Meet the owners at the Toronto Sportman Show this year, booked a guided moose hunt, both father and son that run it said I would have a great time, it was a total disappointment, over promised and under delivered, worst hunting experience.
Promised that I would spent a couple of nights in a spiked camp, never happened, catered more to the repeat clients, where they got their moose at the spiked camp. Angus who is main guide hands me off to a second rate guide who rarely called, doesn't work a moose we saw 1/2 before legal leaves the area completely go to another area loaded with hunters (its like they never wanted me to get a moose save for clients for the following week), we blow a tire, and no spare tire, thank God a good Newfie came out and helped. I spent most of the day as a tire jockey for the guide, digging for spare tires back at his house, didn't pay $4250.00 to be a tire jockey.
Then the guide falls asleep on me in the woods, and breaks into old cottages to find out who owns them. I couldn't make this up it was like a gong show.
The outfitter equipment is junk, they run old Polaris ATV's had two failure in one day on two different ATV's, afternoon hunt spoiled.
I knew my chance of getting a moose were very slim when the other two hunters saw 5 bulls half way through the week, who the owner admitted to me on the way back to the airport that he put more effort into their hunt, but it was good to take my money.
I told Angus that I wanted a partial refund said he would talk to his father, never heard from him again when I got back home. Left multiple messages, no reply finally his father called me back, gave me some BS about making it right and would discuss with his son about a refund, and would get back to in a couple of days never did, about 10 days later I left multiple messages and no reply. Finally he answered and said he did everything right and no partial refund....place is a joke
I have been skunked before on hunts but it was a terrible experience and these owners are not trustworthy people.
Promised that I would spent a couple of nights in a spiked camp, never happened, catered more to the repeat clients, where they got their moose at the spiked camp. Angus who is main guide hands me off to a second rate guide who rarely called, doesn't work a moose we saw 1/2 before legal leaves the area completely go to another area loaded with hunters (its like they never wanted me to get a moose save for clients for the following week), we blow a tire, and no spare tire, thank God a good Newfie came out and helped. I spent most of the day as a tire jockey for the guide, digging for spare tires back at his house, didn't pay $4250.00 to be a tire jockey.
Then the guide falls asleep on me in the woods, and breaks into old cottages to find out who owns them. I couldn't make this up it was like a gong show.
The outfitter equipment is junk, they run old Polaris ATV's had two failure in one day on two different ATV's, afternoon hunt spoiled.
I knew my chance of getting a moose were very slim when the other two hunters saw 5 bulls half way through the week, who the owner admitted to me on the way back to the airport that he put more effort into their hunt, but it was good to take my money.
I told Angus that I wanted a partial refund said he would talk to his father, never heard from him again when I got back home. Left multiple messages, no reply finally his father called me back, gave me some BS about making it right and would discuss with his son about a refund, and would get back to in a couple of days never did, about 10 days later I left multiple messages and no reply. Finally he answered and said he did everything right and no partial refund....place is a joke
I have been skunked before on hunts but it was a terrible experience and these owners are not trustworthy people.
