Doug you are right. You can't have a job, due to hunting and the outdoors being your job, you eat, sleep, breath hunting 365 days a year. Sponsors is the only possible way unless you are independantly wealthy, I rely on sponsors for 2 major things, products, cash, and one not so big thing is the image those sponsors give you. First things are first, you have to prove what you would be worth as an asset of different companies which would call for being an outdoor writer, photographer, videographer, etc... know what you preach and be willing to learn everyday of your career and never think or call yourself a professional hunter, I have seen it go to people's heads. The best advice out of all is to have fun and just because you may go as many as 2 or 3 months or longer without a check, stick with it if thats what you really want to do, not many survive in the business to make the rank.

Chris