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Why do you hunt?
Posted on 10/22/10 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 10/22/10 at 6:46 pm
Im 25 and am getting into hunting for the first time. When I was telling people about wanting to get into it, the biggest question was "why?". It definitely made me think about why I want to get into it. I'm most exited about the stalk, and processingand getting to enjoy the meat. Is that why everyone does it, or is there a different perspective that I don't understand yet?
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Posted on 10/22/10 at 6:55 pm to clownbaby
We are hunters. Its a brainstem thing. Just go with it. Don't try to explain it. A few hundred years of civilized living would make some forget that we are some bad arse predators. Make up your own reasons, and then feel your pulse when that big buck walks out, and tell me that your not made to do it.
Posted on 10/22/10 at 6:56 pm to clownbaby
nature at its finest
Posted on 10/22/10 at 6:57 pm to clownbaby
NOt a simply answered question, but I enjoy all aspects and sometimes enjoy getting ready more than hunting.. Kinda nice to help build or improve a camp, scout, cameras, making food plots, cooking at the camp, playing cards, drinking, getting in the outdoors, getting away from work, being with friends that I generally only see hunting. Then the actual hunt is great, sitting in a stand before daylight and watching the woods wake up, having some "alone" time to sort my thoughts, do some soul searching, then of course when the oppurtunity exist to see the trophy you have been hunting will get your heart racing.... a true rush, sharing stories with friends, hunting is truly enjoyable on many levels to me, but I can also see that it is not for everyone.
Posted on 10/22/10 at 7:46 pm to Tigerpaw123
There is no better feeling in the world than seeing the world come alive in the morning! I feel bad for people that never experience seeing the sun come up on a creek bottom.
Posted on 10/22/10 at 7:59 pm to Tigerpaw123
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted on 10/22/10 at 8:45 pm to clownbaby
I no longer hunt for game. But I hunt with my camera. Have a .338 with me in case it is needed. I found the hunt was more thrilling than the kill. Been probably 10 years since I bagged something.
I get all the moose I want from friends.
I get all the moose I want from friends.
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Posted on 10/22/10 at 11:41 pm to clownbaby
It's been touched on, but for me it's just being outdoors. Then it's the primal nature of it. Hard to put into words.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 2:26 am to SCUBABlake
If you want to enjoy the stalk then squirrel hunting is probably what you should be after.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 5:48 am to omegaman66
I like the fact that I scouted an area, put my stand up in the correct place, concelled and positioned myself good enough to get in range of a trophy deer. I, like other people, might not kill a deer every year because of the fact I have killed plenty of deer in my life and only care to shoot large bucks but that doesn't mean I don't love getting in the woods by myself and enjoying nature and seeing them just as much. Another thing for me the nastier the better. Not sure why but I love being on my stand over looking Thompson Creek when it is cold as hell and maybe a sleet or snow flurries.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 7:03 am to clownbaby
For me it's an addiction. I don't have to kill to have a great hunt. I have spent many a day working my dogs without picking up my gun. I can hear the distant sounds of duck guns reporting and dream about the retrieves that are happening in that blind.
On top of that, it is a competition thing. I'm not honking my own horn but I know very well that I can handle 40-50 chattering mallards down into a rice field or a narrow hole in the trees. I'm sure you will come accross many that say the same and in fact they have seen it. My point is the number that can do it versus the number that have seen it is somewhat lopsided. Again, competition against the next blind over or against the wild. I am not fond of pass shooting or taking ducks high.(I have done both) My idea of a successful set up is when I can put them on the water close enough that a 7 or 8 year old can roast them with the same precision that a 30 year veteran can. This does not happen everyday and therefor I have not developed the perfect rig. If I ever think I have reached perfection and I can kill a limit at 10 yards day in and day out with no trash ducks mixed in that will be a sorrowful day. That will be the day I hang up my waders and take up chess or something else that challenges my tactics.
On top of that, it is a competition thing. I'm not honking my own horn but I know very well that I can handle 40-50 chattering mallards down into a rice field or a narrow hole in the trees. I'm sure you will come accross many that say the same and in fact they have seen it. My point is the number that can do it versus the number that have seen it is somewhat lopsided. Again, competition against the next blind over or against the wild. I am not fond of pass shooting or taking ducks high.(I have done both) My idea of a successful set up is when I can put them on the water close enough that a 7 or 8 year old can roast them with the same precision that a 30 year veteran can. This does not happen everyday and therefor I have not developed the perfect rig. If I ever think I have reached perfection and I can kill a limit at 10 yards day in and day out with no trash ducks mixed in that will be a sorrowful day. That will be the day I hang up my waders and take up chess or something else that challenges my tactics.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 9:56 am to Choirboy
The rush when killing is unexplainable! The best part is watching the world wake up and not having society to ruin it for you. I often to to a point when I just don't want to see or hear a person, the woods are the only way to escape.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 10:12 am to tigertime84
I hunt for the time spent in the outdoors. Watching the world come alive in the morning is incredible. The thrill of the kill is great, but just being out there where I can tap into those primal instincts and clear away all the clutter that civilized life creates means the most to me. Now that my boys are getting older my focus is being shifted away from my enjoyment, to theirs. I've never been as excited as I am when I'm gearing up my little mini me's. I cant wait to get out there with them and let their lives as hunters begin.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 11:14 am to 4X4DEMON
I started hunting 5 years ago. I had always been an outdoorsman spending countless hours fishing, exploring the woods, and learning about the world we live in by actually experiencing it first hand. I never thought that I would enjoy hunting though due to the cold.
I have told people for a long time that I am a religious person but I really dont enjoy church. I feel my strongest connection to a higher power when I am alone in nature. Seeing a momma bobcat watch her kittens, watching as an owl swoops silently down to catch prey, marveling at how vines seem to reach out and grab support objects as if they had intellegence, or listening to the sounds of wildlife change as the sun rises or sets, forces a thinking man to contemplate the design of it all.
As others have said, we are hunters and gatherers. It is what homosapiens are. It is part of all of us. The adrenaline rush you get when you come in contact with a wild animal, the satisfaction you get from matching your wits against an animals far superior senses of smell, hearing, sight, and survival instinct, and the pleasure of accomplishment felt when you place food on the table for yourself and your loved ones is truly unique. It is a feeling that cannot be replicated by working 9-5 to make a paycheck to gather for your faimly.
Finally, hunting and fishing provide a safe, confidence building, skill building activity for my children to learn and grow with that will keep them (as fishing did me) out of trouble in the future.
I have told people for a long time that I am a religious person but I really dont enjoy church. I feel my strongest connection to a higher power when I am alone in nature. Seeing a momma bobcat watch her kittens, watching as an owl swoops silently down to catch prey, marveling at how vines seem to reach out and grab support objects as if they had intellegence, or listening to the sounds of wildlife change as the sun rises or sets, forces a thinking man to contemplate the design of it all.
As others have said, we are hunters and gatherers. It is what homosapiens are. It is part of all of us. The adrenaline rush you get when you come in contact with a wild animal, the satisfaction you get from matching your wits against an animals far superior senses of smell, hearing, sight, and survival instinct, and the pleasure of accomplishment felt when you place food on the table for yourself and your loved ones is truly unique. It is a feeling that cannot be replicated by working 9-5 to make a paycheck to gather for your faimly.
Finally, hunting and fishing provide a safe, confidence building, skill building activity for my children to learn and grow with that will keep them (as fishing did me) out of trouble in the future.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 11:28 am to Bleeding purple
Listening to nature awake. Being in a duck blind, on a lake with a cold front bearing down and seeing the contrast of grey skies and hoping one of those lightening strikes are never on target.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 12:32 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:
Get away from the wife.
watching the sun come up when you are 20 feet in a tree is one hell of sight.
Posted on 10/23/10 at 1:33 pm to clownbaby
I have hunted mostof my life and I still spend a lot of time in the woods but I usually don't pull the trigger any longer. I like to take kids hunting and see them enjoy the outdoors but for me I enjoy choosing not to kill anyting at this point in my life but knowing that I couldkill it. I take a lot of pictures in the woods now.
Posted on 10/24/10 at 11:50 pm to Bleeding purple
quote:Then where's the big blackberry picking season?
we are hunters and gatherers
Posted on 10/25/10 at 7:27 am to Tigah in the ATL
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Then where's the big blackberry picking season?
I think you were trying to flame a bit. Don't give the state any ideas about regulating the damn black berries. I can let you know when they become ripe and show you some places to pick them if you like. Nothing beats a hand picked, home made blackberry cobbler.
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