Any fellow hunters here on DU?

[funkyflathead]

I like hunting squirrels, deer and pigs.

[Stupdworld]

1. careful

you might draw the ire of the anti gun nuts on here.

[Rainbowreflect]

7. As well as us animal rights activists.

;-)

[Robroy]

2. Me too

I just don't like killing them when I FINALLY catch them, and I'm really too much out of breath by then.

[el_gato]

3. Deer

venison chili rocks

[slackmaster]

4. I've never hunted for fellows

But people who have tell me it's the ulitmate sport.

:evilgrin:

[DBoon]

5. Not me

but my dog hunts. He bagged a pigeon just yesterday. Sometimes gets a squirrel.

Usually though he catches leftover fast food. One wack with the paw on the styrofoam container and it's all over.

Doesn't need a firearm either - there's a reason those teeth are called "canines"

[OneBlueSky]

6. I hunt fellows . . .

it's called cruising where I come from . . . :)

[Spoonman]

8. Now that was funny!!!!!!!! n/t

[Spoonman]

9. Opening tommorow at 6:18 am.....

DUCK SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man I can't wait to get in the blind with my SEMI-AUTO (street sweeper) Beretta A 391.
The decoys ripple on the water, the chill in the air, the smell of burnt powder and the wispy light feathers floating downwind after a well placed shot.

MMMMM....I can taste the roast duck now!

My 14 year old son and I will spend the whole morning together, and I won't have to worry about him getting into trouble on the streets.
Since any grade below a B is instant revocation of hunting rights in our house, I also won't be worrying about his education. Straight A's meant an instant purchase of a case of 20 ga. shells and a new pair of waders for him.

As a bonus, after we duck hunt, we will be driving 3 hours into South Texas to harvest another deer. Last weekend deer season opened and he took a large doe. We start hunting "horns" now.
Yea those straight A's even earned him his own deer rifle (Sako .222) which is stored in a theft proof safe that only I know the combination to.

Sunday, if we have the energy to get out of bed, we will hunt the morning for deer then drive back to grandpa's farm (20 minutes from the house) meet up with the wife and daughter. Myself and the kids will head out into the bottom with the .22's to shoot the squirrels that have wiped out papa's pecan crop. Ever had Squirrel dumplings?
After that, Grandma will feed all of us a huge dinner of chicken fried back strap or wild hog roast or something else good, and we will go home and collapse.
Man Monday’s suck!

No, we don't hunt.........

[Superfly]

10. Bastard.

Where do you live, because I'll be right over.

You wanna buy a nearly brand new Browning Gold Classic 12?

B

[Spoonman]

13. I've already told you once

There's room in the blind, come on down!

[Superfly]

14. I know, I know...

The invitation is mutual, my friend. If you wanna hunt up here, just drop me a line and I'll show you some real swamp hunting. It's fun, once you get past the spiders and snakes with bad tempers.

B

[papau]

12. Try squirrel stew - a lot of tomatto, liquid, potatoes and whatever greens

you like.

The shot comes out and rolls around the bottom of the pot.

But ya got to love "dark meat" like squirrel and rabbit in a nice stew.

[papau]

11. pigs? and no birds or rabbit? and no rat shotting at the dump?

I managed to miss out on pigs - but there is a lot of meat to be had - and just shooting a gun at the dump is fun!

[Spoonman]

15. Birds and rabbits...

Dove season ended Oct 31st, and we can't start bunny huntin until it cools off down here. Hell it was 80 degrees the day before yesterday.

Lot's of quail west of here, but I'm really looking forward to my Dec. 1st pheasant hunt in western Kansas.

[Superfly]

17. Make sure you take some sedatives

because when those buggers flush next to your feet, they're bound to give you a heart attack.

B

[Lefty48197]

21. Pheasants do have impeccable timing don't they

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[RoeBear]

22. Don't tell me that ...

...you're a hunter. Do you own a shotgun?

[Lefty48197]

26. Surely you don't believe the NRA lies

that people who believe in gun control don't own guns or hunt? I didn't think anybody fell for that. My bad.

[RoeBear]

32. I don't hunt...

...and my hunch is that you're more left than I am politically. So I sterotypically guessed that you don't hunt either.

[1a2b3c]

45. Dude youre gonna be in Kansas

On my birthday. Id let you buy me a drink but i quit drinking...sort of.

[Spoonman]

16. Rats?

Hell, what do you think squirrels are?
The only difference is the bushy tail!!!!!
They still taste good.

[funkyflathead]

18. Nice. Some frellow Democrat hunters

I've been known to do some turkey and grouse hunting too.

If I can hunt, I probably will.

[Redneck Socialist]

19. Ducks and Deer

There are a lot of hunters here, but it is not a topic that comes up much.

Muzzleloader season started Saturday where I live and on Wednesday I saw three deer, but decided to let the season continue for a bit longer.

[Lefty48197]

20. I hunt smallmouths mostly

large mouths and carp are fun too. Strictly catch and release, though. Perch and walleye for eating.

[Liberal Classic]

23. Use to go hunting when I was a kid

I'm pretty much a city slicker now. Haven't even been camping in far too long.

[demsrule4life]

24. Love hunting

With twenty years in Germany I mostly hunted boar since the deer were to small for my taste and I never won a drawing to take a red deer (elk size) Took one moose in Finland and one Cape buff in SA. While I was stationed in the military I never could get lucky by being stationed in Alaska. I'am ready for the deer season (rifle) to start here in AL and will be hunting down by Jody's neck of the woods.

[solinvictus]

25. Jody

Is in Montgomery, right? I used to hunt in Prattville at my great-grandmother's as a kid.

[jody]

31. Thanks to hunters, Alabama like other states has a growing deer herd

and the limit is two per day for a 71 day season in some areas. Turkey flocks are excellent. The only downturn is quail populations which suffer from a number of problems including changes in farming practices. See Hunting in Alabama

In addition, several outstanding sporting clays ranges are within one hour of Montgomery. In one recent year, Alabamians won the separate national championships for Sporting Clays, Skeet, and Trap Doubles.

Prattville has really grown and the new town of Millbrook between Prattville and Wetumpka is thriving.

:hi:

[solinvictus]

49. Quail

The damned fireants have taken out the quail as well.

[jody]

51. Probably right. Those rascals can really destroy any habitat. I hate

their tactic of completely covering a target and then with one command, attack in force.

[OneBlueSky]

27. I don't hunt, and I don't like hunting, but . . .

I can live with the fact that there ARE hunters and that they kill animals . . . I just wish some of them wouldn't take so damn much pleasure in it . . .

[Overkil]

28. "I don't hunt, and I don't like hunting, but . . ."

OneBlueSky,

Unless you're an absolute 100% vegan, you're a hunter too - you just outsource the task. And what do you mean by "taking so damn much pleasure in it" ? All of the hunters I know take satisfaction in killing their own meat, fish, poultry, and pork because they had to work for it instead of going to the store and buying it - not much challenge there - infact you can say that the cow or pig or chicken you bought in the store never stood a chance. The animals that I hunt have better sight, smell, and hearing than I do plus they have the benefit of homefield advantage. Nothing like spending the whole day tracking an animal only to be spotted and have the whole day's effort gone. This happens more often than not.

[Paladin]

29. This Superiority Complex You Hunters Are Copping InThis Forum......

...is getting really tiresome. Go out and hunt if you want, but spare us the snotty, chest-thumping charges of hypocrisy for patronizing a McDonalds. Face it---the most prominent representative of your "sport" these days is Ted Nugent. For that reason alone, you ought to forgo lecturing anybody.....

[Superfly]

30. Yeah, right....

"I don't hunt, but I tolerate it." Gee, how nice of you!

Hunting is an honorable past-time and for some, lifestyle. All the non-hunters who "tolerate" us hunters can take THEIR superiority complexes and shove them.

The most prominent figure in sport hunting today is not Ted Nugent. He's just somebody you and every other non-hunter likes to grab onto to smear the good names of the rest of us who do hunt.

[demsrule4life]

33. Must be nice being so superior that you can make a comment like this

[jody]

35. The feeling of inferiority among non-hunters may not be a complex!

:-) :D :7 B-)

[demsrule4life]

36. Took me a min :)

But I just woke up.

[Overkil]

37. I have no problem with you eating at McDonalds........

What bothers me is the attitude from some non-hunters that seems like they feel they are more refined or civilized because they pay someone to kill the meat they eat and make personal judgements about us because we choose to do it ourselves.

[demsrule4life]

34. Hunting is not about the killing

There is a documentry out there called "In the Blood" It is a great video on hunting.

[Paladin]

38. Oh, Puh-leeese

So,hunting is not about the killing, and a documentary called---wait for it---"In The Blood" is supposed to prove this? Of course, hunting is about the killing; killing is what makes it hunting instead of a stroll in the countryside, for Chrissake.

Spare me the propaganda, OK? I hunted regularly for better than thirty years, and then I found other things to do. I have no problem with others hunting. Let me just repeat that, because I know some of you will miss it, otherwise: I have no problem with others hunting. Just spare me the grandiosity and false claims to nobility. I know better......

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[Overkil]

40. Nothin' else to do for 30+ yrs??

"I hunted regularly for better than thirty years, and then I found other things to do"

Hunting is a pretty expensive, time consuming hobby to pick up and maintain for better than 30 years because you had nothing else to do.

[Paladin]

41. Just Curious

How did you come to the laughable conclusion that I had nothing else to do for thirty years besides hunting? I said nothing even remotely like that.

[Overkil]

48. then I found other things to do............

"How did you come to the laughable conclusion that I had nothing else to do for thirty years besides hunting? I said nothing even remotely like that."

You said that you "hunted for better than thirty years, then I found other things to do"

Your wording made it sound like hunting was something you did to fill the time until "other things to do" came along. So why did you quit hunting after 30 yrs?

[Spoonman]

46. Update from this weekends opener!!!!

PERFECT DUCK WEATHER!
Saturday morning was crisp, cool and with a hard north wind.

We ended up shooting 3 Green Heads, 2 Widgeon, 4 Mottle and 12 Teal.

All three of the boys shot great, while the two dad's shot like amateurs!

We were out of the blind by 9 am, and were headed to the deer blind by noon.

At 5:15 my son shot a REALLY nice eight point. His second buck, and it green scored about 138 B.C..

I think, due to sleep deprivation I was swindled into agreeing to have it mounted during the drive home. ( I’m sure he will remind me if I did)

Sunday was great as well, myself and the kids eliminated 18 squirrels, and my father calculated that about 50 lbs of pecans will be saved!

They were everywhere, and there were a couple of time I had to call a time out when it got hectic. CJ the Blue Healer squirrel dog had the retrieving program covered well, and as always shared in the payoff via dozens of “under the table” hand outs.

Grandma immediately went to work on the squirrels by cooking them into a tasty dumpling dinner as soon as we got finished cleaning them.

Now I’m back at work, wishing I had taken a vacation day!

[Superfly]

47. Like I said before...bastard.

Good news on the success of your outing! The only thing I killed this weekend was a case of beer. The weather has been very warm around here, but a recent cold snap should get the deer thinking about rutting.

Our duck opener is this Saturday and I plan on getting my pooch out there for some of the <resident> geese before they vamoose.

Oh, and we also have the grand openingof the Bass Pro Shops here in Hampton on the 13th. Gonna be nice to have a good hunting store nearby.

B

[DaleFM]

50. Yes I am a hunter

Just got back from the Kentucky rifle opener for some whitetails. My 13 year got a nice mature buck and I got a doe. (The buck was green scored at close to 170 class.)

Wife and the boys are processing some good eating for us right now.

I shared some good times with my friends and especially my 2 youngest sons. Nothing like quality time my boys.

[DoNotRefill]

52. I went "hunting" around a month ago....

No rifle was involved....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=387416

Looks like I got my limit!!!

Woo HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(starts singing "this is my rifle, this is my gun...")

[Spoonman]

54. Congrats Refill

Looks like your not "shooting" blanks!!!

[DoNotRefill]

55. This is what I get...

for having a wife that "likes my gun." :)

Thanks, Spoon!

[dobak]

53. Clark Supporters!

Check out our website:

www.sportsmenforclark.com

Stil a work in progress though....