"But doesn't everybody do that?"
"Everybody 'cept horse traders, and you can always do your horse tradin' when and if you have to. But I don't think you're goin' to rent for the season."
"Why not?"
Al shrugged. "Figger it out by yourself. How many city people can take a whole season just to go huntin'? Most they get is a couple of weeks or so."
"That's right, too. Do you think I should say, 'deer and small game abundant'?"
"I wouldn't. Nobody'd come into the Mahela 'thout havin' some idea they could find game here and there's another point."
"What's that?"
"You're tryin' to build up a business, and the more repeat business you can get, the less it'll cost to get it. Promise too much and you might drive business away. Some people, readin' about over-plenty game, might expect a flock of grouse behind every tree and a ten-point buck in every swale and be mad if they didn't find it. Let 'em do their own lookin'."
"I was thinking of hiring out as a guide."
"Wouldn't put that in either. Some people want guides and some don't. Anybody who rents your camp and wants a guide will ask you where to find one. Then you can dicker."