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Help me find a job

Nutterbuster said:
Nothing puts deer in the freezer like access to good habitat and time in the woods.

I'm fortunate in that I've been able to buy a house that's ideally situated between some fine public parcels, and my current job gives me a fair amount of vacation time and a flexible schedule. I can take a half day pretty much whenever the weather is right, and I generally am able to save up a good chunk of vacation for the rut. But...

Let's say I wanted to take off from October through February, or at least be able to hunt a half day every day. Aside from relying on my beautiful wife to support my habit, winning the powerball, or Mr. Deeds'ing my way to wealth, what's my best shot at becoming a full time hunter and not missing my mortgage payments?

I'm 26, have a BS in marketing management, and currently work as an academic advisor at an online university. I'm down for about any line of work really. Never have found a passion outside of hunting; just have worked wherever doing whatever. No real career-based focus or drive. When I was a kid I wanted to live in a cabin in the woods and hunt a lot. So far I've been able to live that little dream by buying a fish camp on the edge of 90,000 acres of WMA. Definitely living for the weekends and looking to make a change.
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Amen Brother!!!! I've been trying to figure that out for over 50 years!!! You're pretty resourceful, you will figure something out. I don't see the Trophyline Vendor Rep info in your Sig. page any more. What's up with that???
 
Fishing Charter business! Run the water all late spring, summer and early fall, hunt the rest!!
 
Nutterbuster said:
Gulf Coast actually has a lot of summertime tourist businesses. Might have to think harder about that...
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A/C work. Companies are always looking for extra people in the summer, lots of hours, decent pay. A/C work slows in the fall/winter. If your wife can keep your health coverage it is a perfect job for you.
 
Bigterp said:
Sooooo why are you telling us????????
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Because my business isn't going south and I love what I do (and I am completely unqualified to do the fixing pumps and other problems part of the job). I've actually been helping him try to find someone to take over - he just wants to retire.
 
I was a tournament billfisherman for a living when I was younger. I traveled all over the gulf coast and carribean fishing tournaments. When I was a kid I wanted to be a professional fisherman. The guy who said “Find a job you love to do and you never have to work a day in your life “ must have been unemployed. Anything that you do for a job becomes a job at some point. If it was always fun they would sell tickets instead of paying you.
 
I agree with @gameflogger, after awhile anything becomes work... I’d hate to ruin a hobby by trying to turn it into a job. I became a tattoo artist and it’s all I’ve ever done. It’s cool because I make my own hours, but money isn’t certain, no retirement, and insurance is tough, etc.

I actually need to look into Roth IRAs myself.
 
I like doing land real estate. I'm either working from home, doing work on my lab top or phone (written whole contracts and got them executed on my smart phone in the deer stand) or exploring property with a client using my jeep, atv, drone and good old fashioned topo maps. Everything has at least some suck factor. Figure out what the suck factor is of anything you consider before jumping with both feet. Variable market and income, marketing yourself, having little direct control over most aspects of a deal and the length of time it takes to build solid biz is real estate suck factor. Also having to deal with clients that just annoy the piss out of you but that's any biz and you do get to the point where you can afford to be choosy.
 
I don't know, sounds to me like you've got it pretty good where you're at. Work's always gonna be work and is going to interfere with something else you'd like to be doing at any given moment. Flexible schedule and ample vacation are hard to come by. Given the direction the world is going I would be surprised if you don't see a relaxation in that work from home policy sooner rather than later. Unless you really can't stand what you're doing consider sticking it out.
 
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@Nutterbuster I'm a software nerd by day. Worked my way into it from technical writing (I was writing instruction manuals for software, then took classes for programming). I don't "love" it but if you like solving puzzles it's not hard to enjoy solving problems. I still actively pick up new skills on a site called udemy so for about $12 a class I can learn whatever I need 100% online. If the university you're associated with offers coding classes or udemy interests you take a few intro classes and see if it fits, any questions feel free. Also, you seem to have the gift of gab IMO and you could play on that to work in sales. We have people in my company with some tech skills and good people skills, they work in sales and are crushing it.

@Mschmeiske you can PM me or start a different thread with Roth questions if you like, I've been funding one for a long time.
 
A lot of good suggestions here. I’ll reinforce that working for yourself is probably a good start. Doing what is sort of your call.

The wife and I run our own business. Don’t make a ton but we are certainly get all the time we want with the kids.

Finding a way to monetize the channel without completely taking away its integrity is probably your holy grail.
 
Set up your own business. Become a Canadian and gouge rich American hunters and have fun doing it
The job of a lifetime for a squirrel hunter. You can hire us as your trusted assistants.


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Nutterbuster said:
Nothing puts deer in the freezer like access to good habitat and time in the woods.

I'm fortunate in that I've been able to buy a house that's ideally situated between some fine public parcels, and my current job gives me a fair amount of vacation time and a flexible schedule. I can take a half day pretty much whenever the weather is right, and I generally am able to save up a good chunk of vacation for the rut. But...

Let's say I wanted to take off from October through February, or at least be able to hunt a half day every day. Aside from relying on my beautiful wife to support my habit, winning the powerball, or Mr. Deeds'ing my way to wealth, what's my best shot at becoming a full time hunter and not missing my mortgage payments?

I'm 26, have a BS in marketing management, and currently work as an academic advisor at an online university. I'm down for about any line of work really. Never have found a passion outside of hunting; just have worked wherever doing whatever. No real career-based focus or drive. When I was a kid I wanted to live in a cabin in the woods and hunt a lot. So far I've been able to live that little dream by buying a fish camp on the edge of 90,000 acres of WMA. Definitely living for the weekends and looking to make a change.
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Freight Expediting. I own a small Expediting company and could give you the pros and cons. Some pros: set your own hours, get paid for loaded miles as you drive then get paid again for all miles by Uncle Sam at the end of the year, and oh yeah, set your own hours! PM me if you want more information.
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I expect the same type of business exist in Alaska. You just hunt Alaskan brown bear instead of squirrels


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For a small investment, you can embark on a whole new career. Being young, you can probably run pretty fast which is a plus.... :cool: You get to set your own hours and the sky is the limit!!
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I’ve got a customer that sales and installs pools all summer and takes three months off in the winter. He used to spend it hunting Now he’s outfitting so he turned his three months off into another job.
To make you feel better about your situation I’ve been with the company I work for almost 18 years. I get two weeks of vacation. Unless company policy changes in 18 more years I’ll be getting the same two weeks. Like @boyne bowhunter says you don’t have it that bad.
 
ricky racer said:
For a small investment, you can embark on a whole new career. Being young, you can probably run pretty fast which is a plus.... :cool: You get to set your own hours and the sky is the limit!!
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That job pays free room and board for twenty years and zero dollars per hour


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i did residential insurance appraisals for about 7 years as an independent contractor. Work as hard as you want when you want. But you only get paid when you work. Now my wife and I run our own property management business. I work my butt off May through August on various renovation projects and then September through the end of season I answer calls and emails from a tree saddle.
 
Nutterbuster,

Sounds like you’re open to looking at ANY options that enable & extend your current lifestyle. Consequently, you could go in many different directions. There are already some great ideas posted in this thread. Here are a few thoughts I have on things for you to consider:

1. Selling a product that you can reproduce at a super low cost is one of the fastest ways to get rich. Copyrighted material (i.e. photographs, videos, books, software) require you to do the production work once. When it’s complete, you can reproduce it over and over at very low cost. If you retain the copyright, it can provide income for the rest of your life. @sureshotscott mentioned learning to program computer code - if you can create a popular computer program or smartphone app which you retain the copyright for, that’s a great idea.

2. Contrast this scenario with the prospect of producing goods to sell, like a hunting saddle, for example. The work never ends because you have to expend an equal effort each time to make the next unit before you can sell it. (The same goes for selling your labor - the work never ends.)

With copyrighted products, you have the up-front investment of your time to make the product, but then you can print another self-published book, duplicate a photo, an ebook, a DVD or a piece of software with negligible effort for each sale that you make.

3. The key is to create & sustain demand for the copyrighted product to perpetuate sales. With your marketing degree, you know how to go about generating interest & creating demand. And you already have a following on forums like this one and on YouTube.

4. Don’t count on YouTube monetizing things enough to make you a living, though - there are too many people who thought they’d do so, only to have their channels demonetized while YouTube pocketed all the advertising revenues.

Just use YouTube as a way to reach your potential market by giving away some helpful info while holding back some wisdom & insight. Make your audience aware of your online store where they can purchase your copyrighted material to get the rest of your knowledge on the subject.

5. I’ve been following your YouTube channel and in your most recent video, you mentioned a host of ideas for upcoming content to promote hunting for folks who don’t have a mentor. Down to earth instructional videos that you copyright and sell online could build you a revenue stream over time that permits you to hunt all season long.

6. It’s obvious to me that (a) hunting is your passion; (b) you have a knack for (and a desire) to teach others and promote your interests; (c) you enjoy providing guidance on gear selection and on hunting methods

Think about focusing your creative energy making quality content and getting a family member to help with the camera work while you’re filming. Make your best content to sell rather than to give away on YouTube.

7. Take a look at what John Eberhart does - he shares his knowledge and experience by being a guest on podcasts and YouTube productions, but uses them to also make people aware of his online presence where they can order his books and DVDs.

8. Greg Godfrey of G2Outdoors and Tethrd is another example - he gives away some of his knowledge and insight on YouTube - building a following - while making his audience aware of his business’s online presence. If he can do it, you can too. And @peteherbst is correct when he says that running your own business can give you unprecedented control of your own time and hunting schedule.

9. Don’t be afraid to promote yourself and to ask your friends, family, online acquaintances, and your audience to help promote you too. I’m a subscriber to your YouTube channel, and you make solid content, offer sage advice, and have valuable experience and insight, so don’t sell yourself short.

10. You’re young enough to make yourself financially independent if you apply your talent and abilities on things you’re passionate about. Your passion is contagious. Leverage it in a way that grows your following and - most importantly - makes you money.


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