When the law requiring quides got passed, they (the guides) sited the deaths of some really dumb non residents. These guys were hunting Dall Sheep and Goats. They went out alone, not familer with the area, not familer with the weather, not familer with climbing mountains and crossing shale slopes. They fell to their deaths due to them not being up to the conditions. Also people had a bad habit of wounding Brown Bears and getting eatten. There was a rash of those just before the law was passed. The guides saw a way to get more business and jumped on it. Now the idea in most guides heads is profits, they are looking at how much they can make from each customer. And to answer an earlier question, If you shoot your animal the first hour and leave the same day, the guide will still charge you the full amount just like you stayed the whole time. That's one of the reason's they make you pay up front. Also if you don't pass out lavish tips, don't expect the same treatment if you ever come back. This last fall I talked with a couple of fellows, one from California, the other from Virginia. They were repeat customers, and could not understand why the guide had sent them off to a differant area than the first time. Also instead of being on horse back like the first hunt they were walking, or riding ATVs. The first fellow went home empty handed, the second one shot a small bull moose just so he could say he shot something. Far differant hunt than their first hunt. Afterwards I overherd the assistant guides complaining, "No tips from those b______s, just like the first time". And they did one of the worst jobs of butchering an animal that I have ever seen. Hair all over everything. Then they cut out the antlers claiming they did not know the client wanted to do a European mount. Their cuts were crooked and on the wrong angles for easy mounting.
