I have been hunting public land in MT for several years now. It is a 2000 mile drive for me. My first year I hired a guide and asked questions and watched everything he did and after that I went on my own. I have worked at finding spots , keeping a log, finding places to camp, walked a ton of miles and enjoyed it all. I think about going back all year. Here at home I talk about it at field trials and training days and someone always says let me know when you go next year maybe I will go with you. I find this to be very insulting that someone should think they can just jump on all my work hunt over my dogs and use me as a guide and also it is up to me to let them know what I am doing. I don't take anyone unless they have offered to take me someplace they have and so far that has been only one person. I think a person has to know how hard it is and what's involved to really get the full value out of a hunt like this. Nine out of ten times it is this kind of inquiry that is always followed up with how many birds did I kill, that bothers me also it tells me that the value of the trip to them is in the amount of birds killed and I don't like that. I have always felt that the value was in beautiful country, great dog work, nice people and as a bonus lots of bird contact for my dogs. I always write the Fish and Wildlife people every year to thank them for the great job they do to provide such great access to and out of state guy like me. I feel only general information about where to hunt should be given out let people earn it and they will appreciate it more.