Guide training and employment

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Rammer Jammer

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Anyone on here familiar with Chilcotin Holidays in Gold Bridge, BC?

http://chilcotinholidays.com

They offer guide training and employment.

Has anyone here ever took the training, worked for them, or used their services or know someone who did?

Just curious what the work environment, staff, and pay are like.

Any other places you would recommend?

Thanks in advance for your advice.
 
are you looking to be a hunting guide or just wildlife guide? I didnt see a hunting guide training there just wildlife viewing and fishing etc ? maybe I missed it but anyhow anywere from 120 a day to 150 a day depending on who your working for , great hobby job if your off work already not a career move IMHO
 
huntinstuff said:
Your best education is to hook up with an outfitter and volunteer some time.
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You don't need to volunteer they will pay ya---it will be grunt work to start but same if you took the course---Bracewell has got to be a smart SOB to get his hired help to pay him.
 
radical apathist said:
Stay away! This guy gave the rest of the Bracewell's a bad name. You would be throwing your money away.
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I have heard tales (which may or may not be accurate) that suggest that this may be good advice.


Get hired as a wrangler. They will pay you to be a joe boy grunt biatch, and learn lots...:)
 
If you came to me after a course such as this, I'd have to tell you to "unlearn" some stuff, and show you the practical end and what counts. The bottom line to me is someone with an open mind and good personality, plus the recognition that you never stop learning. Time spent in the field with a good seasoned guide that can teach is the real key to learning. My personal suggestion is to tie up with someone you can get along with and volunteer to stick it out for a season or so, with the personal vow to yourself to learn, good or bad. It's not always fun, but you will become a better hunter, learn the goods and the bads, and be in a position to be reliably sent out with a client and see that they're going home content.
The hardest part for most to accept is that guiding is a "profession", takes a lot of knowledge and skills, plus determination, and is not picked up overnight. That's the main reason we were able to convince the provinces that it was entitled to a "Red Seal" as a trade!

~Arctic~
 
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