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[Duckman89]

I am a wildlife management student that just transferred to Texas A&M Kingsville... I am looking for a few things and could use any input.

- i live very close to the coast where i can shoot redheads and pintails and i am wondering if ya'll know any farmers near kingsville or riviera that will let me duck hunt their fresh water pond where i can shoot puddle ducks?

- I am also looking for a job as a hunting guide or extra help at a ranch... I have guided a few times but nothing real serious. I have hunted south tx almost my whole life and a lot of duck hunting experience.

Any input will help thanks.

[Harvey]

Sounds like you'll be living the life down in Kingsville! Enjoy school for the next few years, it will be the time of your life. Especially in a town where hunting & fishing is a lifestyle.
I considered going to TAMUK back when I was in high school. You're going to the best school in the field you're studying! Best wildlife program in the WORLD.

[Bill]

Put on a nice collared shirt and non-blue jean pants and take a ride into the area. I have found not asking somebody directly "Can I hunt in your pond" but asking indirectly "I'm a wildlife major who moved here and wonder if you know of anybody in the area that wants ducks taken out of their property?" is a little less direct with somebody you don't know.

It's like being in sales- it's all in the numbers. Ask 100 people and somebody will give you an appointment.

I was leaving my son's college town a few years back, and saw (I'm not kidding) a grind 10,000 geese working several rice checks on my drive to the interstate highway. I was on the phone with Wildman from TBH at the time . He said "go ask" and I knocked on a few doors, and when I found the diary next door had somebody home, introduced myself and asked- she thought for a few seconds and said, "sure, go tell my son Ron who's feeding the cows I said it's OK". Shot 3 snows in the last 15 minutes of shooting time. I still remember it every time I drive past the dairy. My son's sick of hearing the story.

[Hot4huntin]

You might check HERE for a job. There were some guide and ranch hand jobs listed.