Hunting.....For a living.

[houndcrzy]

How many of guy guys do, or know someone that does, hunt hounds for a living? Be it outfitting hunts, raising, breeding, and or training hounds. If you do I'd like to hear your story of how it all became and how the journey has been. I know there isn't a tonne of guys that still do but I would love to hear about or from anyone that hunts dogs for there main source of income!

[Mr.pacojack]

I know there are a few guys on here that hunt for a living. I am a government hunter here in Colorado. There are 3 of us here in the Craig area. I am the only one that runs hounds the other 2 just hunt coyotes. I run mostly bear on the job and a occasional lion and bobcat. We run alot of bobcat ( and a few lions) in the winter to keep the dogs going good.

[oswald]

PACO, I CAME HOME LATE THE OTHER NIGHT AND THE NEIGHBORS LLAMA NEARLY JUMPED THRU MY WINDSHIELD. I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD HE WASNT IN THE BARN WITH THE SHEEP BUT I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 15 HOURS AND IGNORED THE CRAZY THING. NEXT MORNING I FOUND OUT A BEAR WAS KILLING SHEEP IN THE BARN WHILE LLAMA ESCAPED.THIS IS 2ND SHEEP KILLING BEAR WITHIN 3 MILES OF MY HOUSE PAST 2 SUMMERS.THE GAMEWARDENS JUST TELL THE LANDOWNER TO KILL THE BEAR. I HAVE HEARD THERE IS A GOVT HUNTER (CLAYTON? SOMETHING) IN BAYFIELD=NEAR DURANGO.DO YOU GUYS MISS ALOT OF CALLS LIKE THIS OR IS IT UP TO THE WARDENS TO CALL AND REPORT THE KILLS?

[Mr.pacojack]

Here we don't miss any calls because the producers call us directly and don't call the DOW. I don't think Clayton is on the bear lion stuff.
In this case I would say They need to climb a little high on the DOW chain and see if they can get them to do something. There are 5 of us ( 3 of us that are full timers and 2 that are part timers)in the State that are on the DOW's list to run Bear and Lion

[Tom White]

I don"t know if it counts, but hounds are my main source of expense.

[Ike]

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