SFHeli . . .
I really don't think chasing cows in a piston ship at sea level with not too much weight onboard could be really difficult, sure for a cowboy turned pilot it could probably be dangerous, but for a pro pilot it think it could only be fun, at least for the first 20 hours or so.
Anyway it seems to me that they want to reserve those jobs for cowboys turned pilots, so for starters why not go the Tuna Spotting road for a while? You will get to travel and maybe you can find one of those cool jobs in Panama or something, also the pay is not bad I have friends who make about 4,000 dollars a month doing it, they are working in the Spanish ships that dock here in Mexico, and after 500 hours or so they might even put you in a 206 (the military version).
Just a suggestion.