wolfman73

As far as those guys who hunt on the Tv shows. Does anyone know how they got that opportunity? For an example. Did Michale Waddale just happen to know Bill Jordan or did he apply for the job?

UPHunter08

Totally agree on this! The opposite can be true if you find the right job like a guy I know that works for the state. He helps landowners set up their land for the Managed Forest Law (MFL) program in Wisconsin. In exchange for tax breaks, MFL land is open to the public for hunting. So this guy is able to do his scouting while he's setting up the land for the program (cruising timber, etc). What a sweet deal! Needless to say, the bugger seems to have a primo hunting spot every year...I'm totally jealous because I can't hunt the stands that I manage (they're tribal).

NC Buck Slayer

they probably crossed paths somewhere along the way. im sure both of them worked to make themselves a brand. you meet the right people that way.

turkey guide

True about working outdoors. It's is work and not always fun. As an outfitter and guide I spend all the hunting seasons every year dealing with people more than hunting. I love scouting land and stand sites and meeting new hunters. I don't mind helping them secure lodging and tags and picking them up at airports and showing them my leases and walking some of them to stands in the early mornings. Going out after dark to haul in deer in bad weather sucks, but I like to see their deer and know when and where they got him. I don't sleep deer season anyway so a couple weeks not sleeping and working full time plus hunting is normal. But I hate that I do all this work for them, so that they have a great hunt and I seldom have time to hunt. I am happy for them when they tag turkeys and huge deer, and proud that I did my job well. But a little jealous still when they get to have all the fun while I work. The compensation of coarse is cash for me, but I wonder sometimes if it's worth it. My goal now is to hire more guides an be able to quit my 9-5 someday to take the pressure off me, so I can hunt more. But first there has to be enough money.

So if you love to hunt, don't pick a hunting job or any job that makes you unavailable to hunt. Take a job, any job that allows you the time and money to hunt.