I used to guide for an outfitter who lacked any morals whatsoever - at the time, I always assumed everything was legit and perfectly legal. If he said we were good for permission in a certain area, we'd hunt it.
After a few years, F&W contacted me about an investigation into this guy - I cooperated and after seeing the outfitter's yearly reports, I could see that not only was I guiding clients in the wrong zone, but often he would have me listed as guiding clients that I had never even met!
I always assumed when I was guiding that the hunter had the proper tag in the proper zone, and that we always had permission to hunt the land we were on.
Boy, was I ever wrong!
Lesson learned
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