Wheaton Creek Ranch Hunt Guide (Seasonal)
Wheaton Creek Ranch
- Ocate, NM
- Temporary
- Part-time
- Hunting Guide Services: Create fulfilling experiences in leading hunt adventures, providing guidance, instruction, and support to guests, while prioritizing safety, ethical hunting practices, and adherence to regulations.
- Guest Services: Provide exceptional customer service to guests, ensuring their comfort, safety, and satisfaction throughout their stay at the ranch.
- Educate and Inspire: Take every opportunity to teach guests better hunting skills, firearm safety, tracking, navigation, wilderness survival, conservation principles fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world.
- Hospitality Support: Assist/work closely with other ranch staff, including managers, cooks, maintenance personnel, and fellow guides, to coordinate activities, share information, and ensure seamless guest experiences.
- You’re an experienced hunt guide, ideally with five+ years of experience guiding elk, mule deer, and turkey. You have extensive knowledge of western big game, including elk, mule, deer, bear, and turkey, including using game calls. You have extensive experience in harvesting animals.
- You’re an outdoor educator and enthusiast. You ensure each client leaves a better, more informed hunter - regardless of the outcome of the hunt.
- You have experience with archery hunting, muzzleloaders, and modern firearms equipment. You practice the safe handling of firearms.
- You’re able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
- You’re excited to live on the ranch as a positive and cooperative member of our Wheaton Creek Ranch community. You conduct yourself professionally with clients and our ranch community.
- You represent Wheaton Creek Ranch (WCR) and it’s founder, David Stanley, in a positive manner, promoting the Ranch’s sustainability and conservation mission.
- You work for the greater good of our collective community, helping out on other tasks around the ranch when needed.
- You’re able to meet the physical and environmental demands of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- You possess knowledge of relevant laws, safety and emergency procedures.
- A valid Driver’s License or be able to obtain one within 30 days of employment. The employee’s driving record must meet the standards and requirements of the Company and the Company's insurance carrier.
- A current New Mexico Guide Card (preferred)
- Standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (preferred)
- A high school diploma (preferred)
- National Occupational Certification as a Hunting Guide is an asset.
- Quality housing & utilities including high-speed internet
- Food provided during hunts you are guiding or assisting with
- Access to the wilderness for personal recreation, including mountain biking, hiking, camping, etc. in the hunting off season so not to interfere with game.