Also called: Outfitter Guide, Big-Game Guide
Guides hunters in the backcountry, handling horses, camps, tracking, and game processing.
You pack into the mountains with clients and mules, glass ridgelines at dawn to spot elk, and teach ethical hunting. After a successful hunt, you field-dress and pack out the animal. Many states require a guide license.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. State guide license plus wilderness skills.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. Tracking game, running camps and keeping hunters safe in the backcountry stay human.
Classes: Biology, Animal science (FFA/Ag CTE), Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-7012.
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