You might want to provide the Outfitter's web page or contact information to verify that the rates you mentioned here are the actual rates the outfitter charges. Just so the people interested can check that you are not actually making a profit on them.
It looks like he is basically doing middleman between hunters and outfitters/landowners. He knows some guys up there that have private land, and he'll make all the phone calls and arrangements to go there. You share all travel expenses and travel together from FL. You pay Fowlweather_13. The outfitters give him a cut and you get to hunt.
It's sorta like going out of state to hunt with a buddy, but your buddy is making money off of you.
As stated above I am a Middle Man/Promoter/Booking Agent/Client/Part time guide for Arkansas County Guide Service and a few other outfitters in the state of Arkansas. I am not making any money from the people going on these self guided hunts with me it is a equal split between the number of hunter going.
If you want to book a guided or self-guided hunt with your own group then yes I receive a commission for every group I book.
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