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Posted: 5/15/2026 11:35:29 AM EDT
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Just curious about the current GD environment, how many on here are fairly active hunters and been hunting for a while? |
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Hunted my whole life. And now work where I hunt but m more of a guide these days to family who I take hunting. About the only thing I still hunt is dove and hogs. However the hogs isn’t really hunting in my mind but eradication. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By 1bamashooter: By reading some of the hunting threads here you would think this place is full of PETA lovers  
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Been hunting since I was 14 or 15 years old. I was already starting to accumulate guns, and it was an activity that allowed me to goof off with guns more. Turns out, I like whitetail and axis venison a lot, and wild pork is awesome as well. But yeah. Hunting is a “reason” for me to screw around with guns even more. |
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Deer, turkey, predator/varmints, I'm all about it, in that order. Attached File |
| I generally deer hunt 9 out of every 10 days, nov 14-Jan 15. Gun, muzzle loader, crossbow. With squirrels, coyotes, etc mixed in here and there. Used to hunt sept / October too, but hate bugs, and usually busy those months anyway. |
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| I’ve hunted before. Not serious or active. I’ve got 600+ quadrillion gallons of water like 100 yards south of my house. Very little reason for me to drive north for an hour or more if I want to harvest my own meat. |
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Originally Posted By 1bamashooter: By reading some of the hunting threads here you would think this place is full of PETA lovers Look 8 posts down from yours. As to the OP, I’d hunt every day of the season if I could. Unfortunately due to family/work I hunt about 5-10% as much as I’d like to. My retirement plans pretty much revolve around hunting opportunity. |
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I shot these grouse 5 miles from the closest trailhead at 10.5k elevation, had lake side grouse and cutthroat trout for dinner. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Twisted10: hunted religiously, especially bow, up until about 4yrs ago then just quit. i give zero fucks now. I hear ya. I used to be fairly involved with hunting social media/forums. That sorta killed it for me for a bit. The hunting community is filled with some miserable fucks that seem hell bent on making everyone who isn’t from their state or hunts their way as miserable as them. That said after a break from that, became more focused on just getting outside and enjoying the outdoors rather than pure success, and more importantly got my son involved and it renewed my interest. I don’t post as much about my adventures. I just do it for me. Shockingly, it started becoming fun again. |
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Originally Posted By Mojo_Jojo: Fun poll, but don't bet the farm on the poll's accuracy. As for myself I've hunted since I was in HS. There were a few years that the job and family took priority of the old hunting grounds but by and large hunting is a common human thread that binds most of us. ETA: I love venison - it's tasty and organic and doesn't have all the biotics they put in meat these days. |
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Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: I hear ya. I used to be fairly involved with hunting social media/forums. That sorta killed it for me for a bit. The hunting community is filled with some miserable fucks that seem hell bent on making everyone who isn't from their state or hunts their way as miserable as them. That said after a break from that, became more focused on just getting outside and enjoying the outdoors rather than pure success, and more importantly got my son involved and it renewed my interest. I don't post as much about my adventures. I just do it for me. Shockingly, it started becoming fun again. |
"I guess you already know that there are angels masquerading as people walking around this planet and your mom was the bravest one of those." - Idgie Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
"I guess you already know that there are angels masquerading as people walking around this planet and your mom was the bravest one of those." - Idgie Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
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Originally Posted By piperpa24: I have heard some horror stories about some of that. I haven't personally had any bad experiences hunting. Pretty much always been a member of clubs where you know everyone and you share experiences. I' have no experience hunting on public lands. Originally Posted By piperpa24: Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: I hear ya. I used to be fairly involved with hunting social media/forums. That sorta killed it for me for a bit. The hunting community is filled with some miserable fucks that seem hell bent on making everyone who isn't from their state or hunts their way as miserable as them. That said after a break from that, became more focused on just getting outside and enjoying the outdoors rather than pure success, and more importantly got my son involved and it renewed my interest. I don't post as much about my adventures. I just do it for me. Shockingly, it started becoming fun again. I’ve actually had remarkably good experiences hunting public land, both west and east. The key is measured expectations. Most of what I was talking about above is just the internet and the toxicity that surrounds it. |
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| I used to deer and small game hunt quite a bit. Then I moved to SE MI from NW MI. It got to be too difficult to hunt. In the last 10 years I've been out pheasant hunting two times. I'll probably take it up again when I retire and move north. |
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I used to be a serious hunter, now I'm lucky if I can draw a tag every 3 years. I love Nevada but I might have to find a different state to hunt in. |
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My cow elk from 3 years ago Attached File Dove hunting with my boys last year Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Cheeon: I am not a murderer  |
Because I like guns, now go fuck yourself!
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Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: I've actually had remarkably good experiences hunting public land, both west and east. The key is measured expectations. Most of what I was talking about above is just the internet and the toxicity that surrounds it. 
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"I guess you already know that there are angels masquerading as people walking around this planet and your mom was the bravest one of those." - Idgie Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
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Originally Posted By 0311SKI: I go hang out in the woods a couple times a year, sometimes I get something tasty. For me the hunting takes a back seat to getting outdoors, its just a perk. |
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Does 22 deer in the last 2 years count  And no I’m not out just killing for the hell if it. Got a big family that EATS and most of our meat consumption is venison cause it’s (mostly) free, super healthy, all organic, and delicious 
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Originally Posted By creeper45: You should start a coming out thread https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/120312/IMG_4238_webp-3672096.jpg Is that the broken heart of a murdered animal? 
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Eitek1: ANTIFA just destroys, hurts, silences and harms. The people they hate are better than they will ever be.
| From the age of 15 to the age of 45 I was an active hunter; squirrel and deer, on family property. After my open heart surgery at 45 coupled with moving to another state and not having a place to hunt unless I wanted to buy Michigan out-of-state licenses, I stopped. I miss it but I'm not paying the state's ransom to hunt on family owned property. |
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I did quite a lot of fishing and hunting as a teenager. I still like getting out in the woods, but I haven't really wanted to spend the money towards really getting involved in hunting for quite a while. I guess the older I get, I like seeing the animals just as they are in the wild, but also I know the population of some need to be managed. I'll still take an occasional groundhog if its causing problems, but other than that I pretty much leave them be. |
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Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: I hear ya. I used to be fairly involved with hunting social media/forums. That sorta killed it for me for a bit. The hunting community is filled with some miserable fucks that seem hell bent on making everyone who isn’t from their state or hunts their way as miserable as them. That said after a break from that, became more focused on just getting outside and enjoying the outdoors rather than pure success, and more importantly got my son involved and it renewed my interest. I don’t post as much about my adventures. I just do it for me. Shockingly, it started becoming fun again. May things happened to me. I got divorced, so i was a single dad of 2 young kids, own and operate a business and just have too many things going on to make time to hunt. Then I met my gf, who has 2 kids. Then I got into SxS riding and tractors and a home w/ more land. There simply isnt much time for me to do anything and if I do have free time, we want to spend it together riding or working at our home. I also only wanted to shoot "big" bucks and ive killed some decent ones (for NY) and just shooting stuff kinda isnt my gig. My kid wants to go from time to time and ill take him but again, i simply dont care. Because im self employed, id much rather make money, its my hobby and my life 
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