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THIS YEAR A FRIEND AND I WERE LOOKING INTO A FIRARMS HUNT NOV-20-23-2009 WITH HADLEY CREEK OUTFITTERS . AFTER TALKING TO STACY WARD FOR A WHILE HE TOOK MINE AND MY FRIENDS CREDIT CARD NUMBER AND SAID HE WOULD HOLD OUR SPOTS UNTIL WE CHECKED REFERENCES AND APPLIED FOR OUR TAGS ,I ADVISED HIM AT THAT TIME I WOULD BE SENDING A CASHEIRS CHECK FOR MY HUNT IF ALL CHECKED OUT. I DIDNT FIND OUT UNTIL DAYS LATER THAT HE RAN BOTH OF OUR CARDS FOR $2200.00 WITHIN HOURS OF HANGING UP WITH US WITH OUT EITHER OF US KNOWING IT. THREE DAYS LATER STACEY SENT ME AND MY FRIEND NAMES AND NUMBERS TO CHECK HIM OUT THE FIRST FOUR OUT OF SIX HUNTERS TOLD ME AND MY FRIEND THEIR GUIDES WHERE HUNTING AT THE SAME TIME THEY DID AND HAD BUCK TAGS WITH THEM AND SHOTGUNS IN THE TRUCK . THEY SAID THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE PUT IN PLACES JUST TO SCOUT FOR THE GUIDES BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVED TO NEW SPOTS AFTER SEEING GOOD DEER THAT WERE JUST NOT IN RANGE .TWO OF THE HUNTERS SAID THE GUIDES HUNTED THE SPOTS LATER THE SAME DAY .AND ONE HUNTER SAID HE WAS PICKED UP AN HOUR AFTER DARK AND HIS GUIDE HAD BLOOD ON HIS HANDS AND IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. .ALSO I FOUND OUT ABOUT STACEYS WARDS MANY DNR VIOLATIONS FROM A FEW YEARS EALIER . HUNTING OUT OF SEASON ,WITHOUT A TAG, HUNTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK, HUNTING AT NIGHT ETC SAYS IT ALL AND HE RUNS HADLEY OUTFITTING THATS SEEN ADVERTISED ON TV THROUGH HUNTING SHOWS AND BY SEED COMPANIES ADS ?!?!?WOW WHAT ARE THEY THINKING THATS RIGHT $$$$ MONEY .I CALLED STACEY WARD AND E-MAILED HIM AND TOLD HIM AFTER MY FINDINGS I WOULD NOT BE ATTENDING THE HUNT . IT WASNT UNTIL THEN I FOUND OUT MY CREDIT CARD HAD BEEN RAN .I CALLED AND E-MAILED HIM OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS WITH NO RESPONCE FROM MR WARD ABOUT RETURNING MY UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES TO MY CARD . ABOUT 7-8 DAYS LATER HE E-MAILED ME AND TOLD ME I WOULDNT BE GETTING A REFUND EVEN WITHOUT ME OKAYING THE CHARGE OR THE AMOUMT . I TRIED OVER AND OVER TO SPEAK WITH HIM ON THE PHONE NEVER ONCE DID HE RETURN MY CALL .WOW SOUNDED LIKE HE HAD DONE THIS BEFORE. SO I STARTED CHECKING INTO THINGS AND I WAS ADVISED BY THE DNRS OFFICE THIS WASNT HIS FRIST TIME TAKING CREDIT CARD DEPOSITS AND KEEPING THEM . I WAS TOLD TO CHECK COURT HOUSE RECORDS AND LOOK AT THE LAW SUITES AGAINST HADLEY CREEK AND AGINST MR WARD HIM SELF AND HIS WIFE FOR TAKING PEOPLES DEPSOITS WITHOUT PERMISSION AND RUN CHARGES THROUGH CREDIT CARDS. I WELCOME EVERYONE TO GO TO PIKE COUNTY AND ADAMS COUNTY AND PULL UP THE SAME CASES I DID AND BY THE WAY MR WARD AND HADLEY CREEK LOST EVERY CASE AGAINST THEM . THATS AT LEAST THE ONES THAT WENT TO THE TROUBLE TO GO TO COURT AND FILE CHARGES AGAINST THEM. MY FRIEND AND I WILL BE DRIVING FROM ATLANTA TO FILE CHARGES ON THEM AS WELL .ALSO WE CALLED THE STATE ATTORNEY GENRALS OFFICE ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN TO US THEY ALSO ARE LOOKING INTO THIS CASE AND SAID THEY HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE CALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THEM THIS YEAR AND IN YEARS PASSED AS WELL .I HOPE THIS HELPS OTHER HUNTERS BEFORE THEY DO WHAT WE DID AND CAUSE OURSELFS TO LEARN THE HARD WAY AND TAKE TIME AWAY FROM HUNTING TO HUNT DOWN OUR MONEY. THE ONLY WORDS I CAN SAY TO ANYONE LOOKING THAT TOOK THE TIME TO CHECK BOWSITE REVIEWS ON HADLEY CREEK IS TO RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN THE OTHER WAY!!!!!!!!!!!WE WILL POST BOWSITE AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THE OUT COME OF OUR COURT CASE. GOOD HUNTING!!!

Was the outfitter notified of problems? - YES

Outfitter's Response

Randy Wade did know we were charging his credit card. I had to call him beause we had an incorrect number and it would not go thru our machine. He knew I was running the card and didn't say a word. After several conversations with Stacey and myself and several references that were not bad references he and his buddy decided to cancel. Randy and his buddy called and called us begging to come hunt with us. I just think they don't have the money and don't want to say anything. We offered for them to come on the hunt and if they didn't have a good hunt they would not have to pay. That is a pretty good offer. All their "excuses" are not even justified. Randy even said he would come but his buddy didn't want to, so I just think it is a money thing with them and they want to make us out to be the bad guys. They had already submitted their gun permit applications and when they cancelled there were no more gun permits left so we could not fill their spots. There are always two sides to every story.