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RE: Hunting for a career?
ORIGINAL: Chasebaker Earlier in the thread people said it would get old....HOW? Isn't hunting an adventure everytime you go out? I'ld love to host a show.You get to hunt all year around for more things than just Deer....heck you can hunt so much that you couls go for a Super Slam!! I film,produce,and edit and I'm 14.I even made of list of cources I'm going to take after H.S for filming.I've talked to big names like Scott Peterson of Backland Experiences,Micheal Waddell of Realtree Roadtrips,Paul Biggs of Big Time Outdoors and Own The zone TV,and Steve Scott of Safaris Outdoor Journal.I've been filmed by Reality Outdoor Productions..Knights Reality Check TV.I've met Harold Knight and David Hale.I'm also going to Realtrees Shop this summer to mee Bill,David,Micheal,and T-Bone. I've gotten into hunting mainly myself and If I can accomplish that then everyone else could! I think hunting is a passion...and doing it everyday is fine by me...who wants to sit in a office all day?? NOT ME All I'm saying is being in the Outdoor Industry is morethan a job..its an adventure!! Thats my 2 cents! When I was 14 I would have been just as gung ho too. Man it would be awesome and exciting to do the things that you are....but now that I am older (I am only 26) and a full time professional, ANYTHING that you HAVE to do gets old and it gets old quicker than you'd think. I still want to go to work, but it still gets old...maybe it will fit your personality, I hope it does, I would hate to see someone with a passion get burnt out!!! |
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I think working full time in hunting would take all the fun out of hunting...I really like my job, but there is a lot of time that i don't care for it at all.....hunting is a hobby that I love and relaxes me..i think if it was your career it would take the Hobby or fun out of it....just my opinion
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Please read my forum on this subject... It is titled ATTENTION All hunters need to read this!
It is my feelings about the hunting industry.... PLease everyone check it out.... It is the real truth... |
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I love my job at the hospital and work hate to give it up. I myself would only enjoy guiding turkey hunts because the success percentage here in Iowa would be way better than deer hunts fair chase only. I love deer hunting but I also have a passion for turkey hunting and feel I could do that fulltime in the spring and still not lose my passion for it.
 Tony I too use to play alot of softball when I was in the military, I played on three leagues and we would average 15 games a week from March through November. We won our city league and always won the military leagues that we played in. We qualified for the Texas State tourney numerous times but do to military obligations we only got to attend it one time. After a 9 hour drive to Midland Texas a tyrant named Saddam Hussein screwed our chance at glory up by invading Kuwait. When we arrived the phone in our Hotel room was already ringing telling us to return to Fort Hood because we were deploying to Saudi Arabia. 250 teams were invited to the State Tourney and one of them that we had beaten all year ended up in 8th place in the end. What could have been  |
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Congrats on the Championships. I got Class D State back in 91 and 92 NSA.
7th in world D NSA sheesh maybe 94.Class C mostly tournaments but nothing big. ORIGINAL: GMMAT Jeff brotha I had the same issue with softball. Before I married I stated I would never give up 12" softball or deer hunting. Well softball became to much when you play 4 nights a week plus weekends. Finally I told me wife when I am 40 I will retire from softball which I did. (41 now) As for hunting she understands especially my vacation every year the week of thanksgiving. Its a time my side of the family gets together in the great Northwoods of Wisconsin and hunt and just plain have a blast. With us having a cabin now it is that much better and of course cheaper.;) WAYYyyyyy too much softball.....but it was fun while it lasted. I gave it up before 40, though.;) |
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I have a idea when they have this HNI meet next yeara little softball game on the side if you guys are
coming up. I want the record to show I already picked you and Bob for a team.;) ADD Dukemichaels and Justin to that I know they still play also. |
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You wanna take the fun out of hunting?
Go ahead........see if it doesn't take the fun out of it the first time someone TELLS you to go hunting in state "A" in spot "B" on date "C". That would absolutely ruin it, for me. |
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I am 40 now Tony and only played one tourney this year and we won it. We played just three games and we scored a total 57 runs and opponents scored a total of 11 kinda lopsided if you ask me [:-].....
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HUH you lost me pal
ORIGINAL: GMMAT You wanna take the fun out of hunting? Go ahead........see if it doesn't take the fun out of it the first time someone TELLS you to go hunting in state "A" in spot "B" on date "C". That would absolutely ruin it, for me. |
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Look at the title of the thread, Tony....lol.
(And we WON 13 tournaments in '99);) |
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SMACK@me
Do they have softball seasons year around down there? |
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We started 2/5 that year;)....and every other. There were tournaments into Dec.
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Holy....... I dont think I would ever ended up married unless she played softball living down there.;)
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Ya we played tourneys every weekend from March through December.
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ORIGINAL: M.Hensler/PA 3. The potential for your dream job to turn your passion into just another "job" with all of the associated stresses, etc. |
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ORIGINAL: M.Hensler/PA I was bored the other day, and found myself surfing various hunting industry websites (mossy oak, HB, Drury Outdoors, Rutjunkies, etc) reading the Bios of the staff members. It got me thinking whether or not I would ever want to enter into a career in the industry of hunting. Granted, I know many pro staff aren't full time, but given the opportunity, how many of you would enter the industry if you could make a fulltime career out of it? Obviously, hunting is a passion for all of us here, so it would be somewhat safe to automatically assume doing this as a career would be the ultimate life, but there's other things that came to mind that made me question it: 1. A career which finds you on the road a large portion of the year. 2. One in which may lead you into mostly hunts done on paid "ranches" where they just plop you in a tree and wait for the 160 class to come along. 3. The potential for your dream job to turn your passion into just another "job" with all of the associated stresses, etc. Now, a couple of things I feel I need to mention. I know I mentioned a few companies that are very prominent on here with pro staff members as part of our community here at Hunting.net (HB, rutjunkies). Now I know these and many other companies hunt primarily or completely in fair chase non-guided situations, so please don't think I'm anyway implying that ALL of the pros fall into the above observations, it's just my opinion from watching various TV shows that many "pros" careers wouldn't appeal to me. Ok, so, now am I nuts? What's everyone else's opinion? Given the chance, would you hunt for a career? |
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Do I do it for a living? No. Could I? Yes. I do it "part time" and the purpose is to allow myself more hunting opportunities that I would not be able to afford otherwise. I will not dive in full time simply because there is no security for my family, and I already have 16+ years in with the Fed Gov't. So...we do pick and choose what we want to do, when we want to do it. We also only take sponsorships from companies that number one are good people to work with, and number 2 products that we believe in.
The workload I have went thru over the last year is unreal. I have missed hunting and bowfishing days simply due to having to put work time into editing, or whatever. Does that workload lessen my enjoyment? No. The only change I feel I will have to make is to figure out how to delegate some work towards my partner, and our pro-staff. Again, though, when I am not under the pressure of feeding my family and paying the house payment with the hunting bowfishing, I am out there able to enjoy it fully. I cannot say whether or not full timing it would diminish the enjoyment. Certainly the travel would wear on me and the family - it already does that now. |
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I had a chance to sit down and talk to Toxey Haas last year. We were talking about this very thing and I was telling him how badly I wanted to pursue a career doing what they do. He looked straight at me and asked me point blank if I liked to hunt. I replied that I love to hunt. He said then the best advice I can give you is don't make it your job. Something to think about although I still think I would like to work in that field.
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