Hunter Satisfaction Survey

We at Crystal Lake Resort are dedicated to making your hunt with us the experience of a lifetime.  We want everyone to know just how we did.  Here are the results of our first survey, conducted in 2008.
                               
The following were rated on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent).

 

Average Score

The Outfitter

4.8

The Guide(s)

4.6

The Cabin

4.4

The Food

4.9

The Equipment

4.3

The Hunting Quality

4.4

Meat & Trophy Care

4.8

Overall Rating of Crystal Lake

4.9

Comments:

The Outfitter

  • Dan was very open to our questions. Great enthusiasm.
  • Dan thankyou for being so personable, and we got a lot of pleasure from the fact that you are a family business, can't wait till your daughters are guiding. Awesome!
  • An experience I will never forget.
  • Garrett and I had a great time with everyone.

The Guide(s)

  • Carrol was the best.
  • Very motivated to get us out hunting. Great job.
  • Jarrod was a wonderful guide, personable, pleasant, helpful, and a good cook too.
  • Had to walk too far and he didn't carry my gun? (HA HA HA) Had to fetch his gloves out of the lake. (The Inside Story- this hunter shot his moose out of a boat on the first day of the hunt, and the wind blew my glove in the lake when I was tying up the boat)
  • Rookie
  • Was the best, Dan tried hard for my bull.
  • Earle had great stories
  • I want to hunt with Carrol again.

The Cabin(S)

  • Wonderful, we loved the privacy
  • There was a draft
  • Great, can't wait to sleep in new ones.
  • Hot water showers would be nice (remote cabin)
  • Crystal Lake (4) Greer Creek Cabin (2) - pack rat, 30-06 kill

The Food

  • Ellen's prepared ahead gourmet entrees were excellent and much appreciated (remote cabin)
  • Just like home
  • Very good cook
  • My and Garretts Highlight of the trip
  • Dan's steaks were great also
  • Great food, great cooks
  • Yum Yum

The Equipment

  • One ATV wasn't at the first cabin so we had to make 2 trips to Kennedy. The ATV at Kennedy wasn't in too good of shape, no winch, and reverse was difficult.
  • All Honda!
  • Better yet
  • Hope to ride on your pontoon boat next time
  • Loved the 4 wheelers
  • Chainsaw not properly equipped tools did not fit. No lifejackets, no orientation, inoperable come-along. We enjoyed everything except I do have a few important safety suggestions - each hunter should be provided a detailed map of the area and cautioned to have the essentials for overnight survival - do not allow anyone to board a boat without a lifejacket.

The Hunting Quality

  • Excellent Hunt
  • Great, I've never hunted from a boat before, and I need to wear more clothes as I froze, but that was fine, it worked.
  • Was good top quality land and hunting places
  • A little overcrowded first couple days
  • First three days hunting from Greer Creek was dissappointing.
  • I wish I would have been on the next hunt as I know the rut picked up.

Meat and Trophy Care

  • Very good job
  • Glad you said to bring a tarp and game bags. We had 2 sets and used them all as the first set got dirty coming back on the ATV trailer
  • Can't beat free meat at butcher and thanks for trophy care to taxidermist

Overall Rating of Crystal Lake

  • Had a great time
  • Wonderful! I can't wait to come up again! (after we eat all this one - 191 lbs boneless, cut and wrapped)
  • What can I say when you have your moose the 1st day - see ya again this fall
  • Thanks alot, had a great time, hope to come back soon
  • Thanks again Dan, see you in a few years
  • The place was super, no better place to go hunting
  • Thanks we had a great time
  • Thanks Dan & Wife
  • Would have been nice to hunt from Crystal Lake the whole 6 days
  • Thanks for a very successful hunt. Hope to do it again in the future.