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hough bounty hunting is very dangerous work,
it is a job that is not
limited to men; some women are bounty hunters, too. Mackenzie
Green is a woman--- and a very well-respected bounty hunter. In fact,
she has been called “the most successful bounty hunter in the US.” Why is she so
successful? She relies more on her brain than on physical strength. “A good
bounty hunter relies on gut feelings and people skills
to pick up information on
the whereabouts of a skip,” she says. This means that she trusts her feelings
about people and situations to figure out if they are telling her the truth or if
they are trying to hide something. She also doesn’t carry a gun. “You can’t tame
a bull
by hitting it with a stick,” she says. This means that violence always leads
to more violence. She prefers to use good people skills to get people to trust her.
Then, when they least expect it, she arrests them.
When asked what qualities make a good bounty
hunter, Mackenzie
Green had this to say, “Being a
bounty hunter is difficult work, and a person has
to have experience in self-defense like judo and
boxing, as well as a familiarity with weapons. A
person also must be part
detective to track down
the skips, part lawyer to know what the different
state laws allow, and part actor to try and get
people to give you information that they otherwise
wouldn’t give out. A
person must also be patient
and lucky.”
