Who here has worked as a hunting guide?

[Snowflake Killa]

Well there I go I can't read either. Bump for ya

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[Buff]

Yes ..... owned a bowhunting ranch

[TreyRo]

Snipe and Chupacabra only for me.

[wytex]

Anyone ever guide out west? Thanks for all the replys

Yes.
Some pronghorn, elk and deer. Turkeys out West and in Texas with friends and hogs in Texas.
I have also cooked for a rancher/outfitter at ranch based hunts.

Some guide schools out here that actually do well getting folks into hunting as guides.
We also see adds in our local paper occasionally with outfitters looking for guides and wranglers.

[sasqy]

Duck guide for 5 yrs
Never got to rest for 3 mos each year.
Lots of idiots with guns.

[Muddy Bud]

Yes. Off season, maintenance on all hunting vehicles, farm equipment and roads. Fill and repair feeders.

Order feed in bulk, escort guests and vendors through numerous bump gates. Keep accurate records and receipts. During season, show up two days prior to guests, ensure accommodations are prepped and ready. Scout in the evenings, watch weather forecasts, sharpen box load of knives.

Day hunters arrive, safety briefing, get a gauge on the type of hunters you have, eat lunch then assign rooms and unpack, then off to the range. Get everyone dialed in, establish who’s shooting what then off to hunt in assigned pastures. At the end of the day if successful skin, quarter and set animals in cooler tagged and separated.
Get cleaned up, grab a bite, empty trash in Hunters quarters, and dispose of hides and guts in designated bone yard.

Wash out vehicles for next day then shower and up two hours before everyone else. Head back to main camp house, grab a cup of coffee, take trash out, fuel up vehicles and fill road feeders, pack a cooler with drinks. Decide who’s going where, ensure your hunters got all his or her gear. Hunt till 11ish, bring hunters back for lunch while cleaning and quartering animals.

Grab a quick bite then back at it about 3ish. Wash rinse repeat for next two days. Pack hunters meat in their coolers drive them to the gate and send them on their way. Come back, clean camp, and vehicles and head home for a couple days. So all you guys that ask how much to tip a guide consider the behind the scenes work that goes on while you’re kicking back at the lodge.

[M16]

I’ve guided whitetail hunts on several ranches. Now I only guide hunts on my ranch.

[Bowtechshooter]

I am a ranch manager so it’s kind of a loaded answer as I feel most folks are adding on more responsibilities to their rapidness than just being a hired guide. Part of my job is either doing or making sure the following tasks get done: fill feeders, run cameras, scout, cape, quarter, obviously guide, entertain clients, cook, etc. since I am responsible
For the ranch I have to do whatever needs to be done on each hunt, sometimes it’s just guiding, sometimes it’s everything. Now when I hire a guide they go to which blind I tell them to, kill the deer I tell them to, skin and quarter it, and make sure their hunter is entertained between hunts

[James]

Babysit a lot of guys, I mean guided. Basically tell them that deers not old enough, let them shoot what was old enough in their budget, clean the animals, show them a good time. It’s Not a bad gig for a young man.

[J-5]

I was a duck and goose guide for 10 years or so.

[Chance Love]

Yes. Deer, exotics, Turkey, hogs. Some in north and west Texas, a LOT in the hill country and down south. Probably started around ‘97 or so. It’s a young man’s game. Some months I was only home 1 or 2 days. As far as what did I do? Well, everything. Except sleep. Never was much time for that. Now that I’m old I pretty much just guide a few hunts on our lease, and every now and then on a couple select ranches.

Do you have more specific questions?

[asu-indian]

I’ve taken a few hunters and fishermen but I wouldn’t say I’ve “worked” as a guide even though I got paid.

[ThisLadyHunts]

I’ve guided Smart a few times.(100 percent success rate). Can y’all imagine the questions?

I can’t even…

(jk, Jason!)

[glen]

Well I wouldn’t consider it a guide but I did give people a ride to the stands and pick them up. Kept feeders running- kept shooting lanes clean- and helped with killed critters. The owner called it guiding it was more like Uber in the woods

[az2tx]

Elk, mulies, and blackbear years ago