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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
Gee I have never met an outfitter that hasn't at one time or another over sold the hunt.

What exactly do you mean by "over sold" ? ....... just curious.

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Originally posted by fujotupu:

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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
Gee I have never met an outfitter that hasn't at one time or another over sold the hunt.

What exactly do you mean by "over sold" ? ....... just curious.

Very simple really.

Ed has been brainwashed by all the crooks he deals with running SCI, and he assumes that everyone else is just as crooked.

He finds it rather hard to imagine anyone we deal with is an actual, honest to goodness, straight dealing individual and running a hunting business!

He does not believe me when I said that the people I deal with, I KNOW for absolute certainty, that they never over sold their quota.

As usual Saeed is sure I don't know what I am talking about. Apparently according to him he has only hunted with one outfit in Africa so of course he knows about all outfitters and he knows everything the outfit he has hunted with has ever done.

Now to the query he answered for me, what I meant was made promises they knew they could not fulfill. You will notice Saeed at the very end of his comment he restricted it to "Quota". Promise's are more than quota's. Oh well he knows best, eh.

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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
As usual Saeed is sure I don't know what I am talking about. Apparently according to him he has only hunted with one outfit in Africa so of course he knows about all outfitters and he knows everything the outfit he has hunted with has ever done.

Now to the query he answered for me, what I meant was made promises they knew they could not fulfill. You will notice Saeed at the very end of his comment he restricted it to "Quota". Promise's are more than quota's. Oh well he knows best, eh.

There are undoubtedly some bad apples in the outfitting community. We occasionally read bad hunt reports here and elsewhere.

It is the personal responsibility of the hunter to do his due diligence. Part of that process may involve a booking agent that they trust.

Being anal, I do my own vetting and that has worked 100 % up to this point.

Would I ever trust a large concern like Cabela's or ::cough:: SCI to sell me a hunt?

NEVER!!

That would be like buying a muscle car at Barrett Jackson and expecting it to be perfect because they have a televised show that lots of people watch.