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WildTag
Our Story · Our Mission

Built by people
who actually hunt.

WildTag started because booking a guided hunt or fishing trip was still stuck in 2003 — phone tags, wire transfers, and zero accountability. We built the platform we always wanted.

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Our Mission

Connect the wild
with the people who live it.

WildTag's mission is simple: make it as easy to book a world-class guided hunt or fishing trip as it is to book a hotel room — with the trust, transparency, and community that the outdoor industry has always deserved.

We believe outfitters and guides are the backbone of the outdoor tradition. They deserve a platform that treats them like partners — not just sellers on a marketplace. And hunters and anglers deserve to know exactly who they're booking with before they spend thousands of dollars and a week of PTO.

2024
Founded by hunters,
for the whole industry
The Story

How WildTag came to be.

It started with a terrible booking experience and a question: why does every other industry have this figured out, but ours doesn't?

2022

The Problem

Our founders — hunters and anglers themselves — spent months trying to vet and book guided trips. The process was fragmented, opaque, and frankly embarrassing for an industry this passionate. We knew there had to be a better way.

2023

The Build

We spent a year in the field — literally. Talking to outfitters in Montana, fishing guides in Texas, duck camps in Arkansas. We built the product around what they actually needed, not what we assumed they did.

2024

The Platform

WildTag launched with a vision: a full marketplace and community platform — bookings, payments, guide profiles, trip stories, reviews — all in one place, purpose-built for the guided outdoor experience.

What We Believe

The values that
drive everything.

These aren't marketing words. They're the principles that shaped every product decision we've made.

Operators first

Outfitters and guides built this tradition. Our platform treats them as partners, not vendors. Their success is our success.

Radical transparency

Every credential verified. Every payment tracked. Every review mutual. No black boxes, no fine print surprises.

Community over transactions

A booking is the beginning, not the end. WildTag is where the story gets told, the friendships form, and the next adventure starts.

Built for the long game

We're not flipping this company. We're building infrastructure for the outdoor industry — tools that outfitters will still use in 20 years.

Safety & accountability

Two-way reviews. Escrow payments. Verified identity. Real accountability makes the whole community safer and more trustworthy.

Technology that disappears

Great software gets out of your way. Our job is to handle the logistics so you can focus on the field.

10,000+
Hunters & anglers on the waitlist
500+
Outfitters & guides in pre-launch
47
States with listed hunts
$0
Cost to list your outfit
Leadership

The team
behind the build.

Hunters, anglers, and operators who built WildTag because they needed it themselves.

RH

Ryan Holloway

Co-Founder & CEO

Former guide and outfitter. Built three businesses in the outdoor space before deciding the booking problem needed to be solved at the platform level.

KM

Kate Mercer

Co-Founder & CPO

Product leader with 12 years in marketplace platforms. Lifelong angler. Joined because she was tired of explaining to non-hunters why the booking experience was so broken.

DJ

Derek James

CTO

Built payment infrastructure for two fintech companies before WildTag. Big game hunter out of Montana. Handles the escrow and trust systems personally.

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Ready to be part
of something real?

Whether you book trips, run an outfit, or guide in the field — there's a place for you on WildTag. Join free and help us build the platform the outdoor industry deserves.