Thread: Why do people use a guide?

Originally Posted by mikee

if I had 1 dollar for all the promised fishing trips I have had working on peoples boats then I would never need my own boat,

There are only a very select few now on whose equipment I will work outside my "day job" now.

I really hate when people I don't know call my employer to get my number so they can call me outside work hours to ask me to do a "Homie" because they want me to have the cash not the company (really they are looking for a cheap job) . WTF i dont do cheap I only do free (my labour I mean) on my own terms for people I respect! I also stand behind my work 100% unlike some!!

Originally Posted by R93

Yup Doc charge a fee for every guided animal on Doc estate. I havent got the pricing in front of me but at the end of a good season it adds up. Also depends on what concession I use.
I have been burnt over the years by sharing info and spots more times than I could shake a stick at. I just keep my gob shut now. Still get a ton of enquiries from people wanting a guided hunt and then ask for a map of rough area etc. They're no different to thieves imo. Happily steal what you know and wreck your ability to make a living.
I wont guide Kiwis as a rule but will take people I know I can trust. Some Aussies are bad enough.



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Same as I Canada our outfit won't take Canadians. The old outfitter took a guy from Manitoba about 40 years ago. To this day his family who have moved to BC hunt the river near our base camp. This makes our meat hunts difficult as you are competing. Luckily the outfitter knows more secrets of the territory but unlike here they can't move areas. I agree its is illectual property theft. I'm surprised you take Aussies. I genuinely think its would be appropriate for non residents of NZ to require a guide on public land. I here a few stories of Aussies and Australians doing some serious damage to Outfitters areas flying in the following season unchapperoned and validating killing young animals with cost of flights.