I ever spent. Brilliant move.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7656128
11/08/19 05:12 PM
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Joined: Jun 2011
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Buzzsaw
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great idea 20% not too bad $320 on a $4000 hunt, IF the outfit does a great job with meals, and doling everything they can to get your animals. Nothing is guaranteed, I know this. I'm the king of "man, you should have been here last week" 
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7656133
11/08/19 05:14 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
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TexasUplander
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great idea 20% not too bad $320 on a $4000 hunt, IF the outfit does a great job with meals, and doling everything they can to get your animals. Nothing is guaranteed, I know this. I'm the king of "man, you should have been here last week" $320 is 20% of what?
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7656136
11/08/19 05:18 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 63,144
BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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20% plus gear usually
I have tipped way more then 20% also.
If you find an outfitter you like and want to come back to. Try to take care of them to your best ability, they have choices. Not saying it’s mandatory but it’s not going to hurt you, also be the best “you” you can be. Understanding that hunting is hunting and you also have the “you” factor goes as far or further then monetary.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: TEXASLEFTY]
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11/08/19 05:51 PM
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Grosvenor
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20% if they do a good job...
I prefer a gift but, that’s hard to do unless you already know the guide. I could see 20% as long as the price of the hunt isn't too high. But if it's a high end hunt, that tip could get out of hand. $2,000 on a $10,000 hunt seems crazy to me. At some point the law of diminishing returns kicks in.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7656562
11/09/19 01:21 AM
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Conchoman76
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I would rather pay for a lease with that 10K and earn that big buck. Plus have a place to go and just enjoy the outdoors with family and friends.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7656650
11/09/19 03:55 AM
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angus1956
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On my Wyoming hunts back to back years I killed a 7X7 bull scoring 346, next year a 6X6 bull scoring 315. I tipped my guide $750.00 each hunt. Gifts are nice but everyone likes cash. Gifts and cash are even nicer.
The guide worked his a#$ off and if not for him I'd have 2 big empty spots on my walls.
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Re: Tipping on a Guided hunt
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#7656833
11/09/19 03:56 PM
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Posts: 37,686
Buzzsaw
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$4,000 all in, high fence, meals lodging, 1 trophy, 1 doe Axis or Whitetail. game quartered, skinned for Taxi
X 20% = $800 tip ?????!!!!!!!!
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