Clair Walters
                 Montana

Dear Carl,
I apologize for the belated letter, but just wanted to thank you again for the wonderful time that Tony and I had with you this summer on our guided trip. We had gone with you on the Clark Fork River right at the end of July. It was a most enjoyable trip and actually fishing on the Clark Fork was the highlight of our fishing in Montana this past summer. We stopped by Flathead Lake, but you had not come in yet. The weather was getting bad so we did not get to see you. I am really interested in coming back again next summer and I will be in touch as we start to firm up our vacation plans.

Thank you again for a wonderful trip and I hope that you are having a good fall season in Missoula.

P.S. If you ever need a recommendation as far as your guide service you certainly can feel free to use me as reference and we have told several of our friends how good a time we had.

                        Sincerely, Jeff Chicola, M.D.

                                      Florida

Dear Carl:

I finally have had a few free moments to drop you a line and thank you and your group for the outstanding job you fellows did on our recent hunt.
I really enjoyed hunting with you and I would like to commend you on the professional manner in which you planned and prepared everything down to the smallest detail. Everything was very comfortable and the food prepared by Larry was excellent.
I know that some of the group is planning to return this year and I am sure that they have contacted you already. At the present time Mitch, myself and 2 or 3 others are talking about returning to hunt with your people in 1988, so I will be in touch with you in the future.

                                    Very truly yours,
                                James G. Wino (Jim)
                                      Connecticut

Carl,

Thanx again for another great hunt! I had a very good time this last season with you and the group.

As usual, the food and everything else wads excellent! The guides were very helpful and helped me find a great buck. Let Bryan and Scott know I had a great time and really appreciated all the help finding the deer and everything else after we got the deer. It was a day I will not soon forget!!

The weather was the coldest I have ever hunted in, but I still had a great time and would not hesitate to come back again, or recommend your hunt to anyone who might ask. Feel free to use my name, address, and phone number for reference in any of your brochures.

Find enclosed a few pictures from the hunt, and if you get the pictures back that you took I would like to get a copy of those as well.

By the way, send me some information on the Elk hunts you and I talked about after the hunt, as I am very interested. Also could you give me the name, address, and phone number of the Taxidermist that is doing the work for me.

Hope your year goes well for you and the family, and looking forward to hunting with you again in the future.

                                 Thanx again!

                        Blaine Vanderzanden
                                  Oregon

Hi Carl,
I know you're not out of the mountains yet, but I wanted to drop you a line. I've been home now a month from our hunt, and still have vivid memories of the great time we had. I got all my pictures developed and must have shown them to fifty people. Everyone asked me how the hunt was, and I just couldn't say enough about it. I still have nightmares about the easy shot on that buck I missed ( ha ha ) but what the hell, that's hunting. When we left camp, we stopped in Roundup, MT and went into a few stores. When we arrived in Billings later in the day, I picked up a nice pair of cowboy boots. Can't believe the price on them compared to where we live. I saved a good buck. We also picked up souvenirs for the wives and ourselves. About 7:00pm, we checked into a Best Western and took some good hot showers. Scott capped out his buck on a coffee table (there good for something) and I salted down the hides in the bathtub. God bless the maid. No - we left the room in good shape. We had a good flight, and arrived home around 8:00pm our time.
The very next day I contacted Barry Lederbach from Wilderness Hunting Consultants, and told him all about our hunt. He was glad I contacted him, and was interested to hear how we did. Again I gave you outfit a ten star rating.
Carl, I personally want to thank you for a fantastic hunt. I can't begin to explain to people what a great time we all had. We talked about it on the way home and couldn't come up with anything we didn't like about your operation. The accommodations you had for the hunters were comfortable and clean. The food served was excellent. I sure as hell didn't walk away hungry after a meal. The guiding we all thought was top notch. I don't think there was a thing anyone of your guides wouldn't have done for us. You have a great bunch of guy's working for you, which I think, really adds to a hunt. I don't know if anyone ever writes to you after a hunt and tells you of their guide, but I wanted you to know about ours. Rusty was great. He took his time, knew his way around, and knew the way we were used to hunting. He was also good company and personable. I know Bob also thought the same of Scott. He was matched perfect for Bob.
Scott and myself are definitely coming out again, this time for the trophy hunt. I don't know what Bob has planned. We both know how to plan and what to bring along next time. The first priority on my list will be a good pair of boots. My feet were extremely sore, man they downright hurt. The day you guided me, I was hurtin pup and tried to ignore the pain. I know it won't be next year, but you will see us in the very near future. I have a bow hunt planned for New Jersey in January, steelhead fishing in New York in April, bass and pike fishing in Canada for July, a bow hunt in Ohio in October, and duck hunting the salt marshes in New Jersey in December, along with vacation with my wife. So I'm a little busy for next year. Please keep in touch with me and let us know how you did, and if Montana changes any of their license drawings. I sent along a picture of you that I thought was good. If you have a picture of all the deer that were in camp I sure would appreciate it if you could send us one. Also I would like to see one of your tapes.
Well again Carl, thanks for a memorable hunt. If you stay in contact with the guys, tell them all - thanks!
I hope your wife is feeling better and everything turned out ok.

            Please stay in touch.

I wish your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Take care Carl,

Rick Rhoads
Bernville, PA

                                    Regards
                              Georger Stalhes
                               North Carolina

Dear Carl,
Thanks again for a memorable trip and enclosed are some of the photographs that we took. I really enjoyed fishing with you and I am looking forward to a return trip next year. The weather was nice and the river as usual was beautiful. Best of luck to you and your family during the winter and I will be in touch about returning next September.

                    Sincerely, Jeff P. Chicola, M.D., F.A.C.S.
                    Ears, Nose, and Throat
                    Facial Plastic Surgery
 

                                      Florida

Dear Pat and Glann,
It was good seeing you in Lolo and both Mary Jean and I enjoyed having dinner with you two a Guy’s Steakhouse.
We were quite pleased with the guide, Carl Mann. Enclosed, you will find a brochure on his services as well as a picture of one of the large fish I caught on the Bitterroot. He was a great guide and really knows his business. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone.

           Again, we enjoyed seeing you both and hope to meet again in the future.

                                                 Sincerely,
                                         Bucky Woodward
CC: CARL MANN                   Montana

Hi Carl,
I hope you’re going to run a camp like you did this year—it looks like six of us would like to come back next year for mule deer – myself, my brother Rich and four other guys. This time I think we’ll fly and meet you wherever you want us to. Let me know if the terms are the same.

We didn’t get any elk. The weather was so nice that they were way back in. We didn’t have horses, but you know we had a good time.

I can’t say enough about the good time we had with you guys. It couldn’t have been better.

                      Thanks again,
                 Harold Haraghey, Jr.
                     Connecticut

Dear Sir:    (Montana Department of Fish Wildlife & Parks)

It has been my good fortune to visit your state on four separate occasions over the past six years on successful hunting trips. The success of these trips is due to the excellent guides from the firm of Montana Experience Outfitters.

The trips have all been efficiently organized from start to finish. I received letters before the trip with recommendations from the guides as to what to bring, even down to details about weather conditions for the time of year I anticipated hunting in. The hunts have always been well thought out in advance as to where the deer can be found and all the guides are familiar with the area being covered. At night it was always nice to have a hot meal and good company to look forward to.

My wife and I are planning a trip to Montana this summer to see what you state looks like in the warmer weather. We are both looking forward to this trip and the people we meet due to the great experience I have already had with Carl, Jim and John. They are an asset to you state’s tourist business and I would recommend them to any hunters interested in a successful hunt.

Sincerely,

Donald M. Edwards
      Cobalt, CT

CC: Davidson
       Landwhere
       Mann

Dear Carl,

Meant to write sooner, but time has gotten away from me again.
Thank you for the super hunt trip.
The accommodations and food and hunt were worth every dime we spent. So, if you need any recommendations feel free to call or write to me.
Our whitetail hunt here in Wisc. Was very poor this year. Too many hunters, choice permits given. You shoot all the does and you won’t have any bucks.
I am happy with the 4x4 I got on the hunt.
It looks like I won’t make it in 1988 like I said. The daughters wedding is costing many bucks. Will try for 1989.
Sat. eve. Now. Thanks you for the pictures. Will go in a frame and on the wall.
We really enjoyed being with all of you in camp. John did a very nice job for me.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Must Go For Now – Will Write Later

Sincerely yours,
Your Hunting Buddy
Harvey Gilbertson

All four of you: Carl, Jim, John and Jerry will always have a special place in my memory