What do you do for work/profession?

[Ashy Larry]

Realtor, and am a dealer/builder/installer for manufactured and Modular homes. Working on bringing the real estate side in-house and having one big company that does it all.

I love selling land, but anymore the modern house buyer is hard to deal with. The dealership deal is a newer thing but it’s growing pretty fast and I’m enjoying it.

As for hunting, honestly I can hunt/fish more than most but two kids and sports hurts my time the most. I tend to fish more than hunt just because I can go during the day and be free in the evenings.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Unemployed Indy Car Driver.

 

[Kroach]

Steel Mill Electric Arc Furnace Eletrician. I work a 4 on 4 off swing shift. I take 1 week of vacation and get 12 days off. I probably spend 45+ days hunting. Not including fishing. I really like my job. Switching between days and nights every week gets old but its worth it in my opinion.

 

[Yooper]

Based on the bourbon and watch threads I assumed you guys were all dentists, lawyers and former Seal Team 6 members.

Mining here.....good career field for the most part.

 

[Slickhill]

I make electricity.
Work 6 days and 7 nights a month.
3 weeks of PTO a year and it’s easy with my schedule to take a week at the right time and actually be off for 2 weeks and a day or two then sell back the extra PTO days.

 

[Decker]

1.Welder/fabricator currently doing mostly performance automotive parts. But have worked for wide variety of companies building aerospace, space x, dod stuff.
2. I used to love it but now it just pay the bills
3. I get about 5 weeks paid but have a flexible schedule and take prob 6-7 weeks total year depending on what I got planned hunting.
4. Depends on where I’m at if it hurts or help. When working aerospace, dod or space x there a hard schedule that needs to be met. But outside that it’s pretty flexible work and allows plenty of time to get out

 

[Rich M]

Consultant

Job is a ball & chain.

It's okay work - office work and management/directing these days. Used to do a lot of field work earlier in career.

Try to hunt 10 days a year.

 

[Maxhunter]

I’m retired so I work for no one but myself. When I worked I served 25yrs active duty Air Force then I worked civil service for 12yrs. I always had lots of use or lose vacation time.

 

[dtrkyman]

Guide. Fly fishing, big game and turkeys.

Mostly enjoyable but contrary to popular belief clients aren’t the issue, other guides and outfitters are.

I can generally get as much free time as I want but then have zero income!

I’m tired of the traveling for sure, have had some seasons where I’m out west and in the Midwest in multiple states and dozens of properties, and outfitters like throwing you into places you’ve never seen to guide a hunt.


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[Rotnguns]

I’m always curious what everyone on Rokslide does for a living and how it impacts your ability to hunt.

A few questions for the group:

1. What’s your job or profession?
2. Do you enjoy it overall?
3. How much time are you realistically able to dedicate to hunting each year (days in the field)?
4. Does your job help or hurt your hunting opportunities?

Some careers seem to allow a ton of flexibility for hunting seasons, while others make it tough to get away.

Interested to hear what different paths look like and how guys balance work with time in the mountains along with various tradeoffs.

Mechanical Engineering professor, retired Spring 2021. Very enjoyable and rewarding career and employer. Schedule was quite flexible but spent an average of 50 hours a week between class prep, grading, research, advising, and service. Could have dedicated one or two days a week to hunting in Fall if I wanted.

 

[loganwayne]

Director of construction for a high end residential developer. (new to position but not working for the company) I also build 3-4 houses a year on my own license.

i enjoy building and seeing the finished products, some home owners not so much

last year i bird hunted close to 30 days, and deer hunted probably a little more (down from previous years due to having a kid last spring)

My job is flexible i get alot of time off, but can also work "remote" if i want to some. i also come in late and leave early alot during hunting season. also alot of these rich people that i build for like hunting and fishing and ive gotten dragged off by them on some trips.

 

[KyFried]

Farmer, soybeans and corn.
Pipe fitter for local utility company.
Own my own welding and fab shop.

6 weeks of vacation time is the only way I get crops in the ground in the spring and harvest in the fall, I usually spend 10 days in the rockies chasing elk in September then the rest of the time bowhunting whitetail around home and crappie fishing weekends through the winter until spring turkey season.

 

[Ikmclean]

Highway Maintenance technician, pretty good paid time off with ability to earn comp time during busy times. Spend a lot of time working outdoors in the places I hunt. I'm able to know when and where the elk are moving when I'm out repairing fence

 

[Idaho4x4Bronco]

Paint department lead in an aerospace company building high end bush planes, float planes. Time for a change though, good pay but I average 550 hours of over time a year. It's interesting to see others career and think more outside the box.

 

[tony]

Fire/EMS - started at 21, did almost 30 years.
Decided nursing would be a great career when I retried at a younger age than most. Went to nursing school while working.
That turned into a huge mistake as I really don’t like nursing or people in general.
Should have picked a different trade, or just mowed lawns like most guys do in the side.

Anyway, I’ve worked in the states only woman’s prison for the last 5 years. Tell people I get paid to legally yell at women.
I work a week and off a week - night shift.
I kept my paramedic card and pull a couple shifts a month in tiny hospital ED as a medic. I do the same work as a nurse plus medic stuff. Easy money.

I don’t hunt much anymore. Most whitetails in public land around me. Bought 10 acres in Ohio, surrounded by farms. Might try my hand at bow hunting again.

My plan is to fully retire around 60-62. It’s good knowing I don’t have to work, I just do, because I want to.

 

[handwerk]

Self employed woodworker and I also teach woodworking at local folk school.
Like my work and my time off.

 

[156821]

1. I run a lowbed for a rental company.
2. The best part is there next to no supervision. Being outside. Pay hourly is pretty good and I go home every night.
3.i get 2 good week long trips a year.
4.the benefits are I get to see new local areas pretty regular. I have a young family so last few years have been tough. As the kids get older it’s going to be game on.
Good thread

 

[TreeDog]

Forester in private industry.

I really enjoy it. Lots of variety. Forced to spend more time than I like staring at a computer screen or through a windshield, though still lots of time in the woods. Navigating some of the federal and state bureaucracy for timber sales and timber programs can be pretty frustrating at times, but there are good people in those orgs that do their best with what they can do.

I normally put the majority of my vacation time plus weekends into hunting so lots of days in the field.

Spending that much time outside, looking at timber sales, driving in remote areas, and talking with loggers definitely helps my hunting. Plus I've been able to see just about every bigger animal in NW Montana at work except lynx and wolverine.

 

[FunkEyeMissed]

Guide. Fly fishing, big game and turkeys.

Mostly enjoyable but contrary to popular belief clients aren’t the issue, other guides and outfitters are.

I can generally get as much free time as I want but then have zero income!

I’m tired of the traveling for sure, have had some seasons where I’m out west and in the Midwest in multiple states and dozens of properties, and outfitters like throwing you into places you’ve never seen to guide a hunt.


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How would you recommend a guy gets into the guiding business? I simply can’t afford to work for $15 an hour in the shop for a year to build rep first.

 

[Stache Attack]

1. Agronomist/agronomy sales
2. Overall yes, maybe not the sales portion on commodity products, but with good work on agronomy guys buy out of respect and knowledge gained.
3. Guide for 20-25 days during archery elk. Archery hunt for my self weekends and/or take a few days. Hopefully seeding is done by rifle and I have as much time as I want for personal and family hunts.
4. This geography allows me more late season hunting than ever before. I have growers call every day of the year, do my best to get back to them timely. Manager here is the best one I’ve had.