EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I was reading all the comments from Mike's post on how everyone found ETHD and I think it was Purebreedcolt that mentioned we all have the same sport in common but we're all different...got me thinking; "I wonder what everyone does for a living?"

What do you do for a living? Other than catching hogs... ;D

I'm a branch manager of a underground utility supply co., we sell large diameter water & sewer pipe, fire hydrants, valve, etc., basically from the water tower to the water meter and from the sewer clean out to the treatment plant...

I run a PVF supply company that services the petrochem industry.
http://jkenterprises.com/

Also have a small freight/hotshot company.

Most of my day is spent at a desk, watching tv/movies on one screen and a mix of ETHD, Craigslist, FB on the other screen.

Work at a game ranch moving up to hunt manager so probally fixing to have to cut back my huntin but not much lol

I work for the power supply, infrastructure company that serves the Houston, SE Texas area.  I am a service consultant.  I meet with people who need anything done involving power in a geographic area, discuss what needs to be done and creat a job that then gets turned into our lineman and they complete the work.  Since I serve the area around a small town I also do alot of small meetings and attend chamber luncheons, economic development meetings and I am a member of the rotary club.  I am happy doing what I do but I would like to have enough cows by the time I am 50 to retire and let that keep me busy....17 head and counting haha

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Public works director for the small town I stay in. Water,sewer,sanitation.

I am a  Chemical Plant Retiree. Decided retirement life wasn't for me so I am working for Kelly Services now in Safety and Permit writing for a big rig right in the middle of hog heaven and lots of deer and other game... I have a 40" TV with all the channels in an explosion proof trailer with all the luxuries of home. I share the trailer with another permit writer so it is nice. This job is supposed to last 1.5 yrs more and after that back in a Chemical plant. :(

My ultimate goal is to be a day trader. Working toward that goal now.

i have been self employed all of my adult life, buying selling and trading trailers ,horses, cattle and what ever else comes along. 

im a rental manager at a heavy equipment company.........sitten in this office drives me NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!  ???  rolleyes

Former 4th grade school teacher, turned office manager (jack of all trades) for Wild Boar USA.  Love my job!!

I work for a Oil/Gas/Pipeline Consulting & Management firm in Lafayette, LA. I run our HSSE division and also handle sales/operations for a couple of our clients. Spent 13 years in law enforcement/fire/ems then decided I needed to make more money to pay for my hobbies!

dang Craig, everybody so far except me and you have those real jobs. poor guys.

oh by the way, i build custom saddles and tack for a living. self employed for the last 12 or 13 years, trade a little bit too.

I'm just a disabled vet getting by on my VA disability check and whatever I make on odd jobs. About to sit for the CPA tests. But being an accountant does not look like much fun so I am working on my own company.

But I have lots of time to hunt.

I work for a surveying company.  we do just about everything, Topo's ; Oil & Gas ; Real Estate.  Used to work outside in the Outdoors, but things Got slow and i Got to smart, Now im Stuck in This Stupied Office Getting Fat.

Insurance agent.  My father started the agency 32 years ago and now he's retired and I purchased it from him.  Big shoes to fill but I'm determined to keep it going for another 32 years.

KO

Youth pastor and pest control technician,  sometimes those jobs are eerily similar
 >:D

I used to be a commercial construction superintendent and I was danggood @ it but being on the road wasn't for me. I make way less money now but my wife and I have never been happier. I always knew I was made for the simple life, maybe because I'm simple minded  ;D

I take care of 65 miles of a natural gas pipeline and help out at my bosses ranch. Not a bad gig for sure. Home every night with the family. Couldnt be more happy.

Underwear / boardshorts model

I do breast exams on the side for extra income.  So far, I have not had any clients though. I think I need to advertise better, but who knows.    >:D

That's funny stuff right there....

Quality Specialist for me, but if I could get paid for hunting or reading posts on ETHDs, I'd be much better off.
My wife says I have the perfect man job, I sit around and measure stuff all day. I work in the oil industry for Weatherford, the tools we build are the ones that steer the bit down hole when their drilling for oil/gas.

finance manager for ivan smith furniture

and currently in the police academy  graduate in feb. cant wait to get out of this office and get on the street

I work public works , street dept.

ive been selfimployed my whole life, raising tobacco, riding colts , when i was 16 i started logging with mules . i also pen and catch alot of cattle .

 never made a dollar i didnt sweat and bleed for .

You must be building Centralizers

Full time college student ;D

Build fence and do some other odd jobs to get by

I work construction for a company Burkes Mechanical, im a pipe welder usually work in paper, chemical and steel mills, its a hot job in the summer and a cold job in the winter but im usually home every night and the pay is ok

I work for Priefert Mfg.  Started as a welder a couple of years ago and when things got slow they transferred me to the loading docks.  It worked out good too because my boss has had hog dogs for a long time and is the one that got me hooked.  Heck, he even got me my first hog  dog.

I'm a ranch manager for a huntin/cattle ranch.

pile driver for Gulf-south piling and construction...drive just about any type of pile that can be driven on land....work long hours always on the road and never see my house during daylight during the week in the winter but the money is good i work for a good company and the most important part of my job is i actually love going to work everyday....working my way to the top ;D

 civilian contractor for the military workin on helicopters. currently at ft hood tx but fixn to head to either iraq again or afghanastan, hopefully i get afghan, did the iraq thing 2x from 05-06 and again with 8mth hm in 07-08.

i work on a drilling rig throwing tonges and all that fun stuff gotta love it!!!

started out shoeing horses but couldnt make any money shoeing all the girls horses for free so I went to work for the local telephone company

new construction plumber.

I wake up in the morning and go to bed at night!! ;D ;D

I Ranch / Catch Cattle / Emu's / Potbelly pigs/ Rats/ and My wife every now and then!

 

Chemical engineer at one of the plants in Freeport.
Mostly an office job but do go out on a daily basis and walk thru the plant.

I work foundation i stay under dusty homes all day and pray ever nite that the next home owner dont have cats . So if u need ur house leveled and dont have cats pm me

Firefighter/Paramedic in a small city near downtown Houston.  The city folks up there drive me crazy but the pay is good.  I live two hours from there down in the sticks of Yoakum. 

Heavy equipment operater contracted to Union Pacific Rail Road.Seem to be on the road all the time but get to see alot of country.

im contracted to devon energy, operate backhoe do new well hook ups and tear out old wells to drill new ones 11 years operating equiment

Power lineman for P.E.C

I raise cattle and hay and pick up what day labor I can. I hunt or surf  ETHD the rest of the time. 8)

oil field hydraulic choke hand, flow back hand i work for FESCO LTD. before that i was in the logging woods for 5 years

Trey Brown,
    Is that the FESCO with the funky green trucks?
   

I am a cattle ranch hand I get to work someone else's cattle and get paid for it I graduated from Sul Ross in Alpine Texas and been here since I graduated I would not take another job for the world unless other was examining Big Breast for a living LOl ROFL.

My family and I have been slinging tacos for 30 years.I was gonna be a lawyer but i can deal with this for another 30!GOD WILLING!

Police popo

This is a great thread i have often times wondered just what some of you do. ;D As for me I am a commercial contractor "T&T construstion services" I do dirt, concrete and utilities.... Me and my guys are starving to death with this Obama thang going on. I am not to proud to beg... if ya need something done anywhere near the houston area pm me.

I was a Correctional Officer at a Maximum Security Prison for the past 7 years but now work as a Tribal Police. Its so layed back I almost feel guilty getting paid for it.

Our company is a little slow in certain areas on the utility side. We have a branch in the Dallas Area, MSC Waterworks formally Mainline Supply Co.

Im a chemical plant operator for a plant in clear lake, tx

 8) Auto/Diesel Tech for Chrysler,Dodge,Ford,Jeep,Mitsubishi,and Toyoya ...25 yrs and counting.. Now a days I spend more time on a laptop programing 1 of the half dozen computer Modules on todays vehilces than turning wrench's

 Formerly a sub-teacher at Dayton I.S.D., currently a stay at home wife. Now my job is to do everything possible to make my husbands life easier and more enjoyable when he isn't at work. He (Catahoula_cur) is a pump station operator for a pipeline company which means he works a lot of 12 hr. shifts but he has a lot of days off and its nice to be here when he is off so we can hunt together. :)

Certified CNC technician,  I run a Computer Numeric Control  machine (lathe) all night at a local plant,  6 yrs.  We make hydrolic pump motors, for everything from lawn mowers to heavy equipment.

I have done about everything from driving a big rig, to operating heavy equip, to being supervisor to assembling pump motors, to farming, 

Been thinkin real hard about movin back south, sounds like the job market is still pretty tough down there.         

i am a farm hand. been doin it for almost three years now. before that when i was still in school i layed concrete in the summer and durin school i was a part time hand on a small ranch.
im still young and tryin to figure out exactly which way i wanna go. i love farmin but i kno i cant do it the rest of my life.

Therapist in a Childrens Psychiatric Unit

Work as Firefither/Paramedic in FB in the metroplex for the past 3.5 years.  Was in construction for 9 years prior to that. 

yea thats us with that ugly green trucks

Shoot im almost 40yrs and still dont know which way to go.  LOL!   I would farm too,  if it paid better

ya i know it. i wish it did, and i do decent for now i just dont want to do it forever

I work at health and human services- foodstamp and mediciad office as a case worker.

where at i need sum stamps lol

power plant mech / welder ,done that for the last 30 yrs ..work on one close to bremond ,tx ,but have been all over the U.S. rebuilding them .. 4 10 hrs days not bad ,cant wait till deer season to get them sh-t eaters back in the woods  :)

Former hillbilly and farm boy. I am now an aspiring tantric massage therapist for the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders disguised as an oilfield consultant, specializing in subsea well completions, controls, production systems, and Eastern medicine.  

Horseshoer and ride a few outside horses here and there. And any other odd job that'll make a dollar or two

Man and this whole time I thought you were a porn star!! you just let me down!!

Wildlife Mgr on a large ranch not far from my house. Duties include managing the deer herd, hog population, guiding hunts, and all the little things that go along with.  Also cowboy when needed and help the farming side during harvest.  Also a full-time student.  Hope to graduate next year and start a wildlife/ranch management consulting company.  Also trim a few horses on the side.  Thinking about trying to learn taxidermy   ;D

Heck. This whole time I thought he was a Ninji.  ;D

commerical construction,  We do anything with heavy equipment, dirt work, asphalt, utilities, road work

Chance. Just because a man wears an extra large cowboy hat doesn’t automatically make him a good TV cowboy.  ;)

Been in heart surgery since 74, got a nursing degree in 83.

I'm a nurse and I work one of the Psychiatric units in a prison.

Run dirt equipment , dozers, track-hoes , ect. been contracted to the federal wildlife dept. for 3 yrs. now , its a bad day when you in the marsh and and hogs all around and you cant hunt !

Crewboat captain work ms river bringing riverpolits to ships really fun when the ships are doing 20knots lol

lineman for san bernard electric coop. in bellville, tx.

ok ninja whats up with "Eastern medicine"??  ;D 

been working in gulf of mexico on an oil rig for 16 years

Ex-chicken farmer
Ex-teacher/coach
Drive a beer truck for now & do some game capture & guiding on the side

heat an air tech for 3 yrs  was a farmhand and construction wrkr b4 that  think ill stay in the heat an air field

I'm a Store Manager for Brookshire Brothers, Ltd. It's a grocery chain with locations in Texas and Louisiana. Been with the company for 14 years. Doesn't allow for much time off but what time I do get, I'm in the woods. ;D

I work for a directional drilling co. as a mwd hand.

I am a CPA/PFS that specializes in estate planning for wealthy clients.

One of my hobbies is trapping hogs (the other is running marathons)  ...  never hog dog  ...  so I don't post on here much.

QC Inspector for Weatherford Int.  Part time student at Florida Tech.  ;D

power plant mech/welder(4-10hr day), welding on the side also, have about 100 cows, custom bale hay and plow, day work if i get a chance, and anything else to make a dollar!! oh and hog hunt every chance i get ;)

Run up and down 75miles of pipeline everyday it is a good thing i don't have a smart phone they would get even less work out of me. LOL

Housewife, and ride horses for people.

Just wanted to say thanks to all that replied, honestly didn't think it would get this many replies. Love the humor in a couple of the replies, Ninja I like the way u think...

Firefighter/medic....I'm a Lt. with a municipal fire dept. Got a little over 23 years under the belt so I'm getting closer to retirement every shift. That little pinpoint of light at the end of the tunnel is now a big ole' glowing bulb that gets brighter every day. I can't wait until I can retire and hopefully do more of what I like and less of what I don't.

Helping my dad run an oilfield service company that my grandpa started in '67. Welding on rigs, Blow Out Preventer nippling up and testing, casing cleaning and drifting, tool rentals. Also bailing our own hay in the summer and working our cows (about 300). Sell some hay. Trap coyotes and beavers on our places and others. Just try to keep a little cash in my pocket to feed my addiction for guns and knives. Bout to build a 100'x40' shop behind my house to do some welding on the side and crawfish cookin'.

work for a drilling company. getting ready to head to ghanna, afica this month.

Fulltime student at Texas A&M. Put in about 35 hrs a week between 2 ranches. And do some welding, make brands and whatever else to make a buck when I have the chance.

Teacher/Coach for the past 12 years.  Love my job, but the coaching side doesn't give me much time to get in the woods.  Bout to finish my masters and have principals certificate...that will give me a lot more time in the woods. ;D  Pretty excited about that as you can see.

Police Officer

       Manage a Game Ranch and Hunting operation,  Capture and transport deer and any kind of Exotic animal out there,
   Whitetail, Axis, Eland, Zebra, Fallow, Black Buck, Orix, Red Deer, Elk etc.

Dog Sgt. for TDCJ 18yrs...I track them down when they run off ....over 30 hounds and 18 horse's

i am in the gas and oilfield  haul truckdriver  and  equipment oprater 

Work at Cemex as a Dispatcher.

-Firefighter/Paramedic for the City of Bryan.

-Involved in the family agriculture operation on my days off. We are mostly a Cow/calf operation with some stocker cattle.

Waylon