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Do you hunt or fish?

Do You Hunt or Fish?

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Statically, less people hunt and fish every year. Just wondering if others on here hunt or fish?

The poll is multiple choice for those that do both.
 
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I love to fish. :) My dad hunts deer and he's taken my siblings but I've never gone. I'd have to sit in a treestand in the cold, and wouldn't be able to see the deer anyway. Then he has to go find it.

But fishing is fun, it's nice and warm when we fish.
 
i used to fish when i was younger. we had a creek. i caught a alligator gar one but i threw him back- not good to eat. i don't fish anymore.
 
I always find it ironic how we now do pleasure what we did do for work.If you get the chance you should watch a tv show called meet the natives.
 
I enjoy fishing. My dad has a private pond on his property which is kept stocked with catfish, which he feeds regularly. It's great hauling in a big ole catfish or two...and are mighty tasty eating after being skinned and fried.
 
Nah, I don't do either. There's little that I can imagine would be more boring.
 
Nope, neither. I have zero interest in hunting, and minimal interest and no time for fishing.
 
We don't do it often, but the hubby and I both enjoy fishing when we get the chance, and we're looking forward to the day when the kiddos are old enough to teach them how to fish.
 
Fly fishing in Sutherland only. I can't be bothered if it doesn't involve walking into the wilds away from the middle classes
 
The reason why I asked this it that I fish, and used to hunt as a kid. I still go deer and squirrel hunting occasionally if we are back home visiting around November, but its not enough for me to call myself a hunter anymore.

At any rate, there has been a fairly sharp decline in the number of hunters over the last couple of decades and a gradual decline in the number of fisherman. Both groups used to be a really strong political force on conservation and land / water access issues. More importantly though, most state's state parks / conservation programs are primarily funded through fishing and hunting permit sales. As less people buy them, there is less money for state parks and conservation efforts. Moreover, the costs of the permits keep going up. I spent nearly a hundred dollars this year just on the various fishing permits I needed for our state (and the fishing is not that damn good in this state). Ten years ago, the costs of the permits I would have needed would have been around 15 dollars total. It seems as though at the rate we are going, a lot of people on lower income levels are going to be priced out of the sport.

Aside for that though, it seems like few kids these days get to go fishing and hunting. When I was a kid, we fished all summer long, and deer season was literally an excused absence from school (up to 3 days out for it). Now I think our son is the only kid in his class that gets to go fishing. Its a shame really.
 
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I hunt and fish. I enjoy both very much. I have a deep freezer in the garage with venison, wild hog, elk, dove, and quail as well as crappie, catfish, and perch. This is a good way to eat healthy because wild game is very lean and dosn't have the growth hormones and antibiotics that store bought meat contain.

It is very expensive to hunt now here in Texas so I bought some land specificly for the purpose. I have whitetail deer, turkey, and hogs on my land which I harvest responsibly.

Fishing is my passion, I plan my fishing around the seasons. I raised both of my daughters fishing and my wife also enjoys fishing. We love to be outdoors and fishing is something we do as a family.
 
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i used to fish when i was younger. we had a creek. i caught a alligator gar one but i threw him back- not good to eat. i don't fish anymore.
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Now this probably will get some in an uproar on here, but when I was younger, when we caught gar while fishing for flathead, generally we would take a pair of pliers and break their jaw with it and throw them back in. A lot of people just throw them up on the bank, but then you smell the bank up for everyone else.

I don't do that anymore of course because it is a pretty cruel thing to do. Those gar are a real pain in the *** though, if you are fishing with live bait where there is a lot of them, you can't hardly keep a hook bated because of them. Some people actually do eat them though. Especially in parts of Louisiana and East Texas. They score the meat off the bones and make "gar balls" out of it. I have never ate any though, I just consider them a trash fish.
 
Scucca said:
Fly fishing in Sutherland only. I can't be bothered if it doesn't involve walking into the wilds away from the middle classes
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What all do you guys fish for in Britain? I know there are lots of carp anglers there, and I they have those Wels Catfish too right? Have they introduced trout there as well such as brown trout and rainbows?
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Now this probably will get some in an uproar on here, but when I was younger, when we caught gar while fishing for flathead, generally we would take a pair of pliers and break their jaw with it and throw them back in. A lot of people just throw them up on the bank, but then you smell the bank up for everyone else.

I don't do that anymore of course because it is a pretty cruel thing to do. Those gar are a real pain in the *** though, if you are fishing with live bait where there is a lot of them, you can't hardly keep a hook bated because of them. Some people actually do eat them though. Especially in parts of Louisiana and East Texas. They score the meat off the bones and make "gar balls" out of it. I have never ate any though, I just consider them a trash fish.
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You know, it's funny. I had a bit to drink last night, and posted that. If I hadn't been tipsy, I don't think I would've remembered the incident. It's weird how you remember things when you drink. Sober, I wouldn't have recollected it.
But yeah, I did catch an alligator gar when I was about seven or eight.
At first, I was so excited to catch a fish at all, and then when I reeled it up and saw what I'd caught, it scared the holy living hell out of me. Those things are horrible to look at.
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Brown trout were intoduced to the United States from Europe in 1883.
 
SgtRock said:
Brown trout were intoduced to the United States from Europe in 1883.
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Haha, looks like I had it wrong. I guess rainbows and brook trout are our native ones. I like fishing for brown trout when I get the chance, but the Old World could have kept its damn Carp.
 
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I do four things worth mentioning and I do them all the time.

1. Fish
2. Hunt
3. Rock out
4. On second thought, I won't mention this one.

Last week alone, I know I spent at least 22 hours on the water. (This week I'm pushin' 20 but the day is still young.) Last week, I spent a day on Lake Michigan and my fishing partner and I boated 8 browns, 2 kings and a couple of Chinook. Then the following Tuesday and Wednesday I fished Camelot Lake up near Wautoma, WI. It was very slow. A couple of small bass. But I did hook into a northern that gave me a pretty good rush before the line snapped. Weather was not too kind to us.

This week, my buddy Mike and I spent all day Friday at our private fishin' spot. We caught bass all day long. Maybe 30 each (catch and release.) We also brought home about 20 slab crappies for the freezer. I went back yesterday with my brother in law and did the same. The fish were jumpin' in the boat.

next week, I plan one trip to the private pond and one trip to Rhinelander to slay some walleye. (But this weekend, I gotta go rock out. Playing in Milwaukee, WI.)

I throw carp up on the bank when I have the misfortune to catch one. I also used to just shoot alligator gars in the head and cut the line when fishing the Trinity River in Texas. Pain in the *** fish. Not worth feeding a cat.

Offshore, when I used to work the rigs in the Gulf, I would catch bluefish and stomp them into the grating. That's another pain in that *** fish. Chum the water with 'em, I say. :mrgreen: Absolutely hate bluefish.

My downstairs freezer is chock full of venison, rabbit, turkey, crappie, bluegills, grouper, catfish, redfish, speckled trout, smoked salmon, and I even have about 10 lbs of alligator meat.

This is probably the best thread that has ever been started here at Debate Politics. Kudos.
 
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I do four things worth mentioning and I do them all the time.

1. Fish
2. Hunt
3. Rock out
4. On second thought, I won't mention this one.

Last week alone, I know I spent at least 22 hours on the water. (This week I'm pushin' 20 but the day is still young.) Last week, I spent a day on Lake Michigan and my fishing partner and I boated 8 browns, 2 kings and a couple of Chinook. Then the following Tuesday and Wednesday I fished Camelot Lake up near Wautoma, WI. It was very slow. A couple of small bass. But I did hook into a northern that gave me a pretty good rush before the line snapped. Weather was not too kind to us.

This week, my buddy Mike and I spent all day Friday at our private fishin' spot. We caught bass all day long. Maybe 30 each (catch and release.) We also brought home about 20 slab crappies for the freezer. I went back yesterday with my brother in law and did the same. The fish were jumpin' in the boat.

next week, I plan one trip to the private pond and one trip to Rhinelander to slay some walleye. (But this weekend, I gotta go rock out. Playing in Milwaukee, WI.)

I throw carp up on the bank when I have the misfortune to catch one. I also used to just shoot alligator gars in the head and cut the line when fishing the Trinity River in Texas. Pain in the *** fish. Not worth feeding a cat.

Offshore, when I used to work the rigs in the Gulf, I would catch bluefish and stomp them into the grating. That's another pain in that *** fish. Chum the water with 'em, I say. :mrgreen: Absolutely hate bluefish.

My downstairs freezer is chock full of venison, rabbit, turkey, crappie, bluegills, grouper, catfish, redfish, speckled trout, smoked salmon, and I even have about 10 lbs of alligator meat.

This is probably the best thread that has ever been started here at Debate Politics. Kudos.
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This here is an example of a true patriot. :applaud
 
Ahhhh! I knew it! That was Mike on the phone. We're gonna go make a few casts down at the lake. ;)

You know, try to put just one more bowl of fish guts in the trash can before the garbage truck comes tomorrow morning and they get to stinking. Strategic fishing. :rofl Timing is everything. And anytime is good to be fishing.

Add another 4-5 hours to this week's hour total.
 
I used to fish as a kid, since we lived right on the lake. And my dad took me hunting a few times behind my mothers back(she never approved of killing animals, but fish were ok I guess). I don't do either anymore. I have other hobbies that eat up my time and money.
 
I hate to say this but ever thought that hunting is cruel and even fishing is as well? Some fishers even throw the fish back after fishing them cos they r not big enuff to eat. What is that any different from torturing animals?

I mean if u watch movies like My Cousin Vinny (the deer scene when Marisa Tomei describes a beautiful deer drinking when it was shot point blank in the head) and Powder (in which the guy takes the hand of the hunter and touches the dying deer he shot to pass him the exact feelings the dying deer had... the hunter gave up hunting after that.)

If u r starving to death.... I can understand to hunt or fish to survive. But hunting and fishing as a recreational sport speaks too much of karma-related consequences. Ofc I love the part in Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy when the guy gets karma back for killing and skinning a rabbit, which he met later in life when the rabbit reincarnated... that book is a scream :D
 
Trinity said:
I hate to say this but ever thought that hunting is cruel and even fishing is as well? Some fishers even throw the fish back after fishing them cos they r not big enuff to eat. What is that any different from torturing animals?

I mean if u watch movies like My Cousin Vinny (the deer scene when Marisa Tomei describes a beautiful deer drinking when it was shot point blank in the head) and Powder (in which the guy takes the hand of the hunter and touches the dying deer he shot to pass him the exact feelings the dying deer had... the hunter gave up hunting after that.)

If u r starving to death.... I can understand to hunt or fish to survive. But hunting and fishing as a recreational sport speaks too much of karma-related consequences. Ofc I love the part in Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy when the guy gets karma back for killing and skinning a rabbit, which he met later in life when the rabbit reincarnated... that book is a scream :D
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:rofl are you a member of p.e.t.a. ? I am a member of p.e.t.a. People Eating Tasty Animals
 
heh, I am an animal activist. Lifelong member of SPCA and I volunteer in animal shelters. Ofc I grew up feeding strays and loving animals. When I was 10 yrs old, I pushed a kid bigger than me into the pond for kicking a frog into the same pond. Told the bully to pick somebody his own size next time.

I had a similar debate once with a guy, he explained he was culling the animal population. I countered with how do u like yr own species culled in population then? Just cos they r animals does not mean their lives r less meaningful than yrs. A life is a life.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Now this probably will get some in an uproar on here, but when I was younger, when we caught gar while fishing for flathead, generally we would take a pair of pliers and break their jaw with it and throw them back in. A lot of people just throw them up on the bank, but then you smell the bank up for everyone else.

I don't do that anymore of course because it is a pretty cruel thing to do. Those gar are a real pain in the *** though, if you are fishing with live bait where there is a lot of them, you can't hardly keep a hook bated because of them. Some people actually do eat them though. Especially in parts of Louisiana and East Texas. They score the meat off the bones and make "gar balls" out of it. I have never ate any though, I just consider them a trash fish.
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Ewwww GAR!

My mom said there is Gar in the bayou that runs through town. We don't fish there, we go to a lake or river. She says some people do eat Gar, but they are very nasty to eat because they eat garbage.

I don't really even like seafood that much, except I can eat fish once in a long while, as long as it's not horribly strong.
 
Trinity said:
I hate to say this but ever thought that hunting is cruel and even fishing is as well? Some fishers even throw the fish back after fishing them cos they r not big enuff to eat. What is that any different from torturing animals?

I mean if u watch movies like My Cousin Vinny (the deer scene when Marisa Tomei describes a beautiful deer drinking when it was shot point blank in the head) and Powder (in which the guy takes the hand of the hunter and touches the dying deer he shot to pass him the exact feelings the dying deer had... the hunter gave up hunting after that.)

If u r starving to death.... I can understand to hunt or fish to survive. But hunting and fishing as a recreational sport speaks too much of karma-related consequences. Ofc I love the part in Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy when the guy gets karma back for killing and skinning a rabbit, which he met later in life when the rabbit reincarnated... that book is a scream :D
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I don't like that the very cute deer get shot either, that's another reason why I don't go with my dad. But he seems to really like deer meat and whatever he and his friends kill, they share with each other. This past year my dad figured out how to make deer jerky and he made a whole bunch and it was really good. I do honestly love animals but I've grown out of the Bambi/Rhudolf thing. Hunting's just something I've grown up around. :)
 
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