How many really hunt ...

evolture said:
I wish I could hunt but I don't. I just do guns... My late father had guns but didn't hunt. My uncle has guns but is vegetarian, no help there. There isn't a lot of motivation for me to drive up to williams lake by myself and try to bring in a moose when I have no idea what I am doing.

Us in the younger generation may be lost!! :(
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Go rabbit hunting or bird hunting first...its easy. the more scared they are the more they freeze up and just sit there. Track them in the snow, learn their habbits, get used to skinning them.

Rabbits are awesome for learning the basics, and make a good stew.

Oh, cut the bum part out well. My 1st rabbit stew had a couple terds floating around in it, after it was cooked and served (!).
 
I hunt alot. Primarily small game. Rabbit and squirrel. Shoot grouse alot. Do hunt moose whenever I get a tag, and two deer yearly. Bear once every other year. Do alot more fishing than hunting. Plus predator hunting, if that counts. I wouldn't call myself a weekend hunter by any means. If the seasons would allow me, I'd be in the wilderness daily.
 
I hunt partridge from Sept 15 through Dec15 and shoot atleast 2 limits per week, hunt deer from thankgiving to Dec15 10 to 15 days ussually, hunt moose Thansgiving to Dec15 another 15 days, I think that qualifies as a northern ontario redneck ,don't you!! Shoot hanguns in practice and tournaments all year long, and fit in benchrest rimfire/ centre fire from June to October, reload all winter long as well as help out the Junior shooter program when I have a free Wednesday, dale in T-Bay
 
I hunt and shoot pretty much year round, Alberta has some amazing opportunities for those willing to take advantage of them. I don't think there ever was a time where my life didn't revolve around one form of hunting or another. My first hunting adventure was with my family was when I was around six months old, but that story is better left for another time(better told by my father) :). Having a father that spent allot of his life as a hunting guide in the NWT and the Yukon as well as a serious hunter himself has help steer my life in the right direction I guess you could say :cool:

One thing I do know is that you wont find me very often without a gun or two close at hand(work being the exception).
 
So what does seal taste like?
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It depends if you cook it or not .. raw it's very very rich in flavour and fishy ... cooked I don't know ... ;)

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. love reading all your posts folks ... :D
 
retepnosflow said:
Never (HAD) to hunt, as in only for enjoyment never an issue of famine!!!;)
It was not a needed statement but I firgured I would explain it that way!
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For me its different. I need to hunt because I'm a hunter. To be otherwise would be to deny my nature, and the pointy teeth in my head. Might as well tell a compass not to point north.
 
Dogleg said:
For me its different. I need to hunt because I'm a hunter. To be otherwise would be to deny my nature, and the pointy teeth in my head. Might as well tell a compass not to point north.
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Yah I got a buddy like you, gets every tag & draw that he can as well as his wife every year, they hunt as much as possible. That is not for me personally & I like the farm cow too much to pass off for the leaner stuff, but thats cool dude it sounds like you enjoy hunting as much as I do only in a different way:D
 
peter338 said:
Dorian Gray

What part of Northern Ontario are you in?
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I'm from a little town near Timmins, Peter. Drop me a PM if you're ever around, thinking about coming this way or just wanna chat. I could listen to your hunting stories for hours on end. :)

Dogleg said:
I'm usually good for 5 to 25 big game animals a year, with the average being closer to 12. This year I'm at 10 so far, 3 red stag, 3 water buffalo, black buck, boar, sheep and goat. Did a year's worth of wingshooting in a couple hours too. (15 boxes) I've got brown bear & goat booked in Alaska this fall.
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Now I have 2 hero's. :D

Dorian
 
I have hunted all my life since age 12. One missed season [spent in California] I hunt at least 4 species every year, with 5 or 6 being more common. I have shot plenty of game over the years, and can say with pride, I have not wasted any. Of course pests do not count. How many gophers, ground squirrels, crows, magpies, etc, etc. I have shot I have no idea. But I do know how many Moose, Elk, Sheep, goats and Bison. I have a pretty fair idea how many muleys and whitetails I have shot, [many] and the black bear numbers are quite high as well. Geese and grouse are both in the hundreds, for sure. I live to hunt, and have lived in prime hunting country all my life....what's not to like? Regards, Eagleye.
 
I mostly just bowhunt for deer here in Southern Ontario. Have gone for moose and hunted in Michigan for bow deer alot in the past. My best year was 8 in MI and 1 in Ontario. I'll kill 1-3 deer a year and probably hunt 30 days a season if you added all of the time up between morn and evening sits. Hunt coyotes a bit and the odd bunny hunt. I've been letting ALOT of deer walk the last few years too. Quit crow hunting like I used to. Almost feel sorry for any of the poor animals when I do kill them. Last year I killed 2 deer and missed one and let a bunch walk. Shot a few crows and only bunny hunted a couple times. Didn't get a crack at a coyote either. Enjoy hunting but the killing thing is the part that is getting harder to do. 2 deer in the freezer suit me just fine anymore.
Would love to club a seal and try it raw and maybe get in on a bison hunt with the bow.
 
I hunt 4-5 species a year if you count predators .

Im getting ready for Fall black bear as it starts in about 3 weeks....got lots pics from my trail cam today.....nothing big though .

Moose hunt in on thanksgiving weekend...probably wont get tags

Deer Hunt planned on Manitoulin Island on Third week of November.

Looking to do more predator hunting next winter...never quite enought time.

Planning to meet up with a friend In Alberta for Fall 2011 hunt..not sure on the species yet.
 
Otokiak;
Thanks for starting the interesting thread and thanks to all the members who've replied, it makes for interesting reading.

Before we had our two girls, my wife and I used to do a bit of spring bear hunting together, fish a bit in spring and summer and then hunt mainly deer here in fall with the occasional foray to chase bear, moose and sheep back then.

My wife shot her last deer just after our eldest was born, but as things turned out I'm blessed with two teenage daughters who love to hunt, so starting September 1st we hit the local mountains every chance we get until the fall seasons are over in late November.

While we mainly chase mule deer and whitetail, there are also black bear, elk and moose tags in someone's pack so if we see one that meets the antler restrictions we can invite him home for dinner.;)

The girls like to shoot grouse as well, and they've got about 2½ months in fall to practice their rifle skills on the 3 local varieties.

Now of course they are normal kids so some weekends are taken up with volleyball or basketball tournaments as well as music lessons, youth group and the like. But most falls we pound the local mountains hard enough to get a thank you card from Husky for the diesel we burn!:redface: Well not quite, but almost.

Thanks again for the thread and the replies.

Regards,
Dwayne
 
As I said earlier, I have taken 1000's of animals...the moves the Alberta and Sakatchewan helped those number since many were gpphers and geese...:D

My first time hunting would be tagging along with Dad at about 4 or 5 years old. My Dad was a very avid upland bird hunter as well as sea ducks, seal hare...as well as a fisherman.

Hunting was not an all year round thing when I grew up. After MArch, the guns got put away and growing vegetables for the winter was the main concern.
As August came and went the sign that hunting season was near, was the ripening of the blue berries...

I had a BB gun at the age of 6 and shooting .22 at the age of 10.
I fire my first 12 gauge shot at the age of 11 terrified that would it surely break my collar bone.

The story to that first shot?

My Great Uncle died, and when he died he left me a little money. Several years before this we had a wonderful Blue Belton who passed of old age. Out of the money I wanted to buy a new bird dog, a Gordon Setter. Mom and Dad agreed so in April (Uncle George died in March) I bought my first Gordon Setter pup.
That fall, Dad said she needed to have a few shots fired over her head, so off we went. When we got out by the lighthouse where we often hunted, Dad watched the dog running and commented on what a good dog she was. He then put a shell in the Rem 1100 and passed the gun to me and said the safety is on. I looked puzzled...he said..."she's your dog, you fire the shot"
So I did, and she never even bothered with it...all was good and many hunting years followed with her.

Dad knew how to use a compass, he was a conpass at times...he could navigate in the fog, he knew the tricks and things that worked and waht didn't. He instilled in me a vast knowledge of the sea and woods and I still learn from him all the time...

I love it when he comes out in the fall and we hit the Canada's which back home is like getting a trophy Ram for mny bird hunters...

He usually can't believe his eyes and is beaming as they fly over..

Good times.

My self, well...I am rifles allthe time and constantly. My truck rarely leaves the driveway without some kind of firearm aboard...

L ive for this stuff,...it feels good,..it's quality time shared mother nature and my family....

GOD BLESS HUNTING !
 
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