Apparently due to the economical downfall San Miguel Outdoors is closing its doors.
We truly hate to see any business close, especially a fellow outfitter. Our thoughts are certainly with the Gardner family and their team.
The following is from
huntingreport.com.
San Miguel Outdoors Ceases Operations
"Hunters and operators with hunts booked through San Miguel Outdoors should know that this agency has ceased operations. Furthermore, the company appears to be in arrears on payments to numerous operators for hunts it has booked for clients this season.
In an e-mail I received today from San Miguel's president Mike Gardner, he confirms that the company has stopped operating, although he does not address the status of clients' bookings. His e-mail reads, "San Miguel Outdoors, Inc., has not been able to continue its operations due to current economic conditions and has ceased doing business. We apologize for any inconvenience. All communications should be directed to: SMO INC., PO BOX 341478, Austin, Texas 78734." Today, San Miguel Outdoors' former web site address leads to a site for San Miguel Ranch, a whitetail hunting operation in Uvalde, Texas, that is also operated by Gardner.
Representing dozens of hunting operations around the world, San Miguel's closure is expected to affect a substantial number of clients and outfitters. Already, Texas-based attorney Ryan Hammit contacted me, alleging that San Miguel Outdoors owes his Zimbabwean client more than $150,000 paid to the agency by clients for past and future safaris. I'm hearing other operators have gone unpaid as well. I've also heard from a Hunting Report subscriber who says he is out a total of $15,000 in payments sent to San Miguel Outdoors that were never forwarded to his hunt operators... "
