How to get Involved with the Field of Palaeontology. (Or something)

Nice topic Paden. I thought there was schooling and sh!t too though. This way seems easier, and cheaper.

Thanks Paden. I want to be a paleontologist in the future. I may volunteer at the academy of natural sciences this summer and I think help escavate a Argentinasaurus. 

I've already been on a couple digs, dug up some icthyosaur remains. Real cool stuff, i highly reccomend it to all of you

ive never as a child wanted to be a paleontologist, even if i wanted to there are no museums here, there are no excavation sites in the state and i bet if they where id die of the heat

Found a few fossils myself(OK, more than a few) and the feeling of finding something is always a satisfying one.

Aw Paden, you always manage to make me laugh with your posts, it would be sad if you did go offline more often.

But this is good advice, thank you for helping me. The question is WHAT career do I want???...

Paleobiology and paleobotany are two of the biggest choices out there

@Rexfan

What'd you dig up?

I've only found some Limestone with Shells in it so far. But, I hope to one day go on a Dig with the team in Drumheller. 

@Mr.Happy

However, If you do wish to become a Full blown, You run your own dig, Right off the bat, And skip a few years and some of these steps. I'd recommend going to A college for it. 

Horner, Or Bakker... One of the two, Went to the University of Wyoming, As did a lot of Paleos. 

Alright. Sounds interesting either way. Something to look into after high school depending on how I do in my auto classes. 

My goal is to become a paleoartist rather. Though this HAS some relation to your topic.

I honestly think, it is very possible, and even likely that I get to be a paleoartist in the near future, looking at what happened to other paleoartists, that were just like me at the beginning.

Oh, and thanks to RexFan, I get Jack Horner to give feedback on my art ;)

So yeah. Likely as I said.

That's pretty cool DS.

Really DS?

Thee Jack Horner.

I've seen your art before, It's rather impressive, I can see why he'd take an Interest in your work. 

Thanks you Paden.

And I don't know if he is interested or not, but he gave me feedback that helped me become better. This is a good start!

He said he likes my latest 3 paintings, the Deinonychus, Austroraptor and Kronosaurus.

What about Tom!?

Uh, didn't show him. Tom is more fiction, isn't really something I'd show to a paleontologist,... that's kind of rude anyway

oH, so sorry dude. Well that is really cool, though I respect Jack and his theories. Sorry If I offended you...

Sorry, sometimes I don't really think before i post...

Haha, you didn't offend me at all.

Sorry anyway.