want to get into profesional guiding

[twinpinekennels]

[larry]

[orbowhunter1971]

Larry, You trying to cause trouble??????????

[larry]

[Machias]

[twinpinekennels]

lol nope sorry larry the sisters will not be taggin along. i did give royal tine a call and they have exactly what i am looking for, more then likely we will be going there as they do schooling for couples. thanks every one for the replys

[Spanky]

I have to agree with Fred. Cody and LaRee are stamd up people and true to there word. They have a great school that covers both guiding and cooking.

[twinpinekennels]

i am waiting to recieve a lil more info from royal tine and we will be sending in out down payment. in one of the fall courses cody said that they cover a lot of the hound hunting, im pretty excited for that!!

[Jamison559]

If you are willing to put in your time and pay your dues, what kind of money can a guy make guiding big game hunts? It is a dream job for many of us, and I have definitely considered it. I know I would not get rich doing it, but I do know I would love and enjoy what I am doing. Does anybody know what a guide who has been at it for some time makes? Thanks for any info, and I do not mean to hijack anyones thread here, I just thought this would be the best place to ask this.

[Machias]

[Spanky]

[PBGSO]

I am looking for someone to move to Texas that has hound experience. If your interested I can email you some specifics.
Not to get anyone worked up, but I would not recommend going to a school. Find an outfitter willing to train you the best training is on the job training. I have had about 5-6 guys come out of those schools and I was very disappointed.

[Huntintony]

I agree, I own Steelmans Trophy Hunting Ranches, And I have had many guides come through. I recommend that you find an outfitter and intern for him a season and then sit down and go over the good and the bad. Then you can decide if guiding is the life for you. It is tougher than you think. Some clients can be a real pain. Just for example on pay, I pay my guides 100 a day plus tips and they also get to hunt on premiere properties when all hunters are gone.

[huntinlass]

Huntintony and PBGSO - I think it depends quality/type of people that are becoming "guides" and not the actual guide school that is responsible for your sour outlook on guide schools. So where's a guy gonna go if he's only learned the "ropes" from one outfitter instead of a couple different ways of doing it?

[Ranger]

To reply about the money end of it. The hardest part is tryind to get it to where you are busy guiding all times of the year. In these tough times it may be hard to find work in other fields in the off seasons. But I have found the money to be just fine. Ive done much better than my buddies that stayed around after high school and worked doing construction or machanicing, but I live in a small town. Sometimes it seems to be small town small pay. Like someone else said, the important thing is the lifestyle. Its alot easier for me to get up early every day to go huntin or scouting than it would be to work and be thinking of huntin and scouting.