Tom Younce. Santa Barbara Co. Outfitters heads up

[spectr17]

Word is Tom Younce is back in CA doing pig hunts. He burned a few members in here on some hunts up near Lompoc last year. He's supposed to be crawling around on crutches so somebody may have caught up to him to get their money back. He's using an 805 number so he's somewhere in that area near Santa Barbara it appears.

Big caveat emptor.

 

[bhrhunts]

Thank you Jesse!

I hate bad guys...they suck

 

[SacFireJT]

Thanks Jessie...

 

[Batch61]

I a m one of the guys he screwed. His check is still bouncing. I never make threats but if I see him...

 

[switch]

Thanks Jesse, I remember it well. I guess I was lucky to get my money back!

 

[GUNNER5569]

ya jesse he has his web site back up but is charging like 800 for a pig hunt

 

[bmtothhunter]

his group is shady, don't bother with them. i heard they poached an endangered tule elk and got into alot of trouble, but i just heard that.

 

[BoomerSooner]

Anyone care to elaborate on their experiences with this character Younce?

 

[spectr17]

Been covered a few times. Let's leave it at caveat emptor. If you want to share YOUR experience with Tom, please use email. The "I heard from my brother's friend" stories are not going to stay up for obvious reasons.

 

[switch]

I'll go first. I booked a hunt with him and five of my buddies sometime in 2005. At the time he was running a special for $200.00 for a pig hunt up in the Lompoc area. He asked for all the money up front. I checked with a few other hunters and they said they did o.k., so I sent him a check for $1,200.00. The day of the hunt comes and I'm out the door when he calls and says he needs to cancel the hunt.

He tells me he wants to re-schedule, but most of my buddies can't re-schedule. He then starts to sweeten the pot. He says that if I get another group together again, he'll let me shoot two pigs for the price of one. As I gather different friends for the hunt, he continues to offer me animals. He adds a deer to my two pigs and then another deer when I tell him I have another party that can hunt. So that's two pigs and two deer for $200.00. I started to get suspicious after he added the first deer. I heard he was having lease issues and may have been hunting on property he didn't have permission to hunt.

That's when all the trouble started on the site. I quickly called and asked for my check back. Two weeks later I received it in the mail after several calls. As I mentioned, I guess I was lucky to get my money back.

 

[bigtusker]

I didn't know that Tule Elk were endangered. When did they put them on the endangered species list?