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<blockquote data-quote="BBQBluesMan" data-source="post: 246709" data-attributes="member: 1007">Hey since we're on the topic, how about this guy? Ring a bell? How are those &quot;hunts&quot; selling lately, Fritz? Not the full article, just clipped bits and pieces I thought were funny ;:;rofl:;:stirthepot Selling&nbsp; &quot;North Dakota&quot; and the &quot;Experience&quot; Aye? #$%^&amp;&gt;And just FYI, I don’t care if you raise elk, just think it’s funny you have marketed/advertised shooting penned in livestock as hunting, because it is not hunting.ND elk operator looks to lawmakers for steady ruleBy <a href="https://www.agweek.com/users/mikkel-pates" target="_blank">Mikkel Pates</a> on Feb 22, 2011 at 1:41 p.m.HAZEN, N.D. -- Dwight Grosz would say he is in the &quot;farming&quot; business. He raises his elks -- the bulls, the cows, the calves -- much as a rancher might.But from a marketing standpoint, Grosz is in the &quot;hunt&quot; business. That can controversial to some people.Customer typically want Grosz's elk for meat, but also for wall mounts they can hang up at home. They choose an animal they can afford, come to this corner of North Dakota and pay a premium to shoot it themselves, usually in a 320-acre area. In 2002, Grosz started selling hunts. He reaches potential customers through a website and a national magazine advertisement. He says it's important that he &quot;sell North Dakota&quot; and the experience.&quot;When people are here, we take care of them,&quot; he says.Most of the customers stay in a local hotel and patronize local businesses.Hunts are &quot;relational&quot; and customers are from all over, but often from urban areas in the East.&quot;They call and tell me what they want to spend -- what their thoughts are,&quot; Grosz says of his customers.He has to separate out the animals they want, and jokes that, &quot;If you shoot the wrong one -- a monster -- you might have to call home and mortgage the house.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BBQBluesMan, post: 246709, member: 1007"] Hey since we're on the topic, how about this guy? Ring a bell? How are those "hunts" selling lately, Fritz? Not the full article, just clipped bits and pieces I thought were funny ;:;rofl:;:stirthepot Selling "North Dakota" and the "Experience" Aye? #$%^&> And just FYI, I don’t care if you raise elk, just think it’s funny you have marketed/advertised shooting penned in livestock as hunting, because it is not hunting. [SIZE=4][B]ND elk operator looks to lawmakers for steady rule[/B][/SIZE] By [URL="https://www.agweek.com/users/mikkel-pates"][B]Mikkel Pates[/B][/URL] on Feb 22, 2011 at 1:41 p.m. HAZEN, N.D. -- Dwight Grosz would say he is in the "farming" business. He raises his elks -- the bulls, the cows, the calves -- much as a rancher might. But from a marketing standpoint, Grosz is in the [B]"hunt"[/B] business. That can controversial to some people. Customer typically want Grosz's elk for meat, but also for wall mounts they can hang up at home. [B]They choose an animal they can afford,[/B] come to this corner of North Dakota and pay a premium to shoot it themselves, [B]usually in a 320-acre area. [/B] In 2002, Grosz started [B]selling hunts[/B]. He reaches potential customers through a website and a national magazine advertisement. He says it's important that he [B]"sell North Dakota" and the experience. [/B] "When people are here, we take care of them," he says. Most of the customers stay in a local hotel and patronize local businesses. [B]Hunts are "relational"[/B] and customers are from all over, but often from urban areas in the East. [B]"They call and tell me what they want to spend[/B] -- what their thoughts are," Grosz says of his customers. He has to separate out the animals they want, and jokes that, [B]"If you shoot the wrong one -- a monster -- you might have to call home and mortgage the house.[/B]" [/QUOTE]

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