Getting in to the hunting industry?????
12-13-2007 | 10:11 AM
#21
Typical Buck
Joined: Jul 2006
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RE: Getting in to the hunting industry?????
You need to become familiar with the industry. Study successful people, take them to lunch. You need to know people. Start there, and let me know how that goes....
Do less pondering, and more research and talking to people. Good luck.
Do less pondering, and more research and talking to people. Good luck.
12-13-2007 | 10:13 AM
#22
Typical Buck
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: westchester, ny
RE: Getting in to the hunting industry?????
Read Drops last sentence. Similar situation: I love to ski. For 10+ straight years I skied at least 58 days a year and my best year was 96 days. While this was going on some of my buddies thought it would be a good idea to move to our mountain and live and work there. They figured they could ski more if they lived there.WRONG! While I was getting freshies or ripping sweet zipper lines, they were either sleeping from working trhe bar late or had to be at work by 10am to open up. Get a job with flexibility and you'll be all set. Once it turns into work, its work.
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
And keep in mind, even with all of those "sponsors" Mark Drury's Iowafarm is for sale !!!
Also, he has been, lets say this nicely, removed? from some of the clubs that he was a member of, for none payment.
So, even these guys, whom own succesful businesses and have sponsors with heavy names, can bite off more than they can chew.
If you want to get in teh industry because yo want to hunt more, Id say get a job OUTSIDE the industry that allows you to take time. Most of the hunting industry is at its busiest DURING THE SEASON.
And keep in mind, even with all of those "sponsors" Mark Drury's Iowafarm is for sale !!!
Also, he has been, lets say this nicely, removed? from some of the clubs that he was a member of, for none payment.
So, even these guys, whom own succesful businesses and have sponsors with heavy names, can bite off more than they can chew.
If you want to get in teh industry because yo want to hunt more, Id say get a job OUTSIDE the industry that allows you to take time. Most of the hunting industry is at its busiest DURING THE SEASON.
12-13-2007 | 10:13 AM
#23
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Michigan/Ohio
RE: Getting in to the hunting industry?????
ORIGINAL: kshunter
2 important tips... First, make sure you are getting involved for the right reasons. Second, get involved with the right people.
2 important tips... First, make sure you are getting involved for the right reasons. Second, get involved with the right people.
12-13-2007 | 11:14 AM
#24
Fork Horn
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
RE: Getting in to the hunting industry?????
IMO never turn something you have a passion for and love to do into a job, it then becomes something you will not enjoy at all. I used to love golf so i decided hey ill get a job at a golf course. Ill tell ya one thing, the last place i wanted to be was a golf course when i wasnt working. I could never turn hunting into anything work related, nor would i try.
12-13-2007 | 11:16 AM
#25
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
RE: Getting in to the hunting industry?????
LOL well cutting the grass..and being a club pro are not quite the same.
You wouldn't love hunting either if your job was cleaning up after the gut job...it's all relative.
You wouldn't love hunting either if your job was cleaning up after the gut job...it's all relative.
