You obviously never been on a guided big game hunt??
They do all the work and we pull the trigger?? ha ha, that's pretty funny..
. most of the time all you do is pay for a good meal. I can assure you it's not the case here.
Tresspass fee, good food, someone who sets stands in known locations and have/will produce game, take care of your game, provide transportation, lodging... call it what you want but this is what you pay for.
Almost all of us don't have the time to scout (out of state) when you want to go on a weekend hunt. More than likely if you do a "hunt-on-your-own" in a place that you've never hunted, by the time you actually figure out what the game is doing your time is spent.
How do I know?? I've gone on over 12 do-it-yourself elk hunts in the western states alone! Sometimes you luck into them on the first try, sometimes it takes you 7 days to find them and then it's too late. You pay to have all that stuff figured out before you get there. The food/lodging and transportation are just bonuses.
In any rate this hunt caught my eye enough to book, and I've been on enough guided, semi-guided, non-guided hunts ALL over the US and neighboring Countries to know what's good and what's not so good. By the way you still have to draw the bow and make the shot, and that can be a VERY difficult thing on a 175" buck. I'd wager that most average archery hunters that don't see that caliber of buck couldn't do it.