Ambitious New Booking Agency

Galyan, who recently sold his chain of high-end hunting, fishing and athletic equipment stores, saw in PanAngling an opportunity to expand on the agency's established services to include full-service hunting opportunities as well. It's too early to tell just how successful Galyan will be, but he is making big moves. For starters, he has signed up two industry professionals, Ron Stafford and Bruce Warren. Stafford is a former employee of Gage Outdoor Expeditions, and before that, a hunt outfitter in Argentina. Warren worked with Cabela's for ten years before leaving to run his own agency two years ago. Both bring with them an international network of contacts and a stable of ready-to-sell hunts.

As if that were not sufficient, Galyan has put them on the road to seek out more opportunities. Many of the hunts PanAngling is preparing to sell are not unlike those on offer by other agents. But the firm is also lining up some of what it hopes will be viewed as distinctive hunts. One such hunt is a remarkably cheap hunt for up to three animals (red stag, chamois, and New Zealand blue boar) in New Zealand for $3,995. This is an entirely fair-chase hunt for any size animal. The fee, Bru........(continued)