Natural Resources Job Board

The Flying A Ranch in Bandera Texas is looking for eager interns to join our staff to assist with our fall hunting season.  Interns will be helping with the day-to-day operations, as well as guiding clients. The ranch is 9,000 acres, with 5,000 of these acres devoted to high quality white-tailed deer and hunting. This portion of the property is high fenced and is participating in the M.L.D. Program from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The remainder of the ranch is focused on exotic ungulate hunting. We have breeding populations of 11 exotic species, all of which will be hunted each fall.  (axis, fallow, aoudad, sika, kudu, wildebeest etc.) Since our interns will be guiding clients, a strong background in hunting is needed.  Due to many clients booking weekends, as well as weekdays, expect to put in a lot of hours each week. Each intern will be issued a video camera to record animals during scouting, and recordings will be reviewed as a group with ranch staff.   Interns will stay on the ranch, with housing provided, and a truck will be issued for general ranch work and guiding. Interns will be paid monthly, and all guide tips will be split between full time staff and intern guides.

Fall internship / hunting guide duties
Beer blind maintenance
Clearing brush for shooting lanes
Filling feeders
Scouting and videoing animals for future hunts
Guiding hunters
Field dressing harvested animals
preparing animals for taxidermy
Harvest does and undesirable bucks with MLDP tags
Harvest feral pigs
General ranch maintenance

Applicants must have completed a minimum of 60 hours or be a recent graduate of a wildlife or range related field of study. Interns must be able to work alone as well as in groups. A passion for hunting is a must due to the long hours each day and the length of the season.  Guides must be personable, and respectful while guiding all hunts. The internship is from mid-August to mid-January. There is some flexibility with the start and conclusion dates due to different school schedules.  (If mutually agreed upon, at the end of the guiding season, the internship may be lengthened to include our spring internship.) Please send a cover letter, resume, transcript and references via email to apply.  The positions will be filled as soon as quality applications are received.