I too was a guide for several years. It is VERY hard work. Getting up at 3:30 in the a.m. to catch horses when it is -20 is not my idea of fun. Guides make very little money too. The hardest part for me, as a hunter, was to bust my ass every day to show my fat, grossly overweight and out of shape paying hunter a trophy elk or mule deer, and then you had to let them shoot it! It did come with it's reward too though. Getting to be in the elk woods every day, met some awesome people over the years. It was one of the most rewarding jobs I have ever had. But it was VERY hard work too. Best of luck to you.