Guide’s Info
Back in the Woods Again annual deer hunt is not possible without the kindness of licensed hunters who are
passionate about helping others get outdoors. Guides are licensed hunters themselves who have the willingness
and ability to adapt their own hunting sites to accommodate a hunter with a disability. (Back in the Woods
Again does not own or lease any hunting property). Guides usually begin their work in mid to late summer
making their hunting sites accessible including mowing pathways in and out of the blind, adapting blinds to
accommodate a wheelchair, planting food plots and/or putting out corn.
Guides are invited to three information meetings before the hunt which are held on a weeknight at our main event’s location: the Family Life Center behind Tyson’s Creek Baptist Church in Bear Creek.
- July- Intro info about this year’s hunt and opportunity to register as a guide; talk with other guides to learn more about the process; most guides also help sell raffle tickets to raise funds to cover all costs for the hunters
- Aug- Each guide is matched with a specific hunter’s application; guide then has responsibility to contact their assigned hunter and learn what that hunter needs regarding accessibility.
- Early Sept-last meeting before main event, guides receive shirts and hats, we review of most recent event updates; raffle money turned in
Guides attend the actual hunt that is scheduled for the third Friday and Sat of each September.
- Guides are asked to check in at the main event by 12 noon on day one to join us for lunch and safety
training, to meet their hunter, and to make plans for the afternoon hunt. - Guides are asked to offer the hunter a Friday afternoon hunt, Saturday morning hunt and Saturday
afternoon hunt, but understand some hunters are not interested in all three times. - Guides are responsible for helping the hunter in and out of the hunting blind and are required to stay
with the hunter. - Guides help the hunter with their harvest (field dress. tag, & transport harvest to check in site)
- Guides help the hunters who harvested deer load their coolers when the hunters are ready to leave.
Being a guide is an amazing and fulfilling opportunity; our guides look forward to this event more than they do their own seasonal hunting. Some of our guides partner up with another guide to ensure a successful hunt for the adaptive hunters. If you are interested in learning more, please let us know by completing the contact info on this website. A member of our team will respond to you to provide more details. Thank you for your interest in learning more about being a guide.
