[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Do you hunt? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 10/4/2011 10:43:04 AM EDT
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The thread about "Fudds" got me thinking about this. Poll inbound
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No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. |
| I haven't in a couple of years. I'm just a social hunter (you can hear beekeeper spitting in disgust in the background). I go out with the guys in the fall for fun. Unfortunately most of the hunting around here has switched to stand hunting, which I kind of get bored with, I liked the old fart hunting of standing watch and doing drives a lot more, even if it wasn't as productive. |
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No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. I usually get deer in my yard almost every day. This morning there were six of them. |
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Quoted: I have seen more deer in my yard since I moved to the suburbs than I ever saw in the woods hunting.Quoted: Quoted: No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. I usually get deer in my yard almost every day. This morning there were six of them. And rabbits, we are one of the few houses without a dog so the rabbits hang around on my yard. Cute little dickens even if they do chew on my garage door.
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No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. I usually get deer in my yard almost every day. This morning there were six of them. It would be impossible to explain to you the feeling I'm talking about, so I'm not even going to attempt. I know others know what I'm talking about. I happened to see six deer total on Saturday as well. One was a decent buck, but he was wiley and knew I was up in the tree so he avoided getting close enough to stick with an arrow. 
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I have seen more deer in my yard since I moved to the suburbs than I ever saw in the woods hunting.
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No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. I usually get deer in my yard almost every day. This morning there were six of them. And rabbits, we are one of the few houses without a dog so the rabbits hang around on my yard. Cute little dickens even if they do chew on my garage door. You should see my yard. I've hung so much chicken wire around the bushes the place looks like Stalag 13. 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. I usually get deer in my yard almost every day. This morning there were six of them. It would be impossible to explain to you the feeling I'm talking about, so I'm not even going to attempt. I know others know what I'm talking about. I get it |
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Quoted: Sounds like a good place to bow huntQuoted: I have seen more deer in my yard since I moved to the suburbs than I ever saw in the woods hunting.Quoted: Quoted: No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. You don't actually have to kill an animal if you don't want to. It can be great just to go out into the woods and see them. I had a small doe and her little fawn buck hang around under my stand for 15 minutes on Saturday sniffing the air trying to figure out what was wrong. It was heavenly. I usually get deer in my yard almost every day. This morning there were six of them. And rabbits, we are one of the few houses without a dog so the rabbits hang around on my yard. Cute little dickens even if they do chew on my garage door.  |
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Deer, turkey, quail, grouse, pheasant. Bird hunting is more about walking with a dog though. I never have had a good bird dog, hunting with someone who has good dogs is a lot of fun. Unless your guide uses the 'North Star' as his guideposts. Then it sucks. TRG |
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Quoted: I had a dual purpose getting into hunting. I thought it would be a great addition to my skills, to be able to feed my family if needed. The other is my in laws are into hunting big time so they like that I have gotten into it too. Quoted: No. Only because I can't find anyone to take me. I'd never hunt for sport though. The reason no one ever takes you is that hunting IS a sport. Not too many subsistence hunters are going to show you where and how they get their only source of food. |
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... It would be impossible to explain to you the feeling I'm talking about, so I'm not even going to attempt. I know others know what I'm talking about. I happened to see six deer total on Saturday as well. One was a decent buck, but he was wiley and knew I was up in the tree so he avoided getting close enough to stick with an arrow.
It probably would be impossible to explain to me. Deer are deer - they look the same whether they are sniffing the wind next to my garage, or out in mother nature. I've been hunting. Deer and turkey in the U.S., fox in Europe, and I find it boring. If I want to see animals I don't normally see, I'll got to the zoo, and if I want to eat them I'll go to the local butcher (who has pheasant, boar, venison, etc.) 
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Nope, don't camp either... Did both back in the day, it sucked! Fishing was fine, but I did enough of that with the old man (his primary hobby) to officially say it's out of my system. I prefer not living as my forefathers did. Growing up in the country gave me an appreciation for not roughing it. If you want to hunt, have at it though! Bowhunting is quite a skill. Driving deer with dogs into a firing line isn't. FYI, guys who dare post graduate work in mathematics are not pussies either... |
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Quoted: Quoted: ... It would be impossible to explain to you the feeling I'm talking about, so I'm not even going to attempt. I know others know what I'm talking about. I happened to see six deer total on Saturday as well. One was a decent buck, but he was wiley and knew I was up in the tree so he avoided getting close enough to stick with an arrow. It probably would be impossible to explain to me. Deer are deer - they look the same whether they are sniffing the wind next to my garage, or out in mother nature. I've been hunting. Deer and turkey in the U.S., fox in Europe, and I find it boring. If I want to see animals I don't normally see, I'll got to the zoo, and if I want to eat them I'll go to the local butcher (who has pheasant, boar, venison, etc.) You called it venison, there's no hope for you
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Quoted: Hogs. It's the most fun I've had hunting in, well, ever! God I wish I could hunt hogs, we have a few in Southern Ohio and they are migrating my way I also heard that once the hogs get into an area that they are real pests too, I am all for pest control I hunt Predators, Crow, and the occasional rabbit, deer ans Waterfowl but 5 hip replacements have slowed me down a little |