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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: VOR on September 10, 2004, 06:51:46 PM
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Just curious how many of you do it and what your favorite season or critter is. I'm heading back into the woods tomorrow for squirrel, but dove and quail have to be my personal favorite hunts.
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Not a bird hunter much if at all anymore.
Going scouting Sunday morning at AEDC WMA for deer, I have an archery permit for the 24th, 25th, and 26th of this month.
Will likely hunt deer in Tennessee, Kentucky, and maybe North Carolina.
Will likely hunt wild boar and feral hog in Tennessee and maybe North Carolina.
May hunt black bear in North Carolina.
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Pheasant hunting wild birds on the Great Plains is the shotgun "sport of kings".
Elk hunting in the Rockies is the rifle "sport of kings".
I do both but mostly pheasant since my knees beech a lot when I make them climb the Rockies anymore. I can do it, by my knees remind my why they don't like it for quite a while afterwards.
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Hunted when I was younger, not in a long time now. Quail was always the most fun for me.
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ive tried moose/elk? hunting. wasnt for me, but i enjoyed the trip to the forrest :)
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Pheasant, Quail, Dove, Rabbits. All very tasty when prepared properly. I dont get to hunt as much these days though =/
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I hunt deer and squirrel. Deer has always been my personal favorite. Maybe its because deer makes great jerky. :)
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Squirrel are pretty good, i mean I seem almost always give them a head shot. :D
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Its a toss up between bow season for white tail or spring turkey season. Of course now that I dont live in NY anymore I will be missing both of those seasons this year.
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Use to do allot of Deer and Thar hunting when I was stationed with the Army down south. Thar was by far my favourite as being out in the mountains in the Alps is amazing also given the terrain the shots are always long distance.
These days I spend all my time flying others in and out of the bush rather then hunting myself. Though still try and get out on occassion.
...-Gixer
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Bow hunting for Mule deer and Elk.
Tried for pronghorn a few times but can't get close enough. Them critters are fast, and not much cover to sneak up behind. Fastest land animals in N.America... I read somewhere that only the Cheetah is faster.
(http://www.earlham.edu/~biol/hawaii/pronghorn.jpg)
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Nothing beats walking the brush with your shotgun in hand waiting for that tell-tale sound of the covey of quail as they burst from the underbrush in a blur of feathers. Scares the sheeet out of you everytime but it sure is fun.
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Dove, quail and deer are my favorite. Luckily I live in the country and just walk out my back door.
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Originally posted by rpm371
Dove, quail and deer are my favorite. Luckily I live in the country and just walk out my back door.
I've sat many a times on my front porch and dropped a deer. Not a better place to live than in the country.
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Yeah, never should have built my house by my deer stand. But, it was perfect. No nosy neighbors, no traffic, but also no DSL.
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Just feed the deer and wild turkeys in the back yard now, ain't no griz left nohow.
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i hate hunting, i can understand it if you are killing vermin, protecting livestock/produce... But comments like
Originally posted by Rafe35
Squirrel are pretty good, i mean I seem almost always give them a head shot. :D
are just disgusting. I'm so glad i live in a country which is against hunting. Why take a beautiful animal like a deer, and blow its brains out for the sake of a cheap thrill.
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Originally posted by Furball
iWhy take a beautiful animal like a deer, and blow its brains out for the sake of a cheap thrill.
For the sake of a cheap thrill.. Duh. :confused: You state the answer to your question within your very question.
But really, if you have to ask, you'll never understand.
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Whitetail Deer in Wisconsin and Iowa.
Bow mostly, but love the shotgun season.
Rifles are allowed a few counties above us, but killing deer with a rifle is about like the Michigan apple bait bucket hunters. I just don’t get it.
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Originally posted by Suave
But really, if you have to ask, you'll never understand.
yeah... i don't understand killing things for personal satisfaction.
What a moron i am.
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So Furball, do you let others do your killing for you or are you a Vegan?
If you subsribe to the hunter / gatherer origin of our species, and primative tribal cultures still in existance today tend to back up that theory, then there is some satisfaction in bringing home some meat for the dinner table.
It is deeply engrained in our psyche, some stronger than others, and gets mixed up with a bunch of other stuff. Some think the big game hunter trophy mentality has to do with proving you are a better provider and guardian, so you are therefore more manly and thus more attractive to the females.
Obviously, when we are isolated from the hunting culture as we are in modern society, the motives are not as clear but the primal urges are still there.
Like a dog having fun chasing a stick imitates the chase and the kill, we humans are not as advanced above other species as we think we are.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
So Furball, do you let others do your killing for you or are you a Vegan?
If you subsribe to the hunter / gatherer origin of our species, and primaitve tribal cultures still in existance today tend to back up that theory, then there is some satisfaction in bringing home some meat for the dinner table.
Originally posted by Furball
i hate hunting, i can understand it if you are killing vermin, protecting livestock/produce...
Sorry, meant to add "for food" to that too.
I'm not against killing animals for the above reasons, it is sad but really unavoidable. But as i said - its killing for no real reason apart from the sake of it is what i dont like.
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Originally posted by Furball
its killing for no real reason apart from the sake of it is what i dont like.
I think you'll find an awful lot of hunters that agree with that statement absolutely.
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Most hunters get joy from hunting. And it has little to do with the eating part. It's just a primordial endorphin trigger I think.
I know poeple who are in love with it so much that it has wrecked other parts of their life. The get divorced because they are never home, they can't hold down a job. They often take temporary jobs as hunting guides.
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I do all my hunting at safeway these days.
furball is correct... you are scum... it is much more humane to let the deer freeze and starve to death.
lazs
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Another successful morning in the woods. :)
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I hunt
Dove, deer, Elk, a bear (once, long story), duck, goose, turkey, squirrel, pheasant, and qual.
And yes i eat everything i hunt, No deer heads hanging on the wall at my house.:aok
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Cow tag this year. Elk. Yum.
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Deer, Rabbit,Squirrel,Dove,Duck,Hog,Turkey. And If I every move somewhere more towards the mid west. I will add Elk, and Moose to that list.
Here is a good story about a large whitetail
Goliath (http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/trophybucks/tr_1103goliath/)
RHIN0
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killing for a sport is a bad thing. Hell it almost killed one of the most amazing creatures ever. the buffalo.
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Used to shoot dove and quail.
Shot a deer once. Didn't find it much of a challenge and never did it again but I did continue to hunt dove and quail.
I occasionally hunt them again when I'm at my dad's since I live in the city now.
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Furball, everything I kill I eat. I always get as much meat out of the animal as possible. The only thing I throw away are the organs and bones.
I understand where you are coming from. I dont like it when someone shoots an animal just to shoot it.
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Originally posted by B17Skull12
killing for a sport is a bad thing. Hell it almost killed one of the most amazing creatures ever. the buffalo.
The near extinction of the buffalo had nothing to do with "sport". Haven`t got a clue where you came up with this whopper.
The Buffs were nearly wiped out for two reasons. #1 What usualy drives people to destroy anything. The allmighty buck. Mostly the Buffs were killed for the hide price. Whole herds were wiped out and in the most part their meat were lleft to rot. All that was wanted was was the hide and tongue.
#2 There was a military ploy to wipe out the herds to force the Indians to the reservations..
Relatively speaking, there were very little "sport" hunting done for the buffalo.
The Indians hunted the Buffalo as a way of life and survival for centuries with never a threat to herds and numbers.
I actualy don`t like the term "sport hunter" as of recent times simply because I believe that a lot, or better yet , the majority of people hunting nowadays label themselves sportmen wrongly.
It seems more and more of the people that call themselves sportsmen nowadays haven`t got a clue what being a sportsman is. On top of that a lot of these people really don`t understand or appreciate what hunting is about. It`s like a lot of things that are done now. They do it because it is the "IN" thing to do. Shiney new SUVs and motorhomes parked within a stones throw of a commercialy baited deerstand is a far cry from what a true hunter is all about.
If you are lucky enough to be raised in a family that has a tradition of passing down and teaching what hunting and the heritage of hunting is, you have been given a gift that will give you cherished memories that will last your entire life.
The preparation and planning that goes into a family or group of friends hunting trip is an act that is not to be rushed and is to be savored like a fine wine or meal. It is something you look forward to every year.
The "kill" itself is merely a byproduct of hunting to the true hunter and someone who truly understands and respects this deeply ingrained tradition to the point of it becoming a feeling and truly a part of a person`s whole being. It teachs respect for wildlife and connects you to traditions and ways of life of long, long ago.
Some of my fondest , clearest and most cherished memories are from hunting trips of my youth. This is something that will be with me my entire life and can`t be taken away by anything or anyone. These memories are also some of my most prized "possesions". These memories can put your life back into perspective when times are rough. I have childhood memories of hunting trips of my youth that are so clear and vivid as if it were only yesterday. The memories of the smell and feel of a campfire in the company of my grandfather (Popaw) , who passed away quite some years ago at the age of 96 and of my dad who passed away in `97 are a part of me. The smell of coffee dumped into a blackened coffee pot over a hunting campfire of long ago. The stories and laughter. The bonding and closeness that came from these trips cannot be explained. They have to be experieinced.
You learn things hunting that cannot be taught in any classroom and they stick with you through life.
A true hunter never wastes or disrepects his prey. This is not the case with a sad group of people who falsely labels themselves hunters nowadays.
If you are a true hunter that actualy has the feel and understanding of the hunt, you can recognize another person with like beleifs within a very short time of meeting. It`s a bond that crosses many borders held by society.
I truly feel sad for someone who doesn`t understand or never got to experience what hunting is all about. I feel sad for the youth who are taught by the misinformed and ignorant that hunting is bad.
I despise those that call themselves hunters or sportsmen who are neither.