Hunting & Fishing Stuck-up guide

[jasonahull]

Re: Stuck-up guide

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mnshortdraw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Being a guide is stressful as hell! $18 large is a lot of money to pay, and a lot of money to get paid. Sometimes guides only do a few hunts a year, and they can't handle the stress of not delivering. Most guides I know are booked up as soon as the tags are out and lots of return clients. I recently started running a charter fishing business and I get stressed over a $1000 fishing trip that desn't go well. Keep looking for a guide, you will find one confident enough to take you on. </div></div>



Every one has a job that gets stressful from time to time, if you are a guide thats no reason to not take someone, If you dont guarantee a successful hunt the client must know that. So if he wants to go take him. If a person cant handle the stress of that do something else. It is different if at 50 years old the guys health puts him at risk or something.

 

[jasonahull]

Re: Stuck-up guide

Go shoot a big ol moose and send that guy a picture with a little note saying "SUCK IT!"

 

[mattyboy72]

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im from the yukon, and all u really gotta do is go to dawson at the right time of year, snag a local and go up the dempster highway with them, case a beer and a carton a smokes will go a long way towards that lol. nevermind alaska moose, yukon moose are wayyyyyyyyy bigger and craftier as well, they'll challenge u lol

 

[Brock62]

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Those Hunting shows and Guides on T.V are so FAKE. There are so unreal. They give Hunting a BAD Image. I would dare any of them to come and Hunt with me on Public Game Land and see how they would do. They wouldnt know where to start or what to look for. In there world its not about Hunting its about MONEY. They should be banned i think . I know i strayed off the subject but it makes me sick to see these people talk about Hunting and they dont have a clue about real Hunting.

 

[ykrvak]

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And so it begins!

Let me see.... popcorn, check. beverage, check.

 

[RyanScott]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PSL1078</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A lot of guides have return customers. They favor these customers, as they provide a steady income for them. Unfortunately, the only way to hunt Alaska for a non resident is with a guide (or so I was told). I hate dealing with guides. I like caping, quartering, tracking my own animals. Also, I dont see how it is so rewarding to kill an animal if all a hunter is doing is pulling the trigger? I dont want someone to find an animal for me. I hate guides. Hunting is becoming a rich man's sport too!!! I have heard that it is cheaper to hunt Africa than Alaska from someone that has made 20 or so trips to Africa. He said you just have to know where to go. I do think guides are needed in some situations, but I hate dealing with them for the same reasons you do. I am not rich!!! </div></div>

If you only want to kill one animal, Africa is cheaper. You can kill ten animals in Africa for the price of one in Alaska.

I've hunted both.

 

[Brock62]

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You know its the Truth dont you ykrvak, Its all about the MONEY.

 

[45.308]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: a-hull</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mnshortdraw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Being a guide is stressful as hell! $18 large is a lot of money to pay, and a lot of money to get paid. Sometimes guides only do a few hunts a year, and they can't handle the stress of not delivering. Most guides I know are booked up as soon as the tags are out and lots of return clients. I recently started running a charter fishing business and I get stressed over a $1000 fishing trip that desn't go well. Keep looking for a guide, you will find one confident enough to take you on. </div></div>



Every one has a job that gets stressful from time to time, if you are a guide thats no reason to not take someone, If you dont guarantee a successful hunt the client must know that. So if he wants to go take him. If a person cant handle the stress of that do something else. It is different if at 50 years old the guys health puts him at risk or something. </div></div>


I ran my own guide service. I disagree on the stress. Being responsible for someone 24/7 for how every many days is very stressful. As a guide I was responsible for that person no matter what happens, twisted ankle, cut by a knife, burn by the fire, a fall or worse can and has lead to medial payments paid by the guide outside of insurance and even law suits. Guiding is not taking a person hunting. Signing a release waiver has little meaning in a court of law.

Clients now are very demanding for success, it is no longer about the adventure. Many want coffee in their bag until they warm up, want their boots tied for them, will not slep gear, etc.

There are reasons to not take someones money. During the interview process, flags pop up.

There are limited slots meaning if someone pays a down payment, gets a slot, guide puts money out of his pocket to prep for the trip, now the client says I cannot go and guide keeps the deposit the guide is still out of money, contracts with food, bush plane, wipers or second guide, etc still want their money too. If the guide cannot fill the slot then his budget for the season is not met to put food on the table and keep the lights on. It is a business / job just like everyone has to put roof over the head and good on the table.

Until someone has run his own business, a guide business, in Alaska, its hard to understand.

 

[Jerkface11]

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One things for sure you don't fill the slots by telling people no.

 

[GregR]

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Drop me a line at [email protected] if you're still in the market. I promise we won't turn you away. We still have a few spots left for 2011 and 2012.

 

[silverstang]

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I wish I could afford an Alaskan moose hunt. Not for me but for my father, he was stationed up there for a while on one of those little islands. Always says he wanted to go back and kill one of those big Moose, but we have never had enough $$$.

Anywho, good luck finding a guide OP.

 

[Opticsspecialist]

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Alaskan hunting is something i've dreamed about for years. i want to go after bear and moose, and pretty much any other critter i can buy a tag for. the expense is the big killer for me. i'm going to go in the near future for moose hopefully. good luck with the search for a good guide

 

[partisan1911]

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45. 308 probably said it best. I do assistant guiding sometimes and the clients are definitely hit and miss. Guiding and hunting in AK is serious business with the actual shot being the easiest part of the hunt.

I guided some folks out of Wisconsin that lived for hunting and did quite well in the lower 48. They wanted to do everything themselves and did in fact do so. When it came to animal selection, how to stalk them effectively and dealing with bears they needed a little help.

If you are military you may want to do a little research and see who caters to them. You may save some money and have have a better hunt since you will be with like minded individuals.

 

[bluehunter30-06]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 308crosshairs</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You've heard the saying " birds of a feather flock together " it applies to assholes to. </div></div>

Now thats a quote worth saving!!!

And anyone who turns down a PAID opportunity to go enjoy the Alaskan wilderness is a f@#$ing MORON.