Kathi asked me to post this from 1961
Chicago sportsman's show

Anton,

Thank you for posting.

cool.

As far as ethics and legality went, Denny Thompson fit right in with Chicago politics and their high rollers.

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Originally posted by 458Win:
As far as ethics and legality went, Denny Thompson fit right in with Chicago politics and their high rollers.

Yes indeed! And don't forget his buddy Bill Sims. The good old "anything goes" days.

In the past I knew a number of guides who proclaimed that Denny Thompson and Bill Sims were their heros. And most ended up receiving the same punishment.

You can not mass produce good hunting --- but a lot of folks, both past a present, have made quite a bit of money offering it.

Phil will tell you that some of the best guides of all time lived in that era and the era right before that as well.

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Originally posted by 458Win:
You can not mass produce good hunting --- but a lot of folks, both past a present, have made quite a bit of money offering it.

Including the past king of mass production (and a serial violater), Ron Hayes.

HAHA!

NO GAME NO PAY!

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Originally posted by Jerry Huffaker:
HAHA!

NO GAME NO PAY!

And that demand, or expectation, is still prevalent and common in hunters, many who have only hunted in Africa, and think that since they paid a lot of money that they deserve something.

So the clients expect to kill something or else the hunt is a failure. And the guides must advertise the highest possible success percentages in order to compete. And the hunt must be over in the quickest possible time. And the hunt must be easy enough to accommodate old, out of shape guys.

The culture of American hunters in 2016. Sad.