I can't really explain how upset I was with our outfitter this last week while we were in TX hog hunting. My father and I booked this hunt 8 months or so ago with the outfitter. Prior to booking we asked some questions. One specific question was how many hunters will there be. He swore in the email that he rarely booked more than 2 parties at a time and never ran more than 4-5 guys at once. So when we booked, we thought ok maybe 2 or 3 other guys there. We were also told that we would have our own room and guide. Sounds pretty good. We were told that he had plenty of hogs, and we would have no problem getting a couple harvest opprotunities. He also said that we could hunt how and when we wanted and we could do just about anything. So here is how it really was: We arrived to find 6 other hunters already there and 2 more on the way. So we would be 2 hunters of 10 total on the ranch. That really ticked me off from the start. I then asked who was to be our guide, he said he had no other guides and that another hunter would take us to our tstand and pick us up. [beeep] off level increased. I then asked which room was ours. He said you will be sharing the room in the back. I was even more ticked. I told him this was not what he said, I showed him the email print outs I had that included the questions I asked and his replies. He said all he could do was offer to reschedule us!!!! We just drove 2 days and over 1500 miles and he wanted to see if we would leave and come back. We had no real choice so we stayed and decided to stick it out. The setup sucked. There were 10 grown men staying in a single wide trailer with 2 bed rooms. There was not enough room to even stand most of the time. So to the hunting. All the guys were hunting for rams and hogs. 4 days of hunting by 10 people netted 3 hogs and no rams. In total there were only 7 hogs seen. And every time a hog was seen, no one got to go back and hunt the stand. My dad and I even spent one entire night out and never saw a hog. We were expected to hunt exactly as the hunter who was driving, when he went out we went out, when he came in we came in. Even if I was wanting to stay out I couldn't. Even the shower was a joke. You had to be careful where you stood, cause"there is a hole and if you fall through I am not responsible." We did manage to get 2 of the 3 hogs taken. At first the outfitter refused to gut and skin em, another item that was "included". I then said "I saw you skin and gut the other guy's hog." He said he has been here before and we were here for our first time. Needless to say if you ever consider booking a hunt pm me and I will tell you who not to go with. It was horrible.
Here is a pic of our hogs.
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Here is a pic of our hogs.
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