RE: I want to become a hunting guide, what must I do?
HNI - I went on my first guided hunt this year and I can't understand why anyone would want that job. It's back breakin' work, up every day fore light for 2 months straight and half the hunters are a serious pain in the ass. The camp I was in in had a couple of guys that had obviously not spent a minute getting in shape and expected the world from the guide. The guide I had busted his ass climbing mountains (and nearly killing me) to show me some good elk. I truly appreciated the job my guide did for me, but that was not the concensus of all the hunters in our camp. This has got to be one of the worlds most truly under appreciated professions (and probably under paid) Thank god for the gritty bunch that have the sand and expertise to do the job and the patience to put up with candy assed hunters that don't want to work for it!!!