Too long at camp

patriot1 said:
Cool story bro
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Okay, let's try this: You are, by your own limited definition, not a successful hunter. You have a growing number of gents on this thread who are, again by your definition, successful hunters...and, to a man, they are trying to get you to accept the possibility that there is just a little more to it than your definition. Personally, I've been "successfully" hunting for nearly 50 years, and I'd wager there are others here with more time into it than that. As difficult as this may be for you to believe, the odds are good that most of us have actually spent some thinking about the reasons we hunt and the type of satisfaction that the pursuit provides.

Is there room in your goal-oriented results-driven return-for-investment world-view for you to consider the possibility that maybe there really is a little more to it than you seem to think? Or...do you truly believe that you...inexperienced and "unsuccessful" as you, by your definition, are...have got it all figured out, and the rest of us...all of us...are full of crap?
 
patriot1 said:
you're welcome. Here's another one. A successful hunt involves killing, you can sugar coat it with softer terms like harvesting, yaddi yadda but your are factually ending an animal's life so you are indeed killing it.

An unsuccessful hunt is a mere hike, with no killing involved. So yes, i much prefer to go on a hike with the full goal and intention of (legally and ethically) ending an animal's life aka killing for the sole purpose of eating. I don't want a head on my wall, i don't want to share pics online, i don't want a rug made out of a hide.

You say go to the grocery store if all you want is meat? I say if i wanted to hang out with my bros and just chill and have a great time i can do that right here in town without dedicating time, money and planning to some outdoor endeavor that may or may not yield anything that i'll just write off as a "good time" if it doesn't.

Doesn't add up over here.
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wow! No surprise it doesn't add up, the fkn calculators broken.....
 
jjohnwm said:
Okay, let's try this: You are, by your own limited definition, not a successful hunter. You have a growing number of gents on this thread who are, again by your definition, successful hunters...and, to a man, they are trying to get you to accept the possibility that there is just a little more to it than your definition. Personally, I've been "successfully" hunting for nearly 50 years, and I'd wager there are others here with more time into it than that. As difficult as this may be for you to believe, the odds are good that most of us have actually spent some thinking about the reasons we hunt and the type of satisfaction that the pursuit provides.

Is there room in your goal-oriented results-driven return-for-investment world-view for you to consider the possibility that maybe there really is a little more to it than you seem to think? Or...do you truly believe that you...inexperienced and "unsuccessful" as you, by your definition, are...have got it all figured out, and the rest of us...all of us...are full of crap?
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Hahahaha ok. You asked.

I don't think I was 10 yet, and my dad asked me "if you have 1000 soldiers marching in formation and only 1 of them is marching differently then who is in the wrong?

I think you know what my answer was. But hey congrats on 50 years of doing it your way.
 
When I started this thread it never occurred to me that because we only brought back one grouse it could be called an unsuccessful hunt. I have had many hunts over the more than forty years that I have been hunting. In some I came home with a limit and in some I came home empty handed. I have enjoyed all of them. In this case we had a great time. It was nice to get into the bush for a while and we got to watch some good dog work. Most of the flushes were unfortunately in some thick bush where we didn't have a shot but almost all of them were in range and if the bush was a little more open we may have put more birds in the bag. That's the way it goes.

The evenings were nice. We were tired and relaxed over a good dinner and a drink, the dog was tired and slept in front of the fire. He did get a few treats and a lab always appreciates that. All in all it was a great time and I am looking forward to the next hunt.
 
peterf said:
When I started this thread it never occurred to me that because we only brought back one grouse it could be called an unsuccessful hunt. I have had many hunts over the more than forty years that I have been hunting. In some I came home with a limit and in some I came home empty handed. I have enjoyed all of them. In this case we had a great time. It was nice to get into the bush for a while and we got to watch some good dog work. Most of the flushes were unfortunately in some thick bush where we didn't have a shot but almost all of them were in range and if the bush was a little more open we may have put more birds in the bag. That's the way it goes.

The evenings were nice. We were tired and relaxed over a good dinner and a drink, the dog was tired and slept in front of the fire. He did get a few treats and a lab always appreciates that. All in all it was a great time and I am looking forward to the next hunt.
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Well said.
 
My good friend and I went out about 3 weeks ago up at my Dad's camp. Decided to use .22's for the first time in many many years, usually 12's to make sure we bag a couple. Decided to give the poor buggers a chance, and to figure out if we could still shoot straight. He bagged his with a great headshot in thick bush right off the trail, I got mine humping bush after seeing it but not having a shot. Got mine through the breast, thankfully was using solid point ammo, and as it was trying for a getaway, got it in the spine with the follow up.
We did more than half a day in the bush, which is the point of a hunt, and we'd have had a great time whether we bagged birds or not.
Now, moose might be a different story. If I get a tag, I'd sure want to fill it!

My next trip, I want to pack an actual backpack with gear and have a meal out in the woods like we did when we were kids. Try out some of this outdoor gear I've been collecting awhile.
 
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peterf said:
When I started this thread it never occurred to me that because we only brought back one grouse it could be called an unsuccessful hunt. I have had many hunts over the more than forty years that I have been hunting. In some I came home with a limit and in some I came home empty handed. I have enjoyed all of them. In this case we had a great time. It was nice to get into the bush for a while and we got to watch some good dog work. Most of the flushes were unfortunately in some thick bush where we didn't have a shot but almost all of them were in range and if the bush was a little more open we may have put more birds in the bag. That's the way it goes.

The evenings were nice. We were tired and relaxed over a good dinner and a drink, the dog was tired and slept in front of the fire. He did get a few treats and a lab always appreciates that. All in all it was a great time and I am looking forward to the next hunt.
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It sounds like a nice time away with a friend, and a good dog. Congratulations!
 
peterf said:
When I started this thread it never occurred to me that because we only brought back one grouse it could be called an unsuccessful hunt. I have had many hunts over the more than forty years that I have been hunting. In some I came home with a limit and in some I came home empty handed. I have enjoyed all of them. In this case we had a great time. It was nice to get into the bush for a while and we got to watch some good dog work. Most of the flushes were unfortunately in some thick bush where we didn't have a shot but almost all of them were in range and if the bush was a little more open we may have put more birds in the bag. That's the way it goes.

The evenings were nice. We were tired and relaxed over a good dinner and a drink, the dog was tired and slept in front of the fire. He did get a few treats and a lab always appreciates that. All in all it was a great time and I am looking forward to the next hunt.
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Sounds like a successful hunt to me. Well said.
 
peterf said:
leadpipemike and I spent a little too long at camp on a late season grouse hunt.
When we got back out to the lake it was frozen over. It made it interesting getting a canoe through an inch of ice.
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i know when i spend too much time at camp my pants don't fit when i leave
 
peterf said:
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leadpipemike and I spent a little too long at camp on a late season grouse hunt.
When we got back out to the lake it was frozen over. It made it interesting getting a canoe through an inch of ice.
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This looks like a great adventure and hunt even with the limited game taken. I would have called the trip a success for getting just this part done, never mind the rest of the fun on the trip! Thanks for sharing the pictures and stories. I put my canoe away when the snow storms started to collapse the trees onto the trails. You are braver than me for staying the length! Congrats on a great trip!

Edit : Just wanted to ask how many days it took for the ice to form to this thickness? I might want to extend my canoeing adventures!
 
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