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fritzthetiger Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 6:12 AM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
I'm curious to see how many of you guys and gals hunt or fish or both; I'm just curious.

BTW I do Both.

Fritz
bassdude Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 6:17 AM EST
Joined: 01-13-2004
Posts: 8,871
Both, bass tournaments and lots of pleasure fishing, crappie, catfish, walleye - loved to fish the Bay when I was in MD and the crabbing was fantastic off the Navy Reserve pier. My kids all love to fish.

Love to hunt deer and small game. Introducing this to my 8 year old this year.
428cj Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 6:34 AM EST
Joined: 04-26-2003
Posts: 741
I enjoy fishing when I can. I don't hunt. Not against it, just not into it.

I love it, every once and a while a bleeding heart 'hippie' tries to trap me with something like: "Oh, so you like guns and go shooting, I guess you LOVE shooting animals too, right?" If I'm in a grumpy mood I give them "I'm not into hunting ANIMALS, why do you think all of my shooting targets are silouettes of people?! Any further questions regarding my shooting??" Haha. That tends to shut them up. I do remind them I AM in law enforcement, so they're not too terrified at that point.
It's a wonderful thing scaring hippies (sounds a bit like Eric Cartman)...



Hey fritz, have you been to the NRA firearms museum in VA? I finally made it there last summer (it's only about 10 miles from me too, doh) and it's spectacular. I'd highly recommend it, well worth the time.
fritzthetiger Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 8:19 AM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
Hi 428cj:

Nope never been, would like to, if we ever should we'll get together for a gar or3. In response to your comment about hippies, "sweeeeeeet," (e cartman).

One more thing, thank you for being in law enforcement, you have my respect and gratitude!!!

Fritz
patman Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 8:29 AM EST
Joined: 12-22-2003
Posts: 262
Love to fish... Just Love It!
really like to hunt though I would rathare go fishing.

I am headed to New Zealand on Thursday and have a charter to go big grouper fishing. on Sunday. Only $150.00NZ that's like $100 dollars. YEA!

snowwolf777 Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 9:12 AM EST
Joined: 06-03-2000
Posts: 4,082
Walleye fish in Ohio, bluegill fish in Canada and Western Michigan, deer hunt in Michigan and Ohio.
428cj Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 9:18 AM EST
Joined: 04-26-2003
Posts: 741
Hey there fritz, if you ever do get out this way do let me know, that would be great.
Thanks for your words about my career, I appreciate it.


Cartman: "HEY, I am a cop and you WILL respect my authoritah". Lmao.
johnfs Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 9:44 AM EST
Joined: 01-01-2003
Posts: 2,993
I hunt beavers.
miluns Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 11:53 AM EST
Joined: 01-06-2003
Posts: 199
Yep, hunter here. Getting ready to go Turkey hunting on Saturday. There is an old pic post somewhere of the Turkey I got last year.

I don't fish as much as I used to, but I still love to get out when I can.


Mike
cayman2b Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 2:07 PM EST
Joined: 05-19-2000
Posts: 1,734
Yup- hunt,fish,backpack hiking.. love the Outdoors..
And I have respect for the Outdoors which is waining
with every generation.. No greater feeling IMHO than
hiking 2 miles into the woods and catching your dinner
and cooking it over an open fire..

I'm a big advocate of animal rights.. they all have the right to be on my plate next to some garlic mashed potatoes !! (Ted Nugent quote I believe)

cayman2b
BMW Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 2:32 PM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 3,010
http://members.fishingworks.com/BWilliams/

Yes I fish and then I fish some more!(please don't shoot the hippie, LOL)

Barry
bassdude Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 3:27 PM EST
Joined: 01-13-2004
Posts: 8,871
what's the weight on the LM your wife is holding
rayder1 Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 4:05 PM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
Posts: 2,226
Bass fishing, trout, crappie. I used to compete in bass tourneys in California.... Clear Lake, Berryessa, New Melones, Millerton, Almanor, Castaic. Mostly on the mid 80's.

Ever read "Never Sniff and Gift Fish" ? I think he wrote the book about me. The second my boat touched the water, all the fish would high tail it to the other side of the lake.
Schmitty22 Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 4:28 PM EST
Joined: 01-27-2003
Posts: 4,892
outdoorsman thru and thru! hunt, fish, shoot, burn , hunt more.... blah blah blah blah... Did i mention hunting and fishing?
penzt8 Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 5:33 PM EST
Joined: 06-05-2000
Posts: 1,771
I'm both a hunter and fisherman at heart but I seldom get to do either. I grew up fishing in the susquehanna river and some of the smaller streams in pennsylvania. I was stationed in a lot of good locations and got to fish in the atlantic and the pacific, and the gulf of mexico. If I had my choice, I prefer bass and trout fishing in small stream where I can walk along the bank or wade.

I've only hunted a few times in the past 25 years. Only on my brothers farm in PA. He sold it in 97 and I haven't been shooting since.
BMW Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 5:47 PM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 3,010
bassdude, about 23 inches and 10lbs. Used to be pretty easy to do on that lake a few years ago. The schoolies were 6 pounders. Like everywhere else these days a lot of pressure has made it tough.

Barry
AZ-Ron Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Apr 16 2004, 6:35 PM EST
Joined: 05-10-2003
Posts: 469
Yup... I do bofem
Fishin year round
Pistol hunt Javalina (Little devil Pigs!)
:)
AZ-Ron
pabloescabar Offline
#18 Posted: Sat, Apr 17 2004, 3:11 AM EST
Joined: 02-25-2005
Posts: 30,183
yes sir, I hunt punani,& fish for Tuna.

pablo's always trolling...
calavera Offline
#19 Posted: Sun, Apr 18 2004, 4:00 AM EST
Joined: 01-26-2002
Posts: 1,868
I also do both. I fish for pike mostly, but I will gladly catch whatever is in the water.

Hunting is my biggest passion. Birds of all varieties and occasionally rabbits. Just got through the spring snow goose migration and got my turkey last Saturday. Now I have five months to wait until I can hunt again. It will be a long five months. Sigh. Well, that is why I fish.

J
hoagie55 Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Apr 18 2004, 5:14 AM EST
Joined: 03-01-2003
Posts: 909
I love both. I hunted small game (rabbit and squirrel) since high school and picked up deer hunting a good 8 years ago. Deer hunting is now a passion of mine, I just love being out in the woods.

I used to fish quite a lot each year, but ever since my Dad died three years ago I haven't been but once. I'm starting to get the fishing bug again and will probably go this week.

Matt
bassdude Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Apr 18 2004, 3:48 PM EST
Joined: 01-13-2004
Posts: 8,871
and the shroom hunters??? Morels should be up for a lot of us - just pray for rain.
calavera Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Apr 18 2004, 4:10 PM EST
Joined: 01-26-2002
Posts: 1,868
bassdude;

I have an old American elm in the backyard. When I put in my fence, the roots were damaged in a couple of places. Now I have morels popping up in my backyard all the time. I don't know enough to know if there is more than one edible species and if these are edible or not, but someone once told me that the variety associated with elm roots is the edible variety. Anyway, there are tons of them and I have to dig them up and toss them over the fence all the time.

J
rd2thbn Offline
#23 Posted: Sun, Apr 18 2004, 6:03 PM EST
Joined: 04-28-2003
Posts: 205
I'm a devoted deer hunter. My son is 7 and he's been hunting with me (not every trip) since he was three. His birthday's in September and this year I plan to get him his first deer rifle. We'll then have a couple of months to get him ready for opening day.

We have lots of does on our farm and a liberal doe season (2 per day), so he should harvest his first deer this year. I can't wait to bloody his face.
fritzthetiger Offline
#24 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2004, 4:11 AM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
rd2thbn:
Where do you live? Mind if I stop by with my Bows?


:1)>

Fritz
wilberdew Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Apr 19 2004, 3:10 PM EST
Joined: 02-22-2004
Posts: 298
year round outdoorsmen,hunt everything but turkeys don't like snakes.Do a lot of saltwater fishing everything form speckled trout to tuna.Lemonfish are the thing right now,we fish our first tourament sat.Snapper season opens wed can't wait.
Archimark1 Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, Apr 21 2004, 4:04 PM EST
Joined: 02-18-2004
Posts: 134
Oh hell yeah, I am a rare breed "californicus-huntericus" believe it or not, california can be a great place to hunt, but you gotta want-the-sh-t-out-of-it, good, but not easy...
rd2thbn Offline
#27 Posted: Thu, Apr 22 2004, 4:36 AM EST
Joined: 04-28-2003
Posts: 205
Fritz,

I live in South Alabama on the Gulf Coast. We have a small farm about 90 miles North of here. I also hunt several times a year with a buddy in Barbour County, Alabama.

If your coming my way between November and January, let me know. I'll hook you up.

fritzthetiger Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Apr 22 2004, 11:40 AM EST
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Posts: 314
rd2thbn:

Thanks if I head down that way I will. I can't wait to head back down to Dixie!!

Fritz
rd2thbn Offline
#29 Posted: Thu, Apr 22 2004, 2:16 PM EST
Joined: 04-28-2003
Posts: 205
Yeah, I left, once.
428cj Offline
#30 Posted: Thu, Apr 22 2004, 4:05 PM EST
Joined: 04-26-2003
Posts: 741
Actually fritz, would fishing with pistols count for hunting?!

Just joking about doing that, really!
fritzthetiger Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2004, 8:07 AM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
Hey I hunt Carp with my bow. I had a sister who used to throw silver salutes in Lake Erie to watch the fish (I don't agree with that!). When I lived down south I had a beautiful Koi pond and I would regularly visit it with my .44mag (shot rounds), because I had water moccasins that would go after the fish.

Fritz
Sonny_LSU Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2004, 10:54 AM EST
Joined: 11-21-2002
Posts: 1,835
Big game rifle hunting.

Largest taken:

Eland (1782#) and a Scimitar Oryx (440#) both in Namibia Kalahari region.

I used a Sako 75 Deluxe V (375 H&H Mag.) w/ Zeiss 3x12 Conquest for both.

I actually like salt water and deep sea fishing more than anything.......my father and I used to go out of Port Fourchon, LA. twice a month when I was in high school (those were the days).



fritzthetiger Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2004, 11:26 AM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
Hey Sonny:

Do you live near the coast still? Where? I love deep sea fishing! Nothing like going after Dolphin fish (Mahi Mahi) in the Bahamas with some premium sticks and Excellent Scotch!!

Fritz
Sonny_LSU Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2004, 12:39 PM EST
Joined: 11-21-2002
Posts: 1,835
I live in Baton Rouge now (grew up in Thibodaux) and it's about a 2 1/2 hour ride to Grand Isle/Port Fourchon. One of the biggest assets to LA. coastal fishing is the Offshore oil rigs.....they are perfect structures for all sorts of salt water game fish (from all Snappers to Amberjack; you name it).

The craziest of all is hitting a shrimp boat pulling up its nets about 30+ miles off when blue water (rip) is relatively close and defined. The water literaly "boils" with game fish and sharks. You just pull up next to the Trawler and drift with it. All you do is take a hunk off of a bonita, or whatever bait fish is on hand, put it on a hook and lower the line next to the boat and BAM.......Amberjack, Blackfin Tuna, etc.! Man, its like fishing for brim.....really big brim!! Dolphin don't usually partake in this type of action, they generally keep to the rip and floating debris and seaweed.
fritzthetiger Offline
#35 Posted: Mon, Apr 26 2004, 12:49 PM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
We should 'hook-up' sometime (pardon the pun) when I'm down that way next.

Fritz
hensed Offline
#36 Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2004, 8:39 AM EST
Joined: 07-16-2003
Posts: 1,268
I mostly hunt but will fish if given the opportunity. Hunting and shooting is my passion. Actually I will be going to South Dakota at the end of May for my annual Prairie Dog shoot. 4 days 1600 rounds and mounds of dead well you know....
bassdude Offline
#37 Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2004, 10:17 AM EST
Joined: 01-13-2004
Posts: 8,871
hensed and sonny sounds like fun. I used to hit LA about 15 times a year to visit my uncle and fish Toledo Bend. Haven't been down there in the last 10 years though.

fritzthetiger Offline
#38 Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2004, 10:37 AM EST
Joined: 04-03-2004
Posts: 314
hensed:

love SD Pheasant!!! Me, my dog, my Benellis, my gars and a good pheasqant hunt. Mmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm.

Fritz
hensed Offline
#39 Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2004, 10:48 AM EST
Joined: 07-16-2003
Posts: 1,268
I shoot a benelli too. I have a SB Eagle LH 12ga, shhhwwwweeeeettt shotgun. I haven't really gotten big into birds yet but I do partake in the great Southern tradition of pig picking and dove shootin. I'll hunt ducks and quail every now and then as well. I have a friend who does a big duck trip every year an shots the southern fly way on the texas/mexican border. He just slays them down there.
cayman2b Offline
#40 Posted: Tue, Apr 27 2004, 2:41 PM EST
Joined: 05-19-2000
Posts: 1,734
hensed- I own a Remington model 788 .222 bolt action
with a 3x9 scope.. I've never plunked any dogs but
have always thought this would be an excellent choice.
Super high velocity and flat trajectory.. what do you
shoot the dogs with if I may ask...?

cayman2b
hensed Offline
#41 Posted: Wed, Apr 28 2004, 8:30 AM EST
Joined: 07-16-2003
Posts: 1,268
Yes the .222 is a great varmint round with just a touch less range then the .233. but then again even the .223 is pretty much a slam dunk at 200 yds and still effective at 300 if the wind isn't up. The problem with it is that it is almost a pure reload proposition. My buddy an I tend to make sure our primary guns can get feed factory bulk ammo. 1600 rounds in a couple of days translates to a boat load of hours behind the reloading bench.

As my primary I shoot a pretty standard Rem VS 700 .223 with a 4x14 leapold (sp). Other then a new Timmney trigger it is stock.

Last year I had a full blown custom 6mm Bench Rest (6BR) built. 8oz Jewel trigger, Lilja 28" 1/8 twist heavy barrel, Rem 700 action w/ titanium springs and pin, McMillan stock, 8x32 Nightforce benchrest scope. I use this one for long range. I load 90gr Berger behind 32gr V-540 in Lapua brass. I can get 3100fps with a .490 BC bullet. This baby will shoot flat out to almost 400yrds.

Last year was my first year with it and I wasn't that comfortable with it yet. But this year I hope to get my 500yd badge. My longest so far is 396.
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