thinking about trad only guide service

[leatherneck]

Keep at it Larry. Although I have never met Larry face to face, our brief chats on PM's has shown me he is a very persistent man. I'll hunt the caps with you anyday!

Mike

[Doc Nock]

Words paint pictures. I hunted with a friend who has a wingshooting operation. You pay by the "shootable flush" and that means, as defined and reviewed prior to the hunt, any flush within 30 yards.

Take time to think through your wording. Define it. Define it again. Then bounce it off several folks and get their input without tellin them what you mean.

Bit time consuming, but saves a lot of heartache down the road and bad public relations. They say if you do good, folks tell a few folks. Research says if you tick someone off, they tell an easy dozen!

Business plan on the finances is critical, but so's the marketing strategy.

[Jim Wright]

You may have already thought this through but on the no kill no pay policy here is a scenario. I book with you and have decided I am not going to take anything under 360 B&C. points, I very likely will not kill an elk and you definitely will have taken me hunting for free.

[Gehrke145]

Even at the no shot opp. no pay I think your asking for trouble..........unless your going to run this as a side job.  When I guided in Wi we had several guys that would screw up on deer after deer.  That would mean all the 100s of hours of scouting gone in the blink of the eye, and then no money on top of it?

[Brian Krebs]

An outfitter owns the guided hunting rights to an area; and a guide works for an outfitter.

 I think if you worked as a guide for outfitters; and took only experienced trad shooters as clients; you might have a really good chance of making it.

 Around here in Idaho; an outfitting license goes for around $250,000 including all the wolves you can eat.

 I am nursing a wounded knee; and watching hunting shows; and I see that a lot of hunters want someone to tell them when to shoot; and then do a praise allah to them when they get something- over any other aspect of the hunt.

 I would think most trad hunters - wanting a really good experience would want a guide that knows traditional bowhunting. They want an animal; but don't want it to be totally the guides fault. That separates the wheat from the chaff.

 If you bought a big area to outfit - and don't have the guides that trad hunt- well your not going to get famous; more likely infamous.

 I would take my money and go on a hunt with Rob Nye and see how he works- before I decided to be an expert... I would see how one works.