want to get into profesional guiding

twinpinekennels · Post by **twinpinekennels** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:54 am

me and the wife would like to move out west and pursue my dream of becoming a big game guide. i am really big into coon hounds and bear hunting here in michigan. i hunt bluetick hounds. hunting with hounds is my life and would like to pursue this goal. willing to move just about anywhere. my wife would maybe like to become a cook or the person that picks up the rooms after clients leave. so if any one can help me out please feel free to call,email or pm me. phone number is 517-898-1844. thanks and god bless!!!!

larry · Post by **larry** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 3:42 am

Will your two sisters be coming along as well???? :wink:

orbowhunter1971 · Post by **orbowhunter1971** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:27 pm

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

larry · Post by **larry** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:33 pm

orbowhunter1971 wrote:Larry, You trying to cause trouble??????????

Hell no, they are hot!

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:24 am

Then you and your wife should check this site out, hands down the best school and placement there is. Cody and LeRee are outstanding people!!

http://www.royaltine.com/

twinpinekennels · Post by **twinpinekennels** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:40 am

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 · Post by **Spanky** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:37 am

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 · Post by **twinpinekennels** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:19 pm

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 · Post by **Jamison559** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:16 am

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 · Post by **Machias** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:48 am

James I would check out Royal Tines site, that is one of the subjects covered. That site really is the best place to get your information.

Spanky · Post by **Spanky** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:06 am

depends on the state, the outfitter and the clientel the outfitter is accustome to booking.

I can tell you new guides here in the west will make between $500-$750 a month their first season and that includes food and lodging. After that it will go by the day and it can range anywhere from $75-$250 a day. Some pay by the hunt which could be up to 30%

Tips are all about the client.....they can be $50 to $500 or more a week per client. I just came off of guiding for the past 4 weeks and almost made more money in tips then I did guiding

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It is not a profession you are going to get rich at and most do it because of the life style not the money. If you have a women she better be a good understanding one otherwise it will not last long.

PBGSO · Post by **PBGSO** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:58 pm

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 · Post by **Huntintony** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:32 am

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 · Post by **huntinlass** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:11 pm

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 · Post by **Ranger** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:52 am

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.

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