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Shane Barbour

Not sure where to start this story. Bob and I booked this as a last minute cancelation hunt. I talk to Shane a bunch and told me about the hunt, it was to be a different kind of hunt Hunting elk just out of town in Graham, Washington. I called a few references and so Bob and I decided to send deposits and give it a shot, Shane said he had over 20,000 acres to hunt and lots of Elk, figured we would only hunt a few days and be done. Shane said book your flights. Bring remainder of balance in cash.We will pick you up at airport, take you to Motel we use, $60 a night. Then run and pick up your license to hunt. I'm like ok sounds good. So I send him our flight itinerary and we are all set, I have done this hundreds of times, so I was good with this. In this industry you do have to put some trust in people you never know.

So this is where the disaster starts, we land in Phoenix and waiting on connecting flight to Seattle. I get a text from Shane. We have an Elk down so we need to pack out and get to butcher. Turns out nobody even shot this Elk, it was a road kill. No Elk outfitter I know needs Elk meat that you take a road kill.He tells us, you will need to take Uber to Motel. I'm like ok this sucks. I text Shane what Motel, what town. He sends me Best Western in Puyallup. I said ok. Well I call them before we board guy tells me $1470 for the week. I'm like no way. Text Shane back gives me another Motel $600 for week, I book room. Remind you he told me already had room and was picking us up at motel. We Uber to Motel at $75 arrive and get our Room. I text him and tell him room number and we walk to get some dinner. At dinner get text we are out hunting, go get license, I'm like wtf I don't have a vehicle and where do I get license and what license do I need he send back and Elk license like any state you hunt . I send back yes I understand that but no idea where we are hunting, what area, what town anything. By this time I'm really pissed. So after dark I get knock on my door it's another hunter to pick us up and go get tags and also get balance of hunt. This hunter says he will pick us up and take us out in morning all good. Next morning comes we all head to our stand all 3 of us on 200 acre farm within 100 yards each other. Morning hunt nobody sees a thing. Meet Shane for lunch never introduced himself to us just takes his balance the other hunter gave him from us. After that never hear another word from Shane. We all hunt same property all week. The other hunter had been there since Friday we arrived Monday. Thursday morning came and went and I just couldn't handle this BS anymore and called it. 7 hunters I know of no elk shot. 5 never saw anything.

There is so much more to this story it gets even worse, Stay clear of this guy Scum of the earth. Picture is 1 of the blind 15 yards off corner of Garage witch I guess could happen but not everyday

Even established outfits get long in the tooth and live on their past reputation and then either take too many people or take too many animals from an area. Dragging people into the daylight and warning others is really the only realistic recourse. Most hunts don’t cost enough to justify Litigation.

Sorry you had to be the canary in the coal mine to warn us.

Matt

Sorry you got burned Zebra. Sounds like a terrible experience and huge waste of money and time.

It looks like Shane has been swindling people for quite awhile based on a quick internet search I did. I'm always happy when people like him get what they have coming to them.

Thanks for the heads-up,

Robb

i've had a few bad ones but NOTHING like this

Yep, lots of BAD reviews on this guy. Actually even more than the POS Cody Carr. Im putting Cody's name here too so anyone searching can find yet another NON recommendation on him as well. Not doing research nowadays will usually turn out bad. I hope you post a review in the OR section.

Sorry for your bad experience, Zebra.

Matt

Zebra, I’m not being critical but it seems you got in to big of a hurry on this one. A little more time vetting him would have revealed lots of bad references and reports

Sorry that happened and I hope you can figure a way to get some satisfaction

Looks like you booked with a real winner. Ray Charles with a keyboard could've learned all he needed to know on this guy. Lesson learned.

Need some Help and information on this Shane Barbour AKA: (Hillbilly) Wife and I are from Northern CA. and have an Elk hunt coming up in November 2022 so real soon...After wiring Shane $10,000.00 as he “Shane Barbour” requested back in August 2022.

NOTE: I just had a good friend from Oregon just got back from a $12,500.00 (5) day archery hunt and it was "Not Good", he was very disgusted and left after a day and half. The whole thing was nothing like he was told and pretty much turned out to be just like everyone else's comments on this page along with other pages we have looked at.

Now we found out he (May Have Been) involved in a criminal gun shootout drug home with a police officer killed back in Jan 7-2018 in Tacoma, Washington in Pierce County. (Look it up) Again I’m not 100% if it is the same Shane Barbour and could be coincidental.

Shane also claims he doesn't do emails and seems to only want over the phone conversations "Seems to be a Reason" for his behavior and actions. Question: Shane seems to be a scam artist and a con artist at this point. Please if anyone can reach out to me directly at (530) 510-3369 or email at [email protected] would be very appreciated as I will be building a case on this so call scammer. There will be our local and State of Washington Law Enforcement along with Department of Fish and Game involved with my investigation as we build a case for court. Please any information from others will help us out as well so feel Free to Call or Email me direct. Sincerely, David

UPDATE: Unbelievable BS Hunt of a Lifetime Seriously don’t even call this a guided hunt for one there is No Guide! There’s Nothing but a Scum Bag trying to operate as a business as this is not a business and a complete scam of BS!….(Favorite line out of his mouth stay in your blind) it’s a False sense of hunting as you’re staring at a neighbor’s property houses or structures with kids and dogs all around you barking making noises even kids getting on a school bus. This is a very Dangerous Hunt literally shooting at someone’s home and all kinds of noises around you this is a Joke I can’t stress this enough. NOTE: This is all my personal opinion and seems to be all over the internet as well.

is this his website?

That's why it's important to read reviews and reach out to previous customers.

"Just a reminder to keep it factual. Please no conjecture, assumptions, or any other type of dog piling that has occurred in the past on this topic. Basically if you make a statement lacking factual value, it will be removed."

Ultimag goes without saying you are an idiot

Ultimag goes without saying you are an idiot

Don’t blame yourself at All you trusted another man’s word and gave him respect by giving him your hard earned money and he straight up took your money like a scumbag and didn’t do what he said- That’s Bad Business on him Not you…. Read the internet and all the reviews about him, he has done this to so many other people including myself and my family. He travels all over to these sport expo shows and set up his booth and makes promises and promotes his hunts and then when you get there you’re literally hunting in someone’s else backyard with junk cars and junk all around you not to mention all the noise from neighbors being in your shooting range. You as an owner for your gun in 100% responsible for your actions “Not” scumbag Shane Barbour. This is so dangerous surprisingly no one has been shot yet. I met one neighbor that had no idea there was a tree stand pointing right at his house within 150’ feet “Not” yards….. Unbelievable and Absolutely BS!!! On top of this his contracts are not legit and are very basic and not signed by both parties so legally it’s not a binding contract. Read all the comments how he demands money and a wire transaction which is like handing over someone Cash! Once it’s done it’s done and that scumbag had me wire over $10k then puts us in a shit whole property in a blind with a fence line 35’ in front of me and my wife…. Stay in your blind the elk are in the area the apples are gone get back in your blind as there is absolutely no sign of elk around me “No” elk prints, elk shit, apples scrapes, etc. absolutely no sign of any type of elk activity “Zero” “But stay in your blind” Shanes favorite saying giving you a false since of hunting…. This Scumbag is Not a good person at all to do business with and honestly I would t even call this a business because I can almost bet this guy doesn’t pay taxes on all the money he makes … Scumbag of the Earth!!!!

NOTE: THERES NO GUIDE SERVICE!!!!! NOTE: This is my opinion…..

And he still got scammed?! LOL… dumb dumb.

Some guys will do anything for a 400 "point" elk.

But the numerous review threads, the posted police reports and newspaper articles…

How can GSCO have him at the convention? And whether there or in Harrisburg, I would imagine that word has to be traveling around and his booths will be chit-shows.

bought a $5,000 hunt from Northwest Outfitting for Saturday, January 8, 2022, at the Dallas SCI show from Mr. Barbour son. I spoke to Mr. Barbour Sr. who stated in the package he would personally pick me up from the airport on September 9, 2022, and promised to personally guide me on a solo hunt for a 400-point elk during the September 10, 2022 opening day hunt trip. During the SCI show Mr. Barbour tried selling me a $25,000 400-point bull hunt. Which I declined.

Two months later, I received a call from Mr. Barbour stating if I gave him an additional $5,000 more, he would secure the lease and could have me on a personal hunt on opening day. I asked how do you know the 400-point elk will be there and Mr. Barbour said he personally feeds the elk and the 400-point elk will be there. I flew in in on Friday, Mr. Barbour said he would be there to pick me up from the airport, get my license and etc. He never showed up instead a lady called a stated Mr. Barbour’s son was busy and that she would be guiding me.

The young lady’s name was Sky. I was extremely upset! The next morning Sky (a 21 year old inexperienced guide) picked me up and instead of being in a field, I was in someone’s backyard. I went up into a tree, 25 yards away there was a bushel of apples. No elk in sight anywhere, during my hunt period! There were deer but no elk. I called Shawn Barbour (the son) and complained there was no elk on the property, I was upset I did not get the personal hunt Mr. Barbour promised. Shawn Barbour (the son) said the elk moved out of the field and told me to stop complaining.

That afternoon he put me in a field with three other hunters where he said the elk would be. We all were within 100 yards of each other. I mentioned to Shawn Barbour that I thought I was supposed to be in an area specifically for myself, the other four hunters are just decoys to my right. Shawn said the hunter’s scent will bring the elk right to you. I said this is all bullshit! After dark I complained over and over to Shawn and he told me to be patient. Sunday morning, no personal guided tour by Mr. Barbour, I was placed with Sky once again and was placed in a field with four additional hunters, no elk in sight.

Sunday night, again no Mr. Barbour to take me on the property I lease for a solo hunt. I was placed with Sky again, in a field with four other hunters with no elk in sight. Morning and night no elk anywhere! Sunday evening, I went to dinner with one of the hunters from Wisconsin. Brent, and two other additional hunters from Florida were furious about the lack of integrity of the hunt. Monday morning same thing but when I went to my blind, they said we could not go in. I sat in my car for two hours! Shawn finally showed up with hunters and stated there were all kinds of elk here and to be patient.

At that point I knew I had been taken advantage of. I flew back home early that evening. The hunters I had dinner with stated they hunted in the special area blind I paid for. I conduct some research on the internet and found that the outfitter Hillbilly (Shawn Barbour) has a mile long criminal history, has been stealing from hunters for quite some time. They bragged about so called offering hunters discounts if they paid up front via Venmo, or wire transfer just so they did not have to pay Federal taxes.

I am an experienced hunter, have been a member of the SCI National for over 35 years. I have been on over 150 guided hunts, and I have been on the Hunt Donors Committee for Phoenix and Detroit and have been at the Dallas Safari Convention several times and will be attending the 2023 show. I am beyond upset with the Northwest Outfitting company who scammed me and many other hunters out of tens of thousands of thousands of dollars.

Matt

I'm glad I dug deeper years ago about Cody Carr saved him some health problems. ;)

Sandbrew

As long as the outfitter is still in business everybody else that goes and get hurt all that money is just gonna go to him.

He needs to be shut down and realistically any Hunter familiar with Google basically could prevent their pain because it doesn’t take a forensic deep dive to steer clear of this guy

are you kidding me hunters with this kind of hunting experience and they get scammed-i dont feel so bad for myself now -the hunts with shane could not of even intrigued me when he would of said he feeds them himself-sorry but that tells me what kind of hunters a lot of people have become-but it will be your story and you can tell it like you want !!!

Recent Review posted to bow site. Unreal..... Maybe the poster should have checked bow site last year before sending a deposit.

"Northwest Outfitting, Shawn Barbour is a complete scam. My uncle and father in law purchased an elk hunt in march 2023, $4500 X 2, then paid $2000 in advance for 400 pt bull elk, guaranteed or $2000 refunded. Sent pictures of elk that are all over internet, he claims are on his trail cams. My uncle passed away in September 2030, so I called Northwest Outfitting to see about transferring hunt to myself. They told me $1850 to transfer hunt, had to be by venmo right away. Then he asked me if I knew other hunters interested and he would reduce price. I had a bad vibe, but my father in law is 73, hunted all his life and was overly excited, especially since his brother just passed away and it was their trip. We arrived Nov, 7th and met “Sam” at a gas station the next morning at 6:45. We had to ride with other hunters to hunt site and while “Sam” took another hunter to a site where dogs and people were about 100 yards in the distance. Hunter could see 2 houses about 150 yards from blind. When our group reached our hunt site with no guide , “Sam” proceeded by phone to instruct us how to get to box blinds. The elk we’re going to be within 30-50 yards from blind. These blinds were about 100 yards behind houses and about 80 yards apart, not mention we all have high powered rifles with no guided assistance. No signs of elk or guides either, complete hoax as well extremely unsafe. I told Sam we were experienced hunters that there were no elk. I wanted $2000 refund for my Father in law supposed 400 class elk. He’s response was do not trespass on my land. Not sure if any legal action is an option. Hope anyone interested in doing business with this outfitter is aware that is completely bogus. Northwest Outfitting needs to be exposed. Rob"

There is no one to shut him down because he is providing a legal hunt. It's a lousy hunt but his customers are getting a "hunt". He's probably over-promising and embellishing the hunt but a prosecutor isn't going to go after him unless he's confident that 100% he will win the case. The over-promising/embellishing is very difficult to prove in court.

The only way that he stops is if people stop sending him money or he decides to quit on his own.

Is the Shane Barbour living in a crack house the same “guide”?

"Northwest Outfitting needs to be exposed. Rob"

What's the point if no one pays attention to the "exposure."

I feel bad for the folks that got taken. But man, some of these stories are just ridiculous. Next thing someone is going to say that Shane promised him a 400 "point" elk in massachusetts. Yikes.

What?… didn’t really sense any sarcasm in you statement but am hoping it’s there and I just missed it.

Don't be a chump. We ain't got anything over 350 here ;-)