Hunter Guide is a US specialist recruitment desk. We place permanent hires across hunting outfitters, sporting properties, wildlife agencies, conservation NGOs, fisheries, hatcheries, wildlife rehabilitation and hunter-education programs. Field-fluent screening, credentials verified against the issuing body, and one consultant on the brief from intake through day-90 follow-up.
We built the desk around what serious hunting, wildlife and conservation employers were missing from generalist recruiters: field vocabulary that lands on the intake call, credential rigor that survives a background check, package advice grounded in current USD bands, and one accountable consultant on every brief from intake through onboarding follow-up.
Our consultants recruit inside the specific discipline they serve. Rocky Mountain outfitter operations, Mississippi Flyway waterfowl, Southeast quail preserves, Great Plains prairie biology, Alaska guide-registration boards, Great Lakes hatcheries. Intake goes straight to the role.
IHEA-USA hunter-ed status, The Wildlife Society associate and certified biologist standing, AFS fisheries professional status, USCG captain licensure for guide-fishing, state guide and outfitter licenses, wilderness first-responder currency, USDA APHIS training, state game-warden academy records. All checked against the issuing body before a resume leaves our desk.
Rocky Mountain outfitters, Mississippi and Central Flyway wetlands, Southeast plantations and preserves, Great Plains prairie systems, Great Lakes fisheries, Pacific Northwest forestry, Alaska guide country. Federal, state and NGO employers alongside private operators.
The consultant who takes your brief runs the search, closes the offer and follows up at day 30 and day 90. One name on the engagement from first call to onboarding.
Three to five candidates, ranked with reasons. Each one credential-verified against the issuing body. Notice position confirmed, current package documented in USD, and written notes from us on every candidate. Non-competes reviewed before introduction.
Every permanent placement carries a written replacement guarantee. If the hire leaves inside the guarantee window for reasons that trace back to the search, we re-run the search at no additional fee. The guarantee is written into the engagement letter in plain terms.
Role, region, credential bar, package range in USD, timeline. One call. Written brief returned inside 24 hours for sign-off.
Active field network plus discreet approach to passive candidates. Employer identity withheld until you release it. Sensitive approaches coordinated with you first.
Three to five candidates. Credentials verified against issuing bodies. Notice confirmed. Package documented in USD. Our notes on each, ranked with reasons.
Interview coordination, offer structuring, counter-offer support, onboarding follow-up at day 30 and day 90.
Depth of focus inside each discipline is what makes our shortlists arrive faster and better matched than a generalist recruiter can manage. Every practice runs on real field vocabulary, real issuing bodies, real regional context.
Head guides, outfitter operations managers, sporting-property leads, lodge managers and reservations leadership. Rocky Mountain elk and mule deer country, Alaska registered guide/outfitter board employers, Southeast plantations, Southwest desert operators.
Deer, elk and big-game management contractors. Population-modelling biologists, harvest-quota analysts, private-land management specialists, culling and predator-balance program leads for state programs and private managers.
Wetland managers, moist-soil specialists, refuge biologists, waterfowl-hunting-club managers and Flyway program leaders. Mississippi and Central Flyway focus, plus Atlantic and Pacific Flyway coverage.
Preserve managers, pointing-dog trainers, hunting-club operations leads, gamebird propagation specialists. Southeast quail country, Northern Plains pheasant, Midwest chukar operators, dove-field program managers.
Predator management specialists, invasive-species control leads (feral hog, coyote, nutria, python), USDA APHIS Wildlife Services field positions, damage-management contractor roles for agricultural and municipal clients.
Field-program directors, chapter development managers, land-protection specialists and executive appointments for the major US conservation organizations: waterfowl, upland-bird, big-game and land-trust bodies with active field programs.
Wildlife biologists, field research technicians, telemetry specialists, population ecologists, GIS biologists, wildlife veterinarians. TWS associate and certified wildlife biologist standing valued at senior end.
State DNR wildlife biologists and program managers, USFWS field-office positions, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, state game-warden academy graduates, agency communications and hunter-recruitment specialists.
Wildlife rehabilitation directors, wildlife-hospital managers, licensed rehabilitators, raptor-program leads, education-animal handlers. State and federal rehabilitation licensure verified.
Hatchery supervisors, fisheries biologists, fish-culture technicians, coldwater and warmwater production leads, fly-fishing outfitter guides, USCG-licensed fishing captains. AFS certification welcomed at senior end.
Rangeland ecologists, habitat management specialists, prescribed-fire crew leads, private-lands biologists, land stewardship coordinators for ranch operators, land trusts and grazing associations.
Hunter-education program directors, IHEA-USA and state hunter-ed instructors, shooting-range managers, chief range safety officers, R3 (recruitment, retention, reactivation) program leadership at state agencies and NGO partners.
Twelve US hunting, wildlife management and conservation practices: guides and outfitters, big-game management, waterfowl and wetland stewardship, upland-bird preserves, predator and invasive-species control, conservation NGO field programs, wildlife biology and research, state DNR / USFWS / USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, wildlife rehabilitation, fisheries and hatchery operations, range and habitat management, hunter education and shooting-sports programs.
US-wide, with hiring depth across the Rocky Mountain outfitter belt, the Mississippi and Central Flyway waterfowl markets, the Southeast quail and dove country, the Great Plains prairie systems, the Great Lakes fisheries region and the Alaska guide/outfitter market. International placements available on request for cross-border operators.
Real US field credentials verified against the issuing body before shortlist: IHEA-USA hunter-education certification, TWS associate and certified wildlife biologist standing, AFS fisheries professional certification, USCG captain licenses for guide-fishing, state guide and outfitter licensure, wilderness first-responder currency, USDA APHIS wildlife training, state game-warden academy records, NRA range-safety-officer credentials where relevant.
Standard turnaround is ten to fifteen business days from signed brief to ranked shortlist of three to five candidates. Specialist searches (senior wildlife-biology leadership, refuge-manager appointments, executive NGO roles) may take longer and we will tell you upfront.
Permanent hires only. Head guides on year-round contracts, refuge and preserve managers, wildlife biologists, hatchery supervisors, program leaders, executive appointments. Where a search needs a temporary bridge, we refer you out to a specialist seasonal outfit.
Yes. Every permanent placement carries a written replacement guarantee. If the hire leaves inside the guarantee window for reasons that trace back to the search, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Submit the role, the region, the credential bar and the package range in USD. We reply inside one business day with a clear plan and a fee proposal.
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