I did not say all auction hunts are bad. I said they have a precedent of more unhappy hunters. The likelihood of a hunt that doesn’t meet expectations is higher with an auction hunt than a hunt you planned and paid for. You can reread my posts.
You are not remembering history correctly. No one made negative comments on a positive report. There were negative reports and threads created asking about kuche. You did not like the issues raised because it makes you question your experience there.
Except they all posted in italics. Thats not a coincidence.
Auction hunts are less volume than regular hunts so im not understanding your points.
Facts are a funny thing. You stating doesn’t make it so.
More of a marketing strategy than a true donation auction hunt. This thread isn’t about kuche.
Agree it’s not. But you have comments several times on the dangers of auction hunts. It’s important that all sides of auction hunts are presented, including the many good sides. Of course there are some negative sides too!
Maybe. I’ve talked to the owner personally about it. So I may have a deeper insight on the motivations.
I think you are correct the positive report threads about Kuche were left alone.
My post wasn’t bashing Kuche. I was just citing examples of other threads where there were differing views and/or respondents asking for outfitter input and why we might not have seen a response from the outfitter.
I’m speculating but what I believe he’s trying to say is a business built upon the model of a higher volume of clients solicited mainly from auction donations will likely have a higher percentage of unhappy customers than say an operation like CMS that offers individual safaris catered to a specific hunter and might only donate a single hunt or two each year. I only point out CMS because I know a Tuskless Hunt with them was just auctioned off over the weekend but they’re not at every DU, NRA, RMEF, NWTF type event each individual chapter hosts.
An auction hunt from the SCI or DSC national convention is a very different proposition than the outfitter who is "donating" hunts to every local Du, NWTF, etc.
I personally know 10-15 hunters who’ve hunted with Kuche over the years that wouldn’t recommend them and none have a post about it here on AH for one reason or another. Most were 1st time African hunters. I know one hunter who loved them after his 1st auction hunt and rebooked at full price or whatever package Kuche gave him for a couple years later but said the 2nd trip was vastly different from his first and wouldn’t recommend them. Their stories aren’t mine to share so I’ll refrain, but I believe several will eventually get posted and I might start contacting them suggesting they join and post if that’d makes you happier. I know @375Fox and a slew of other members would love it.
Agreed.
So what? The Borneal tribesmen can't be happy living in a small hunter gatherer community because he doesn't know what it's like to live in a rat race American suburb? He doesn't know he'd be happier so he shouldn't be satisfied living a primitive existence. Doesn't matter if he really is satisfied with his life. Missionary logic.
Yes I bought the hunt at auction. I didn't control the sale price. That was the starting bid. You post says I was taking advantage of the outfitter. I have said multiple times I wasn't going for just the donated animal. I added a day for me and my observer, had list of animals I would take and pay the trophy fees for, rented guns at $50 a day, paid $5 for each bullet, and was going to have the outfitters wife mount atleast 3 birds. So there was money being made by him. Ya its not the same as a family of 4 coming and hunting 5 animals each. But it definitely wasn't me taking advantage of his donation.
We have nearly identical views.
For some of us yardsticks and record books aren't important. If I have a good time hunting at my first safari outfit, why shouldn't I go back? A good time is a good time. Sure, I can roll the dice with a different outfitter. Maybe I'll hit the jackpot and have a better time. Or maybe it will be a shitshow (see what happened to the OP!). My outfitter worked hard to get my return business. Instead I should just tell him, "Sorry, I'm going to try somewhere else to see if I can have a better time." Just burned that bridge! Maybe it won't matter to him. But I tend to live by the Golden Rule. It would matter to me if I was running the business. So it matters to me as a client. But hey, that's just me. Everyone knows I'm such a jerk.
