26 February 2004, 13:53
NitroXRe: African PH's professionals or profiteers?
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With regard to your unnecessary comment about the PHs wife, might I suggest that you mention it to your PH......
Steve
You don't realise. Carmelo confused his wife's antics (or boyfriend's) with the PH's.
Carmello - they are not all the same as yours. Some wives have class.
I think now we are seeing why the marlin talk forum was closed down.
26 February 2004, 14:50
Balla BallaThe aspirin is not working .... maybe try the [ straight jacket ] and dont forget to sit quitely in the corner with the DUNCE cap on till school is over, you can then leave class in disgrace after all the sane kids have gone home
Now on the bright side, when you are over the personality disorder then check back in again, provide us guests with your CV and maybe some Outfitter will employ you as their guide and we can then all learn how the X-perts do it.
26 February 2004, 15:27
SBTOmuhona,
This is the first post of yours I have read. Welcome to the forum. You sound like a class act.
27 February 2004, 05:52
CarmeloPeter Capstick was a true hunter.
C
27 February 2004, 12:09
dogcatMy experience has been that they are honest, hard working folks, performing a great service to and for hunters. I suggest you go with the attitude that you are a student, there to learn all you can. I am very experienced and have travelled the world, but I find that I learn a lot from the locals and the pros when I am in their backyard.
I think the profiteers are the hunting shows and orgs that require these guys to donate hunts to fund their organizations. Let the members pay for the organization, not the resource.
28 February 2004, 07:14
snowboundI for one, would hunt any DG in the world with Ray Atkinson as my backup..I have always found him to be honest in his thoughts and inputs to this forum, and completely knowledgable in his comments on PHs, gun calibers and hunting areas...SB
28 February 2004, 08:11
BFaucettFor those that may not know:
This thread was started by a troll (Carmelo) as bait.Replying to it only keeps the thread alive.
I think we need to let this thread die and the only way to do that is to stop posting replies to it.
Just my two cents....
Thanks,
-Bob F.
05 March 2004, 07:29
snowboundMickey1------Please forgive me for having the naive and unmitigated gall to post an opinion on your personal forum.
I do stand corrected, and was only trying to rebut the frontal attack on another member. Again, forgive me, and I will always seek you opinion before I post....SB
05 March 2004, 19:26
Mickey1Snowbound
No worries, I forgive you.
05 March 2004, 22:34
BoghossianHey does anyone know what percentage of the daily rate goes to the PH and what goes to the outfitter etc? I doubt they do it for the money, but Tanzanian PHs must make a nice payday on those 1200 per day hunts...especially since trackers/staff are dirt cheap in most African countries, and even cheaper off the beaten track.
05 March 2004, 22:48
BwanamichFrom what I know, they vary between $120 - $500 depending on their experience, reputation and client following! The problem that no-one talks about is that a PH is not occupied full season. If a ph that hunts Tz alone gets between 90 - 110 days a season, he has had a good season! The Ph pay is rarely a percentage of the daily rate; per day pay for 10 day or 21 day hunt are the same....This is my experience.
A carpenter may remain a carpenter all his life if that is what he loves doing. He sure would like to be rich though! what I'm saying is that someone can and will stay in a profession his entire life for the love of it and not necessarily for the money he get's from it as some people are implying.