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<blockquote data-quote="RDM416" data-source="post: 87503" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>I agree with the comments made by the others who have answered your post. I have been on quite a number of guided hunts and also have guided elk hunting in New Mexico for the past 5 years (archery and rifle).</p><p></p><p>Many of the guides I have met have a real job that allows them to make a living and that allows them to have a few weeks or a couple of months off each fall to guide. It is difficult to make a living as a guide. Fall only lasts for 2 or 3 months (max) and you certainly will not make enough to carry you through the other 9 or 10 months /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Most of guides I have met don't do it for the money.....they just love being out there. The ones who don't love it are generally darn lousy guides. </p><p></p><p>From the guides perspective........I've yet to get a real jerk, but I have had a couple that were is so bad shape they could not walk 50 yards (on level ground) without stopping for a breather. I've had guys give me great tips and I've had one or two give me no tip. I work hard for all of them. Don't count on tips, they are a bonus. The hardest part for me is the pressure to get the client an elk. Often the guy has saved for years for his once in a lifetime elk hunt. Over a week you get to know a guy, to know how hard it was for him to put together the kind of money required for the trip, his dreams, his expectations, and sometimes no matter how hard your work it just don't happen /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif</p><p></p><p>All in all though it is fun. If you can swing it, I say give it try for a season or two. You just might love it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDM416, post: 87503, member: 3745"] I agree with the comments made by the others who have answered your post. I have been on quite a number of guided hunts and also have guided elk hunting in New Mexico for the past 5 years (archery and rifle). Many of the guides I have met have a real job that allows them to make a living and that allows them to have a few weeks or a couple of months off each fall to guide. It is difficult to make a living as a guide. Fall only lasts for 2 or 3 months (max) and you certainly will not make enough to carry you through the other 9 or 10 months [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Most of guides I have met don't do it for the money.....they just love being out there. The ones who don't love it are generally darn lousy guides. From the guides perspective........I've yet to get a real jerk, but I have had a couple that were is so bad shape they could not walk 50 yards (on level ground) without stopping for a breather. I've had guys give me great tips and I've had one or two give me no tip. I work hard for all of them. Don't count on tips, they are a bonus. The hardest part for me is the pressure to get the client an elk. Often the guy has saved for years for his once in a lifetime elk hunt. Over a week you get to know a guy, to know how hard it was for him to put together the kind of money required for the trip, his dreams, his expectations, and sometimes no matter how hard your work it just don't happen [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] All in all though it is fun. If you can swing it, I say give it try for a season or two. You just might love it [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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