Outfitter Review - Texas Outfitters,LTD

Outfitter Information

Outfitter Name: Texas Outfitters,LTD

Outfitter / Contact: Frank Fackovek

Location: Texas, USA

Hunt Information

Animals Hunted: Whitetail

Game Quality: Fair: 130 class

Game Quantity: Plentiful

Accomodations: Excellent

Camp Condition: Good

Food Quality: Good

Guide Experience: Good

Other Personal Experience: Good

Review Information

Hunter: Mike Schuster

Phone: 907-567-1050

Email:

Would Recommend: No

Overall Impression: Good

Frank provided a good quality hunt for average sized deer; however, we have a dispute with him because we had paid a premium price of $5500 each for a different hunt than the one which we did, and we do not agree that what we got was of comparable value. To that end, he has been very unprofessional, not only in his misrepresentation of the hunt which he provided, but in his negative response to our disagreement. I say "misrepresentation" because, in his brochure, Frank offers the very same hunt which we did, which was at The Outback Ranch, for $3750 each. He now insists that this hunt was equal in value to an opportunity to be his first ever, and only 2003 hunters, on his new premiere Drop Tine Ranch in Pearsall, which we paid for in advance. Here, he promised us opportunities at 160 plus class deer, which we had originally specified as what we were wanting to hunt. Please see the 2004 prices for a hunt on this ranch! Just prior to our hunting dates, Frank recommended that we move our hunt to the Outback Ranch in response to a notice from me that our father's failing health condition( one of three hunters in our party) could prevent him from being able to climb up into a tower blind. Frank referred to the Outback Ranch by another name(The Lower Ranch)and didn't even tell us that this was one of the regular offerings in his brochure for a lesser price. Being unfamiliar with his operations, we didn't know where we were at that time. The reason why he suggested the move was because (he said))that the cover was too thick at the Drop Tine to hunt from the ground, and this would have been a requirement for our father. Upon finishing our hunt at the Outback Ranch, we visited the Drop Tine and determined that there had been no good reason to move the hunt. Our 2003 hunt was meant to be a dream hunt of a lifetime for my brother and myself, with our father. It would be our only and last chance to do this, and after months of searching, we settled on the unique opportunity to be the first to hunt the Drop Tine Ranch with Frank. Our party grew up in South texas and have hunted deer there since 1956. 47 years later, we have a New Yorker telling us that we are not serious hunters and that we don't know what we got from him. Yes, we do. We want to go on record (according to Frank) as being the first group of hunters who have ever been dissatisfied in their business with him. He immediately reacted negatively and misinterpreted our appeal to reconcile the difference in the hunt. He has refused to agree to any credit for the hunt which we did, and has been very offensive in retaliation to our appeal. The difference in the hunt cost, according to his brochure, was $1,750 each. There will never be an opportunity for us to do this hunt with our Dad again. We regret that we chose to do it with this outfitter, who knows nothing about real Texas manners and hospitality, to say the least. We have kept full documentation of all correspondence with Frank since the initiation of our plan to hunt with him, and a journal was kept of our actual hunt. We regard this a a serious matter.

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