{"id":16640,"date":"2023-10-05T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/?p=16640"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T02:12:10","slug":"why-you-must-hire-a-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/why-you-must-hire-a-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons Why You MUST Hire a Guide for Your Next Australia Hunting Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16640\" data-post-id=\"16640\" data-obj-id=\"16640\" class=\"elementor elementor-16640 dce-elementor-post-16640\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71064be4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71064be4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1154607c\" data-id=\"1154607c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c723a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c723a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 25-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">I pride myself on being a DIYer, especially when it comes to my hunting. Few feelings match the sense of accomplishment when you harvest an animal without the aid of anyone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At least, that\u2019s what we like to think of as hunters.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is we took the knowledge we gained from someone else and applied it to our situation to be successful, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that fact.<\/p>\n<p>So why is there often such a stigma around hiring a guide?<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s primarily pride. As hunters, we think we\u2019ve got it all figured out. However, after hiring several guides for my hunting adventures, I\u2019ve grown to appreciate the knowledge and experience they have and can share with me.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I plan to pass some of that knowledge on to you to help you see why hiring a hunting guide is a must, even for experienced huntsmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9293c2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9293c2f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-906ec93\" data-id=\"906ec93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05bbb06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05bbb06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>They\u2019re An Expert on the Animal You\u2019re Hunting<\/h2>\n<p>This should be pretty obvious, but a guide who\u2019s been doing this for any number of years will have insights on the animals that others don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>This is the best way for beginners to shave years off their learning curve. While I never officially hired a hunting guide when I first began, my father was my guide, and he taught me countless things about the ducks and <a href=\"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/deer-hunting-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big game<\/a> we were hunting.<\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve expanded my knowledge, I find myself wanting to pursue new game animals. While most have similar tendencies, they also have habits specific to the species that a guide will help me quickly identify and provide the best opportunity to harvest the animal.<\/p>\n<p>Hire a guide to gain expertise about the animal you plan to hunt instantly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a01fcab\" data-id=\"a01fcab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db9c9f6 dce_masking-clippath elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db9c9f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 25-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image 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1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Red Stag taken with HavaGo Australia, Queensland Guided Hunts<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-307e070 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"307e070\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d908a1\" data-id=\"5d908a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BL1.1-1920x1280-1-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BL1.1-1920x1280-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ben Lomond, NSW Hunting Property<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0730b78\" data-id=\"0730b78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d99a3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d99a3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h2>They\u2019re An Expert on the Area You\u2019re Hunting<\/h2>\n<p>One of the most significant advantages you can have is understanding the terrain, and no one understands an area&#8217;s landscape better than somebody who has hunted there repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>A good guide, like the ones found at huntingtrips.com.au, will let you know what\u2019s happening behind your target so you can safely fire your <a href=\"https:\/\/ammo.com\/rifle\/270-ammo\">.270 Rem<\/a>, or they\u2019ll show you the easiest way to sneak up to the animal while you\u2019re bow hunting, using the topography to your advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Since they\u2019re an expert on your hunting location, they\u2019ll also know where the animals spend most of their time, so you won\u2019t waste your time aimlessly wandering around looking for tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Hire a guide to understand the land better and use it to your advantage while hunting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-117da75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"117da75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8e813a\" data-id=\"a8e813a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f65e73e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f65e73e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #604221; font-family: Bitter, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 900;\">You Can Always Learn Something from Everyone<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t lie; I\u2019ve hired guides that were a bust, though I wasn\u2019t using huntingtrips.com.au when I did.<\/p>\n<p>However, I still learned something from those hunts. It might have been what not to do, or I might have picked up on something they were doing right, but I didn\u2019t think it was correctly executed.<\/p>\n<p>There is something to learn from every hunt, and if you want to be the greatest huntsman you can be, you must learn from various people. You can obtain many different perspectives on the situation and choose which one works best for that moment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e91fcb\" data-id=\"7e91fcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e429fd dce_masking-clippath elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e429fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/hunting-trip\/nsw-hunter-education-guided-stag-hunt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/331774971_1302267587021458_3995430770250628460_n-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16617\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Accurate Hunts, Hunter Education Course<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420ef41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"420ef41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #604221; font-family: Bitter, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 900;\">BONUS Reason!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A bonus reason to hire a guide is because you\u2019re paying them to do most of the work. So, if you don\u2019t have the time to put into scouting and preparing for the hunt, the guide will help with a lot of that.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy doing a lot of the work, but it\u2019s also nice to have someone split the load with me and take on most of the responsibilities for the hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Hiring a guide doesn\u2019t guarantee success, but it definitely tilts the odds in your favor.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Parting Shots<\/h3>\n<p>Hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/find-a-hunting-trip\/\">hunting guid<\/a>e is much like hiring a coach; they have experience and knowledge that most people don\u2019t have, so you\u2019ll have a step or two on other hunters this coming season.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never hired a guide before, I strongly recommend that you do, especially if you\u2019re pursuing a new species or hunting a new area.<\/p>\n<p>While accomplishing challenging tasks on your own, like harvesting a new species, is terrific, nothing really beats having someone to share those memories with, even if you have to pay them a little to be there!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pride myself on being a DIYer, especially when it comes to my hunting. Few feelings match the sense of accomplishment when you harvest an animal without the aid of anyone else. At least, that\u2019s what we like to think of as hunters. The truth is we took the knowledge we gained from someone else [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16640"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16733,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16640\/revisions\/16733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntingtrips.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}