Do you hunt?

Claybuster

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I would describe myself as a shooter who hunts. I chase grouse, preserve pheasants and have a recently rekindled interest waterfowling but I am primarly a clay target shooter. For some very competent shooters however the prospect of pulling the trigger on a living target is unthinkable.

Where do you fit in in? Are you a shooter who hunts, a hunter that shoots or a shooter who isn't interested in hunting?
 
I shoot now but before I was a shooter I hunted. I still hunt deer, moose...etc and if I see some grouse I will take them because they make a great meal and my wife really likes them. Right now and until daylight savings I can shoot Wednesdays and hunt on the weekend, best of both.. :D

jacky
 
I am a grouse hunter who took up shooting (years ago) to improve my skills - now I shoot 2 or 3 times a week, have bought guns specifically for the purpose, and compete a little bit - but if I have to choose, call me a hunter.

Sharptail
 
I grew up in Northwestern Ontario, so I was a hunter first. I loved to shoot. Shooting targets was a real fun way to do that. I started to get pretty serious about shooting targets and I'd now probably consider myself a shooter that hunts.

I must admit that shooting so many targets has really improved my gun handling skills (both shotgun and rifle) when it comes to hunting. I regularly shoot under pressure, so factors like buck fever are reduced.

Brad.
 
Shooter trying to find time to become a hunter :mrgreen:

Waterfowl will more than likely be my first hunting experience in the next few weeks :wink:

BT
 
bojano said:
Hunter. But I shoot clays because there is open season on them year round, when everything else is closed. :mrgreen:
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I'm going to have to go with the same answer. I just love shooting so much that I can't put my gun down during the off season. I'm out every day the club is open. Come hunting season though I pass up my days at the club for the feathered and furry targets. They taste alot better than clay aswell. Anyone have a good recipe for flo. orange and black clay?

Tim
 
shooter that hunts(although i don't know if a "real" hunter cosiders pest control hunting)
i give money and product to pheasants forever in our area because i like their approach to habitat but i have been upland hunting once(buy the licence every year just don't go as i am busiest thet time of year and i'd really rather call coyotes instead...
 
Definitely a trapshooter, the only hunting I do now is bow hunting for deer and moose hunting in the Yukon. Quit waterfowling when they banned lead a few years ago.

Regards,
Sam
 
Sam:

I hate to see anyone quit waterfowling. We are a dying breed. A half decent shooter will easily kill ducks with steel, keeping in mind it's limitations.

Hope you get back into the marsh!!!!!!


DT10Sam said:
Definitely a trapshooter, the only hunting I do now is bow hunting for deer and moose hunting in the Yukon. Quit waterfowling when they banned lead a few years ago.

Regards,
Sam
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Was a Shooter first (40+ years ago) but started hunting as well in my 20's and have been doing both ever since.
Target shoot more of course because I do that every week except when I am hunting.
 
Hunter first clays 2nd. With 3 German short hairs I have to get out as much as I can. The other day I stopped by the club to pick up some papers with my 3 dogs and my Buddy's 2 and they shattered my canopy window and ran out to get those orange grouse.
Grant
 
Don't hunt anymore (if you ignore the animals with white stripes that decided to take up residence last year.) Did a lot when I was a teenager, stick to targets now.
I also do not hold it against anyone who does just not my thing now.
 
Hunter before anything else, but I love to bust clays.

I mainly shoot skeet, I love Sporting but the closest good club is in Orillia. 4 hours round trip.......I think I'll shoot some skeet.

Before huntign season I often use my portable trap to make some really interesting target presentations out in the bush. Once I have it master, I'll change it up and so on.


For me its still all only practice for something with feathers or fur.
 
Waterfowler,

Thanks for your encouragement, and I do have friends bugging to get me out for some geese this year as they have inthe past few years. It seems so many hunters have caused some grief with land owners etc. and finding good marshes are always getting harder. I only used to hunt with my black labs for quite some time nad with the passing of the dogs etc. it was much easier to turn to targets and get enough of shooting in to enjoy it. I used to shoot over carved decoys that I owned by a carver from Sudbury, that was fun knowing someone caarved the floaters for you and watching them work. I have many fond memories that will never be removed or replaced.

I do support waterfowling and all types of hunting, and I seem now to get further satisfaction watching a target get pulverized into smoke.

Best regards,
Sam
 
Hunt ? ...Certainly, everything except turkey. Just can't bear the thought of shooting a bird on the ground in the spring ! ( Feed 40-50 every winter on the farm, Jan-April ) Not adverse to others enjoying the sport, just not me.

Started hunting at 16, skeet & trap at 18.

First round of Sporting in 1988, and 5-stand, sometime about 4 or 5 years later. Some Olympic Skeet, Trap and F.I.T.A.S.C. Sporting along the way, informal handgun shooting, varmint & big game hunting, way too much waterfowling and a lot of upland shooting, not to mention a fair bit of fly fishing ( 6 Provinces, 3 States and one Carribean Country)
 
hunter, joined the local club to practice shooting at moving flying targets, now i got a serious 5 stand addiction!it's gonna be a long winter. maybe i'll get a little portable thrower to set up on the ice when i'm out ice fishing.
 
I'd have to say I'm a hunter and then a shooter... I say this cause if the opportunity to hunt is presented, I always choose it over IPSC, a range trip etc etc...

I LOVE hunting!!!

Cheers
Jay
 
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