Hi all
Tunatales, I am a Maine guide and I specialize in bear, moose, and turkey. As huntress said there is a lot more to being a guide than the hunt. I take local youngsters to my camps with me and teach them the ways. The ones that come up the most are from non hunting families. Learn all you can about indoor and outdoor cooking. You have to become an expert with map and compass, be extremely proficiant in wilderness first aid and learn all you can about the animals in the area you will be guiding both target and non target species. If you plan on working in camps get a working knowledge with carpentry and light maintainance because when you have sports in and something breaks they expect you to fix it. Learn field dressing your target animals and skinning. If you have a taxidermist in your area see if they will let you watch skinning for different types of mounts, caping ect. Books, books, and books. Well enough rambling. If I can help you out at all e-mail me or better still visit my website, swaybackcamps.com.