Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/10/22 03:55 PM
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Interesting post. I would think waterfowl would be easier than other kinds of guiding and it could be done along with another business. The season isn't year round and any duck / goose you see is a shooter. Much different than other types of guiding where people are holding out for a 160" buck, a 50"+ muskie, etc.
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Re: Starting guide service?
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09/10/22 04:11 PM
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Interesting post. I would think waterfowl would be easier than other kinds of guiding and it could be done along with another business. The season isn't year round and any duck / goose you see is a shooter. Much different than other types of guiding where people are holding out for a 160" buck, a 50"+ muskie, etc. It's also marketable to groups, smaller fees spread across a group makes it manageable
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/10/22 05:54 PM
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If you start a guiding business or even "guide" for family/friends, MANY trail cameras are your friend
Till that day.....
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/10/22 06:32 PM
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You have asked about finding employees for your tree service business. Would this new business require employees? Employees are are necessary, expensive, and troublesome. Customers can be difficult, demanding, and quarrelsome. I do not enjoy finding myself between problematic employees and problematic customers. So, I strive to screen people to prevent both.
I have helped, trained, tutored, entertained, employed, given to, sponsored, and led others in professional life, business life, and private life. Running my small business is not so fun with my new cardiac issue. In an unrelated field, I just completed a multi-year business project to benefit my wife and me. At this point I am ready to retire again. My personal private time to do anything that I enjoy is precious.
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/10/22 06:49 PM
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You just can't tell how various hunters are going to be. I've had hunters who are on the very top 1/10 of one percent on the socioeconomic scale,and hunters on the other end, and both have been great to hunt with.
It's probably the wannabe rich and noticed who can be the biggest headache; but then not always.
If you use a booking agent he will have no incentive to screen your clients. If you sell the hunts yourself you have the opportunity to pick and choose; tactfully send potential problems to a different guide. ,,
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Willy Firewood]
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09/10/22 08:06 PM
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You have asked about finding employees for your tree service business. Would this new business require employees? Employees are are necessary, expensive, and troublesome. Customers can be difficult, demanding, and quarrelsome. I do not enjoy finding myself between problematic employees and problematic customers. So, I strive to screen people to prevent both.
I have helped, trained, tutored, entertained, employed, given to, sponsored, and led others in professional life, business life, and private life. Running my small business is not so fun with my new cardiac issue. In an unrelated field, I just completed a multi-year business project to benefit my wife and me. At this point I am ready to retire again. My personal private time to do anything that I enjoy is precious. I would do this by myself 100% from booking clients to cleaning birds it would only be my wife and I.
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/10/22 08:46 PM
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Just make sure you are thick skinned. Some people truly know and believe it’s all fair chase and Others say it but expect success. I guided for three years since I own my own business I could get A way, have fun, meet great people. The owner had an operation in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. He never got into pissing matches or drama with clients!
"The more people I meet the more I love my dog!"
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/10/22 09:45 PM
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Put a clause in the contract (to the the effect).. this is a hunt/fish adventure. Some days/weeks/years can vary from year to year. We cannot dictate weather,moon phase, natural foods ect. On a good year, you may end up being a "God", some years no matter what you do, you will be the "bug on the windshield. " Use your gutt instinct and don't book those you deem a nagged.
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You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/11/22 11:14 AM
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I guided for yrs in Canada and North Dakota. In Canada it was for Waterfowl and Waterfowl and Upland in N.D. I liked older hunters as younger hunters were mad if they didn't shoot there limit everyday I had guys shoot over 100 rds in decoys and only knock down 8 or 9 birds and there mad because they never limited out. I always said I don't know why guys would come to N.D. and hunt Waterfowl when they could go to Canada. It's the best Waterfowl hunting in the world.
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/11/22 12:38 PM
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If you really love hunting, you probably won't love it while your guiding. If you are guiding the whole hunting season, you won't be doing any personal hunting that you loved.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Starting guide service?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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09/11/22 01:06 PM
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Only real reason I want to do it is to justify buying farmland that currently doesn't make financial sense to buy at current market prices. one of the best known waterfowl guides in these parts operates with a business partner that is a farmer. that cost/benefit thing with farming is always fluctuating but they thought buying dirt worked out when it could be split between farming and guiding. at least on some locations. but i know him and his boy are still also leasing up places left and right on the flyway as i just ran into them this weekend.
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