Hunting Season
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- d_rek0
Question to all the hunters out there:
Where do you guys shop around for gear?
Over the years i've picked up various items from all the big name places: Cabelas, Gander Mountain, Bass Pro Shops, Dick's, Dunhams, etc... curious if there are some boutique stores out there people shop at.
- benfal990
Why don't you build something instead of killing/destroying?
bye.
- Please do not come back to thread.d_rek
- thats why i said 'bye'
byebenfal99 - Survival of the fittest asshole. Deal with it.CygnusZero4
- Yeah, Darwinism bitches! Evolution is a hunter's creed and dogma, through and through. Deal with it.monospaced
- flashbender0
benfal must be a vegan
- I think you mean a little bitch who tells other people how to live.albums
- formed0
Just part of human nature....to kill things
- As is the nature of most sentient beingsd_rek
- past karma and your inability to truly progress.teh
- karma and progress are subjectivemonospaced
- GeorgesII0
yep, because food miraculously appear on your plate,
there is no need for a butcher to cut your shit,
a farmer to grow your shit,
a third worlder to pick it,
the food just happen
- d_rek0
Let's not derail the thread here. If you all want to argue for/against hunting then start a new thread.
Let's keep it to the following topics:
-Guns & Ammo
-Gear
-Tactics
-Photos
-Game- I never understood the issue people have with hunting when it's for food. I do have issues with those who do it only for sport.monospaced
- only for sport. That's just tacky.monospaced
- monospaced0
I've always wanted to hunt for food. Not sure I'll ever have the opportunity, though. My grandfather did it my entire childhood and also made his own venison jerky. I loved it and he told me a story about how he took my dad hunting when I was a baby. I hope I get the chance one day.
- I hear upstate NY is a great place to hunt. Better late than never!d_rek
- Oh yeah? I don't know anyone who does. My grandfather lives/hunts in Northern California.monospaced
- bjladams0
our family has about 1000 acres that is mostly wooded, and has fair amount of game on it.
my grandfather often makes fun of hunters that come to ask to use the property, as every deer he's ever shot on it has walked right into his back yard. he thinks people squatting in the woods for days on end is a bit... stupid.
at any rate, i enjoy hunting— my dad and i were just planning a trip this last week.
- Different sides of my family has 90 and 160 acres respectively. We squat the treelines in blinds. Short ride in an ATV or truck from camp.d_rek
- from camp.d_rek
- My grandparents own 400 acres of raw forest in Northern Cali. Same thing.monospaced
- bjladams0
also, on our fishing/kayaking trips i always take a camera- but for some reason never consider it for hunting, perhaps i will next month
- moldero0
• hates the idea of killing an animal for food,
• has someone else do it instead,
• feels much better about self
• eats nasty processed hamburger meat which is 25% filler.- Yep, this. There is no healthier way to live on this planet than to kill an animal and eat it.CygnusZero4
- well, no healthier if you only eat a reasonable sized portion with lots f greens :)Amicus
- bulletfactory0
If you count trim hunting.... *wink *wink
...and sadly, no, still not a hunter. A married, non-hunter.
- I sort of stopped around age 13 after my grandpa died (cause he was the only one I ever went out with). I just recently got back into it at age 29.d_rek
- at age 29d_rek
- I grew up in a raccoon hunting family. My grandpa and dad had champion dogs when he was a kid. He lost the desire when hebulletfactory
- went to college. My brother started as a teen and still goes every season. The hound dogs are awesome, I just dislike hunting.bulletfactory
- hunting personally. I love shooting guns into targets though.bulletfactory
- teh0
duck season!!!
- maquito0
@d_rek Do you eat what you kill, or just practice aim & enjoy the kill?
- OBBTKN0
I´ve got friends on it... they hunt for boars. I enjoy more cooking and eating than killing it
- I can almost smell the delicious aroma of a roasting boar.CygnusZero4
- d_rek0
@maquito
We definitely eat what we kill Nothing goes to waste. A nice sized deer can keep the freezer full of fresh, delicious venison meat for upwards of a year. What we can't cut steaks from we make hamburger out of and venison sausage from leftovers.
And if you do a simple cost-factor analysis ($15 for a resident firearm deer / 20-30 lbs of fresh meat) the value can't be beat.
On a very practical level it's incredibly economical to eat the meat you kill. On a personal level it's rewarding to be a somewhat decent marksman. Killing in and of itself is not all it's made out to be but the reality is deer population does need to be kept in control (otherwise they tend to unbalance ecosystems). It also provides good bonding with close family up at Deer camp.
- Good! I'm glad :)maquito
- Damn, a year?CygnusZero4
- It lasts quite a long time... you don't want to let it sit for too long though lest it start to taste like freezer. I also give some of it away.d_rek
- omg0
what if instead of bringing guns while hunting, a hunter carried cameras instead to shoot with... I've always wanted to go hunting, but don't have enough hunting knowledge to just get up and go deep woods undercover for some deer meat. Lastly, I wouldn't know how to carry it back, cut and store the meat. I'd just waste the whole deer, due to improper butchering. But it could still be fun to run around with a camera shooting deer.