Finding hunting partners - app input

[pacoalcracker]

most people are lacking in emotional intelligence at some level, therefore will never find a compatible hunting partner regardless of that other person's personal or hunting qualifications. if you are one of them, it's best to just hunt alone and save some other person the grief of putting up with YOU.

 

[Rifleman86]

I see a potential business model here.

"Rent a buddy" for DIY hunts.

Think of how many guys don't want to hire a guide but would just like someone to be with them in case things go sideways. A guy could make several hundred a day to just follow a DIY guy around and keep his mouth shut and help when asked. A guide license required for this? Your not guiding, your just being paid to be there.

A lot of guys don't go by themselves because they cant afford a guide and their wives wont let them hunt along. "Rent a buddy" would be way cheaper than a guide service.

$300-$500 a day to just hang out and keep a guys wife from bitching.

"Rent a buddy" coming to an app near you. lol

Haha I’d probably pay a young fit college kid $100 bucks a day to just follow me around the mountain, not bitch, keep my wife happy there is someone to call for help when I keel over and most importantly, have a young back/legs ready for the pack out.

With one notable exception, everyone I’ve taken elk hunting has been more trouble then they are worth.

Most eastern hunters like the “idea” of elk hunting. After about day two, when faced with the reality of what kind of effort it takes to actually put an animal on the ground, suddenly they are spending all day in the tent texting on the inreach and wanting to bail to town or worse home.

With the exceptions of my sons, I’ll never take a new person elk hunting again. I’m not opposed to partnering up, but it’s going to be with someone who has actually put elk on the ground before and they are going to have their own vehicle.