Why did the guides sleep in the tower? Bears perhaps?

There is usually a reason the guides and/or trackers sleep in a place like that, while the clients or guests sleep on the ground in tents ...

BTW were the tents your own or supplied? They look like your own.

This was actually at the main camp--the hunters slept in closed quarters..actually pretty nice rooms..head guides also slept in doors..however the others slept up there..and yes there are a lot of bears in the area..Sasha my main guide was attacked by one that he thougth was dead shot by a client..went up to it and it took into him..they said he was 6 weeks in the hospital..

No, the tents were actually the hunting lodges tents..very nice and good equipment..especially when compared to other areas I have hunted over there..

This was a first rate operation..guides were outstanding, food was very good and everyone went out out of their way to make your hunt a success..

Ripp