I'm a utility systems operator. We do water distribution, wastewater collection and wastewater treatment for an approx 5000 sewer hookup area. Done a little of everything construction/pipelayinh, rock crushing, logging farming and a free lance cowboy when i get the opportunity. Only thing I love almost as much as hunting is the smell of sweaty horses and cattle
What does everyone do for a living?
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Eberle
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I hear you partner, can't imagine life without horses & cattle! Of course when I go out west hunting I take my mules.
BKC
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MAKAIRA, I lived above Sea Cliff beach one winter while I took a year off college. A beautiful place but I never quite caught the ocean bug. Santa Cruz to Gilroy was a nice place to ride my motorcycle. A beautiful place for sunsets.Twenty plus years running/owning charter boats and finally sold them and doing real estate full time.Fortunatly I still get some fill in captain work that pays for my hunting habitwithout hitting the household income.
dustin ray
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The two best days of owning a boat or boats the day you bought it and the day you sold it.Twenty plus years running/owning charter boats and finally sold them and doing real estate full time.Fortunatly I still get some fill in captain work that pays for my hunting habit
Colorado Cowboy
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Thats a fact. After owning several boats and fishin the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific from Cabo to Alaska in my own boat, another definition is also appropriate: Definition of a boat is a hole in the water you pour money in! Seriously, had some wonderful adventures in my boat (s) and wouldn't trade the experiences for anything. Still have one, altho much smaller for fishing all the lakes around here and Lake Powell.
ChadH
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I am a pastor, I have been planting churches and serving "under resourced" communities for the last 25 years (rural and inner city). Now live in a small logging community in NW Washington.
dustin ray
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packer58
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Holey s%&t, that's a big one!!! You could certainly pour a lot of money into that one. My 20' Ranger keeps me busy enough.
Colorado Cowboy
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I'll post a picture or 2 of the boat I talked about sometime later today.
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Old Hunter
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In God We Trust
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I am a maintenance supervisor at an underground Molly Mine. I love the mining industry and I love my job. Good pay, 5 weeks of vacation per year, and I only work 15 out of 28 days per month. I have lots of time to hunt and scout.
But they're fun if you fish half the week and live on the lake.....of course mine hasn't been used but about 20 times a year since I moved to the concrete.
I worked as a CPI Engineer for a Forest Product company, did a stint in construction during the '05 hurricanes, went back to school and now dabble in oil&gas.
CCMuleyHunter
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Outdoor Magazine Publisher-So, like Guy and Ike, I get to hunt and fish for a living. It doesn't suck if anyone wants to know.
I spent 8 years as a U.S. Marine and after that, became a mortgage banker. I just hated wearing a suit and tie all the time as well as being stuck in an office most of the time. The income afforded me the opportunity to go on lots of hunts, but I was unsuccessful because I didn't have time to scout the units out and I wasn't smart enough to hunt the same units year after year. Ten years ago, I walked away from the corporate world and have never looked back. I spend 180 days a year in the field scouting, hunting, fishing, and testing gear.
The majority of folks that I run into in the field doing the same thing are firefighters and contractors. They seem to have tons of time to enjoy the outdoors.
Good luck with your future.
I spent 8 years as a U.S. Marine and after that, became a mortgage banker. I just hated wearing a suit and tie all the time as well as being stuck in an office most of the time. The income afforded me the opportunity to go on lots of hunts, but I was unsuccessful because I didn't have time to scout the units out and I wasn't smart enough to hunt the same units year after year. Ten years ago, I walked away from the corporate world and have never looked back. I spend 180 days a year in the field scouting, hunting, fishing, and testing gear.
The majority of folks that I run into in the field doing the same thing are firefighters and contractors. They seem to have tons of time to enjoy the outdoors.
Good luck with your future.
hoshour
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If you're frugal, sounds like being a contractor or firefighter is the way to go if you want to have time to be outdoors.
There are a lot of self-employed guys on here too. Plumbers seem to do really well, especially if you can get to the place where you have guys working for you. That's what is really great - having your own business and having guys you trust carry things on when you are away hunting.
First, you have to learn a trade. I went out on my own after six years working for other investment firms. I don't have anyone working for me but my business is pretty portable and doesn't suffer if I take a week off here and there.
There are a lot of self-employed guys on here too. Plumbers seem to do really well, especially if you can get to the place where you have guys working for you. That's what is really great - having your own business and having guys you trust carry things on when you are away hunting.
First, you have to learn a trade. I went out on my own after six years working for other investment firms. I don't have anyone working for me but my business is pretty portable and doesn't suffer if I take a week off here and there.
Musket Man
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mt-mike
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I started out in aero-space with the Navy Department, Point Mugu, California - Headquarters, Pacific Missile Range. However, I made a life style choice and switched to Civil Engineering so that I could essentially live where ever I wanted. Got my degree from San Diego State and sent out applications to work for States of Alaska and Montana. Got offers from both. In July, 1965 my wife and I moved to Helena, Montana where we have lived ever since. I started out as a structural engineer with the Montana, Highway Department where I ended up getting involved with programming bridge design applications to run on the Department’s computer system. Eventually, I became the Administrator of Data Processing for the Highway Department and went on to run the Information Technology Division for the State of Montana for the duration of my career.
After living in Montana for a few years I started doing my own taxidermy work. As time went on I started doing work for other people and became well established as a part time taxidermist, working out of a shop in my basement. This part time business became full time when I eventually retired from the State. After 10-years of full time taxidermy work, I retired completely. Now days I take care of my wife’s horses, fish, hunt and only do taxidermy for myself and family. We live on 40-acres, about 15-miles outside Helena.
After living in Montana for a few years I started doing my own taxidermy work. As time went on I started doing work for other people and became well established as a part time taxidermist, working out of a shop in my basement. This part time business became full time when I eventually retired from the State. After 10-years of full time taxidermy work, I retired completely. Now days I take care of my wife’s horses, fish, hunt and only do taxidermy for myself and family. We live on 40-acres, about 15-miles outside Helena.