PRO GUIDE
COAGS's Professional Hunting Guide School Program -Igniting Your Love for the Great Outdoor Career
Welcome to the COAGS (Colorado Outdoor Adventure Guide School). Suppose you are looking for a professional guide school that will impart the knowledge and skills you need to know and work as a wilderness hunting guide. In that case, you have come to the right place. Our Professional Hunting Guide School Program provides the resources, knowledge, and experience to plan, coordinate, and conduct outdoor recreation services.
Aspirants like you may want to learn how to saddle a horse, pack your hunting and camp gear with other accessories on a mule’s back, and confidently lead a team on the trail to a wilderness hunting mission.
Whether it is scouting for Elk, whitetail deer, or a bear and planning your first hunt, bugling in a screaming big horn sheep or goats, or placing your rifle for the perfect shot, our 120 hours of power-packed instructions and hands-on training in real-time has every element covered.
In addition to the operational part of the game, we will brief you about the rules and regulations of the state authorities, how to set up a packing trip, all the hunting guide techniques, field judging, leadership skills, and many more relevant areas.
Not the least, we will also tell you how to quarter and gut an Elk or a deer, pack it on the mules’ backs, and take it to hunting camp. You can always capture these moments through a camera lens and share them with your friends, family, and kids, inspiring them for your next outdoor trip and creating a forever legacy.
If you have the proper appetite and attitude for adventure and challenges, enroll with us on our beautiful Rocky Mountain campus for the time of your life! Whether you are already a hunter, a cowboy, a wildlife guide, a journalist, a photographer, or even a university grad, our Professional Hunting Guide School Program will place you on a fast-track career.
This program is not just a course; it is a life-changing experience that will inspire and motivate you. However, there is one mandatory compulsion, and as an aspirant, you must graduate from the Basic Outdoor Guide School Program before taking this course.
Pro Guide Curriculum
Hunting Guide Responsibilities – 4 hours |
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Client |
Natural Resources US Forest Service and BLM use regulations Private Land and Waters Hunting/Fishing Laws and Regulations Appearance |
Personal |
Camp/Lodging |
Equipment/Stock |
Lands/Waters |
Professional Hunting Guide Techniques – 30 hours |
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Elk
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Mule Deer and Whitetail Deer
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Bear
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Bighorn Sheep
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Rocky Mountain Goats
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Antelope
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Mountain Lion
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Horsemanship and Packing – 30 hours |
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Horse/Mule Psychology and Training |
Packing with Horses and Mules |
Decker Pack Saddles |
Sawbuck Saddles |
Leading a Pack String |
Horse/Mule First Aid |
Nutrition and Care |
Basic Horse Shoeing and Hoof Maintenance |
Giving Shots, Medicines, and Worming |
Setting Up a Pack Trip – 30 hours |
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Campsite Selection and Layout |
Erecting Tents |
Camp Safety and Hygiene |
Keeping Horses in the Wilderness |
Pack Trip |
Professional Hunting Guide Equipment – 2 hours |
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Field |
Vehicles/Tack |
Weapons |
Field Judging of Big Game – 4 hours |
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Scoring Big Game Trophies – 6 hours |
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Boone and Crockett Club |
Safari Club International |
Trophy and Field Care of Game – 4 hours |
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Advanced Leadership – 2 hours |
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Appearance |
People Skills |
Work Ethic |
Team Spirit |
Starting your own Hunting Guide Business – 8 hours |
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Funding Sources |
Equipment Needed |
Land/Waters |
Employees |
Licenses, Insurance, Bonding |
Marketing |
Business Structure |
Sole Proprietorship |
Partnership |
Corporation |
Office Management and Equipment |