Bergmans Guide Service

note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.

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outfitter review submitted by: D Coletti on Dec 29 2006

Species Hunted: WIld Boar

Game Quality: Average

Accommodation Quality: None Provided

Camp Condition: N/A

Food Quality: N/A

Guide Experience: Decades of Experience

Other Personal Experience: N/A

Overall Impression: Good

Recommend: Yes

Reviewer Comments: Eldon is a senior guide of many years of experience in the Western USA, Alaska and Mexico. I hunted with him for wild boar in June 2006. He's quite entertaining to hunt with from the standpoint of stories, and he's very well fit for his age. Hunting was spot and stalk with plenty of hiking. As commented by the previous poster, there wasn't much game to be seen. We hunted all morning and all afternoon and saw not one boar until the last minutes of daylight. We did see numerous deer, but we weren't hunting deer, nor was it deer season. The one boar we spotted came to the exact area that Eldon thought he would, and it appeared the pigs holed up all day on non-huntable property, and ventured onto Eldon's leases toward evening. I took that boar after a 150 yard sprint to get into position and a 230 yard shot sitting at last light, and it was about 180 lbs live weight. An exciting and successful end to the hunt, but again, we saw very little sign and no other pigs all day. Again, it's fair chase hunting, not shooting pigs in a barrel, so another day might be different. It was a fun hunt.

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outfitter review submitted by: L. Branch on Feb 7 2006

Species Hunted: Wild boar

Game Quality: None sighted

Accommodation Quality: Not provided - local motel acc

Camp Condition: None - local motel accommodati

Food Quality: None provided

Guide Experience: Claims to have many years of e

Other Personal Experience: No other personnel observed

Overall Impression: Very poor

Recommend: Absolutely not

Reviewer Comments: It was very obvious that owner/guide Eldon Bergman did absolutely no scouting of the area during the weeks prior to our booked hunt. During our 2-day hunt not even a single hog was sighted by any member of our four man hunting party, or by owner/guide Eldon Bergman. As a matter of fact, Bergman never so much as located a stale track, let alone a recent watering hole or game trail. That's pretty bad. My impression of Eldon Bergman is that he's hunted the area for so many years that he feels advance scouting is no longer necessary. His hunting method seems to be just cover a lot of territory and if he's lucky he'll stumble across a hog. Bergman made no offer of a re-hunt or even a discount on a future hunt. Once he's got your money in his pocket the Bull*#@t starts and the hunt is over. We absolutely did not get what we paid for.

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