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My father and I dreamed about this hunt for years. My father had talked to one of the owners about his goal of a 6 by 6 he assured us that this was very doable. We spent over 10k just paying the guide service and spent another 5k on gear, guns, ammo, gas, hotels, and clothing. Just for this to be a HUGE let down and disappointment. 1. Around 24 hours upon arrival we texted one of the owners that we would be there around 2pm when check-in time was suppose to be. When we arrived the gate was closed and we had to leave after driving 30 hours and go to a restaurant to waste time we then arrived again at 3:30 where the guides luckily were pulling in. 2. When we got inside the guides let us know very fast that we should be ready to eat a tag if we want a 6 by 6 and pointed to the smaller bulls on the wall and said this is what you should expect to kill. And also stated that we would be lucky to kill one since it was public property. 3. We then learned that the basement which looked to be the coolest room in the small lodge was occupied by the guides and their whole family. Upstairs was extremely hot and we had to leave our windows open at night to sleep and sometimes leave the front door open to cool off. 4. Yes, we did see a lot of elk. But out of the 200-300 we saw we didn't see a decent bull and 95% of them were all on private property where we couldn't hunt. 5. Our guides didn't glass or scout the night before our hunt, our guide had never even killed an killed, and the other guide was the one answering all our questions. 6. Friday the guide told us to agree upon a time for breakfast Saturday morning before departure with the other hunters that was at camp. We agreed on 6 am as we had a 30 hour drive home. We ate supper with the guides, other hunters, and cooks. After we ate we told everyone that we was going to sleep. Everyone stayed up drinking and partying they were extremely loud for hours right in the next room over knowing we were trying to sleep. We finally got tired of it and a little after 1 am we decided to leave. We had to drive 4 hours to next hotel room to get some sleep. When we were leaving the guides, cooks, and hunters asked us if they were being to loud we said yes and that we were leaving. They did not apologize and didn't act like they cared. This was for the their Two Bear outfit in Hamilton Montana.

Was the outfitter notified of problems? - YES