You're not losing hunts because your hunts are bad. You're losing them because you were guiding one when the next hunter called.
- Friday · 5:15 PMA hunter calls.
He's been looking at your elk hunts all week. He finally picks up the phone.
- 5:16 PMYou're glassing a ridge.
No service. No voicemail you'll hear until Sunday night.
- 5:22 PMHe calls the next outfitter.
Somebody answered. Somebody texted him dates and a deposit link.
- SundayNothing in your sheet.
No missed call, no follow-up, no name. Just a hunt that went to someone else — and you'll never know it happened.