{"id":9343,"date":"2019-11-21T11:15:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T17:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/?p=9343"},"modified":"2019-11-21T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T17:06:44","slug":"the-call-of-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/2019\/11\/21\/the-call-of-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call Of The Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Hunting Guides Share Fun Times and Life Lessons<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Brad Goins<\/em><\/p>\n

Kane Mitchell of Pedestal Bank, Beau Barbe of the Drew Estate, George Paret of Gordon\u2019s Drugstore and Hal McMillin of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury have all become prominent professional leaders in the Lake Area. And they all began their professional lives working as hunting guides in Southwest Louisiana in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

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L to R: Kane Mitchell, Beau Barbe, Hal McMillin
Photo By Jason Carroll \u2022 Epic Image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We\u2019ll take a look at the diverse array of skills they acquired when they were hunting guides and how they went on to apply those skills in the professional lives they led after their hunting guide days.<\/p>\n

Social Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kane Mitchell thinks that being a hunting guide is likely to make one proficient in social skills. \u201cIt\u2019s a social thing,\u201d he said. Guides learn such skills as accommodation, courtesy.<\/p>\n

They must also learn how to converse; how to be a conversationalist; how to tell jokes. On those days when the hunting is just plain slow, the guide must keep the talk going. Mitchell had to accustom himself to using such timeworn conversation boosters as, \u201cYou should have been here yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beau Barbe, now trustee of the H.C. Drew Estate, had the same experience as a young hunting guide. He said he had to be an \u201centertainer.\u201d He had to \u201clearn how to speak really quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell said he had \u201camazing conversations,\u201d and as a result, his \u201cknowledge of the world expanded.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sam Monticello with Beau Barbe in the 1970s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cYou [built] a rapport with them,\u201d said Hal McMillin. He recalls that a hunting buddy once paired McMillin with a genius-level-intelligence scholar who crafted medicines. He \u201cbrought a guy [to the Chateau Charles] who was super-intelligent.\u201d He wanted to see just how McMillin would manage to bond with this brain.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the two hit on the fact that they did have a common interest \u2014 Motown. They spent the last part of their hunting day singing Motown hits together.<\/p>\n

His buddy was impressed. \u201cI watched you work that guy,\u201d he told McMillin. \u201cYou were trying to find a rapport.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his work as a young guide, Barbe says, he had to \u201clearn to talk to people and look them in the eye.\u201d He also had to learn how to \u201cread them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mike Abraham and Robert Hamilton
after a hunt with Barbe in the 1970s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The same was true of Paret when he worked as an 18-year-old guide at T&S Wildlife, the guide service ran by the owners of the Chateau Charles. Not only did he have to read people, but he had to read their level of intoxication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was in dealing with such clients that Hal McMillin first learned about entrepreneurship while working as a guide. He saw that some hunters stayed up until late in the night drinking. He made certain that the next morning he had plenty of Excedrin, sweet rolls and Coke on hand. He got excellent tips as a result. The lesson he learned was: \u201cTake care of your clients and you\u2019ll make more money … [The experience] really taught you the keys of entrepreneurship at an early age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paret refused to take people who were drunk on hunts. But he sometimes took those who showed a moderate level of intoxication. The 90-minute boat ride to Johnson Bayou in 40 degree temperatures could work wonders when it came to sobering people up.<\/p>\n

But being a guide wasn\u2019t just a matter of weeding out drunks. Barbe said that as a hunting guide, \u201cyou learn quickly that there are people you want to do stuff for and those you don\u2019t.\u201d He said there were some clients who were \u201caggravating, demanding\u201d; who treated him \u201cwith not a lot of respect.\u201d Fortunately, it was \u201cnot very often\u201d that such clients came along.<\/p>\n

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Richard Judice after a hunt with Barbe in the 1970s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McMillin admitted, \u201cit was a challenge to take on the more difficult clients.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paret said much the same thing about the bad apples he sometimes wound up with as a young hunting guide. \u201cYou had great people, but then you had other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paret said he had \u201cto be good with customer relations; be able to adapt. You had to be very flexible.\u201d With each client, \u201cyou had to play it by ear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through it all, said Paret, he developed his \u201cpeople skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barbe said that he \u201cmade great friends\u201d as a guide. Paret echoed the sentiment, noting \u201cyou make a lot of friends\u201d in the job. And McMillin stated that \u201cthe number of lifelong friends I made was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it came to moving up in the world of business and success, Mitchell learned that the job of being a guide was a great means of networking. As a young man, he was, he says, \u201chunting with executives, chairmen of boards, judges. It was a great mix of successful businessmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beau Barbe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Of his time as a guide, Barbe noted, \u201cYou meet people from all walks of life. Multi, multi-millionaires.\u201d Some of these people, Barbe says, gave \u201cgood advice.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMillin points out that the 1970s was a time when the petrochem industry was at its peak, and oil and chemical companies were spending lots of money on entertaining clients at hunting camps. McMillin says his clients included CEOs, CFOs, elected officials, pro athletes. It was \u201ca Who\u2019s Who of people coming to Southwest Louisiana.\u201d McMillin thinks the food and hospitality at Chateau Charles at the time was \u201cbetter than anywhere in he world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose kind of people were totally dependent on us,\u201d he says. \u201cThey were in our world [that is, the marsh]. They had no clue. We were in control [of them].\u201d<\/p>\n

At a certain point, Mitchell realized he was making contacts that might one day be very useful to him. \u201cAfter a while, I began keeping a log,\u201d he said. Some of the hunters gave him their phone numbers, telling him to \u201ccome and see me\u201d after he finished his studies at LSU. \u201cYou developed a contact list for sure,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome famous people\u201d came to hunt with T&S Wildlife and the Chateau Charles. Mitchell was especially intrigued by hunters from China and Japan, who often gave guides extravagant gifts that they didn\u2019t want to bother to transport home. Sometimes these gifts included the guns they\u2019d used to hunt.<\/p>\n

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Randy Walker, Keith Walker and Louie Barbe after a hunt with Beau Barbe in the 1970s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mitchell said, \u201cI would not be in banking today\u201d were it not for the contacts he made as a hunting guide. \u201cIt was a great opportunity and probably unique to the area.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Much More Than Pulling A Trigger\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mitchell worked as a guide from 1975 through 1985 at T&S Wildlife out of the Chateau Charles. At the time, they were starting what was called the \u201cday hunt.\u201d Hunters had the option of just hunting during the day or of following their day hunt with a relaxing night in the Chateau Charles hotel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019d wine and dine and we made sure they had a good time,\u201d said Mitchell. These hunters were largely prominent businessmen who spent all their work days in stressful meetings and negotiations. At the hunting lodge they could relax and talk and \u201cnot worry about appearances.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a great time,\u201d said Mitchell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The whole experience of being a hunting guide, he said, is \u201cso much more than shooting ducks. It\u2019s much more than pulling a trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beau Barbe is trustee of the H.C. Drew Estate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Indeed, to this day, he said, \u201cI\u2019m obsessed with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I enjoyed the most,\u201d said McMillin, \u201cwas that every day was different\u201d \u2014 whether it was a matter of the weather, the circumstances or the clients he was working with. \u201cIt was always fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hard Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of the hunting guides he knew in the 1970s, Mitchell said, \u201call of us were young.\u201d The reason was that \u201cit\u2019s hard work to be a guide.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A large part of the job is getting things ready before the hunt so that the client will have everything he might need and \u201cthings will go smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paret, who was also a guide for T&S Wildlife out of the Chateau Charles, had to report to work at 2:30 am \u2014 quite an order for an 18-year-old. The experience forced him to practice self-restraint. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to behave at night\u201d when you get up at 2:30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Barbe recalled that when he was a young guide, he got up at 2:45 am daily. He says he worked seven days a week, 10 hours a day.<\/p>\n

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Hal McMillin says \u201cI had guided my dad, Harold McMillin on this day. He was a great hunter and mentor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The work gave the guides the fringe benefit of being able hear the conversations of some quite wealthy hunters as they fortified themselves with extravagant breakfasts. \u201cThere was a lot going on at those 3:30 am breakfasts,\u201d said Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Self-Discipline<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou learned a lot of discipline\u201d from the job, said Mitchell. \u201cPeople who were flying in from Chicago or L.A. were relying on you … [You had to] show up, be polite, take care of your people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barbe too said the job taught self-discipline. \u201cYou had to be in the right place at the right time.\u201d Preparation was a crucial part of this discipline. Good hunting guides must do such tasks as cleaning blinds and preparing boats before hunts begin.<\/p>\n

Paret recalls that in addition to preparing before hunting season, guides had to \u201cbrush up things\u201d during splits. And they had to \u201cbrush up\u201d after each hunt, regardless of the weather conditions at the time. Paret was paid $30 per hunt.<\/p>\n

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A 1950s postcard featuring the Chateau Charles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How do young men find the discipline to do such hard work over such long hours? Mitchell said, \u201cYou have to love it. That\u2019s critical. If ever there was a labor of love …\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved every minute of it … The money, tips, contacts … [It was a] wonderful experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the work, says Paret, \u201cgave me responsibility … just managing your time, money and physical abilities\u201d was a great challenge. \u201cYou had to be extra, extra careful.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Guide Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

For eight years, Barbe worked as a guide. Much of the time, he went to a second job when his guide work ended at noon. Contrary to what some might expect, Barbe said, \u201cIt was fun.\u201d But after eight years of being a guide, Barbe had a wife and child. \u201cIt was time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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George Paret<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After he finally gave up his gig as a guide, he \u201cwent through a lot of jobs,\u201d and in the process, \u201cfound out that\u2019s not what [he wanted] to do.\u201d He reached the conclusion that \u201ceducation is the best thing you could do\u201d to build a solid career.<\/p>\n

Barbe has now spent 40 years in his job as trustee of the H.C. Drew Estate. He said, \u201cI love it. Helping people. God has blessed me with a great job. Any time you can help people it\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although these hunters are far advanced in their professional careers, their passion for hunting hasn\u2019t diminished with age. If anything, it seems to have intensified.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, who is well into his 60s, said, \u201cI still keep hunting with a bunch of guys.\u201d And he still considers himself a hunting guide \u2014 just not one who\u2019s paid.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Barbe, who is now 70, said he \u201chunts almost every day\u201d during the hunting seasons. \u201cI just have a love for it. I like the outdoors. I have a love of wildlife.\u201d He enjoys the times when family and friends hunt with him. During his hunts, he said, \u201cI feel real close to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to see how the skills of the hunting guide transfer to careers available in the larger world. Guides must learn to read their clients, communicate with them and meet their needs. They must be able to work hard and work long hours. They are obliged to complete certain tasks at certain times; they learn to manage deadlines. They also learn how to network and reap the benefits of networking. And they get tips on other valuable skills by listening to the conversations of leaders from a wide variety of businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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