What should you pay a guide for hog hunts?

[GeneRector]

Howdy!  I'm thinking about offering guided hog hunts at sometime in the future. However, where I live the hogs are so plentiful that no one really pays much to hunt hogs. My question is, "How much should you pay a guide to help out with hog hunting. Probably, one on one and maybe one or two hunts per week."  Most hunts would probably be from a stand near a lighted bait sight in the evenings near dark.  The guide would also dress out the hog and get it loaded for the hunter.  If you have any suggestions, feel free to respond.  Thanks!

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[VTDW]

15% and up just like a good waiter.  If not so good...oh well.

Dave

[FWiedner]

Gene;

Are you just setting guys on trails and saying "Go get 'em!"?  Folks pay for service.

What's the slate of services that you are offering?

Are you providing or coordinating the use of acreage, transportation (people and game), or food and lodging?

If you're managing someone else's land,  what do they want out of it?

What kinds of hunting are you guiding for?  Just stands?  Spot and stalk?  Dogs?

Are you providing skinning and quartering, cold storage?

More details makes putting numbers on it easier.

 

[GeneRector]

 Howdy!

Are you just setting guys on trails and saying "Go get 'em!"? Folks pay for service.

No, we have a couple of nice 5 foot tower blinds with a visible bait sight  near each of them.

What's the slate of services that you are offering?

Are you providing or coordinating the use of acreage, transportation (people and game), or food and lodging?

We have about 100 acres with lots of hogs coming through near dark. Food and lodging are available about 3 miles away.

If you're managing someone else's land, what do they want out of it?

It's my own land but I would like to make some money off of it.

What kinds of hunting are you guiding for? Just stands? Spot and stalk? Dogs?

Basically, stands over bait which is lighted at dark. This is usually when the hogs are active.

Are you providing skinning and quartering, cold storage?

This seems to be essential because outside of deer season, none of the locker plants will take hogs after hours.

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[Redhawk1]

GeneRector, figure your operating costs and the amount of time you will spend with each hunter and difficulty of hunt.  I pay $1400 for a bear bait hunt in Maine and that is for a 6 day hunt with lodging and good food included. Just to give you an idea. I think around $400 to $500 for a 7 day hunt if you are not providing food or lodging.  

[FWiedner]

From what you describe, If you stay in the $100 - $150 range per hunter per day, and add an additional skinning service for $20 -$25 per hog, you be able to pull customers in pretty easily.

That'll put you in a competitive privce range that doesn't make folk start looking for a better deal just right off the bat.

I'm going to reccommend to you that you corn-feed your hogs if you can pull in a regular herd of 'em.  Makes the meat tast better and will bring your customer back on a regular basis for good meat pigs.

When you have the funds, fence your 100 acres so's the pigs can get in but not get out.  100 acres is plenty so that you have a free range herd, no "canned" hunt.

Talk your neighbors into letting you set out traps to gather more new stock to put in your herd.

 

[BRL]

There are dozens of hog guides here in FL., that I know of. The range that they charge is $150 - $250 per day. That includes 1 on 1 guided hunt and skinning and quartering. Some include a lunch for that fee some don't and lodging is extra.

[qajaq59]

I  don't think you said where you are located?

[curdog]

wish i could help but we only hunt with dogs. no stand hunts