Ever since I was a kid my second most favorite toy after a gun has been a chainsaw. The danger and destruction this little whining machine can cause empresses me. So when ever I get a break from hunting this is what I prefer to do.

Cutting down a big tree and ripping the timber myself and building something in camp with it gives me great satisfaction.



What's your favorite pastime when not hunting?

Similar - working on my farm an using chain saw to clear unwanted brush to improve the property.

And, of course shooting and planning hunting trips.

Fishing for ME!!!


Nick

For me, its fishing or coaching baseball.

Seventeen years ago, I started a baseball program with a simple goal of providing 'better baseball' to my area's youth. It's grown into a monster I never could have imagined or I may have walked away over 10 years ago. We've now had over 175 former players go on to play in college or pro baseball. The problem is, we've reached a point where I can't walk away, even if I might want to.

Still, I'd rather hunt than do anything else.

Fishing, shooting, building rifles, clearing and working at the ranch.

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Thor:

You are using the correct brand of chainsaws.

I built a log cabin- took me four years to finish it. I enjoyed it but retired from the hobby!

Work and fishing are my hobby

Working at my reloading bench, experimenting with different combinations and fine tuning hunting loads. Then taking loads to the range checking performance from 100 to 400 yards, always trying to improve my shooting.
Other times maintaining my physical fitness for hunting. I find it all helps to keep my mind hunting tuned.
When not doing the above I guess it's mostly working to accumulate hunting funds.

Catching slab crappie!!

Thor:

Nice setup you have there. I've been thinking about getting a chainsaw mill and trying my hand at lumber making.

Thor...a pointing finger...you must use safety glasses and protective clothes when handling a chainsaw.

Living in Africa is no excuse..

Fly fishing and driven Pheasant/Partridge shooting all in the UK.

Dream about hunting, trying to figure out where and what I want to hunt next.

Nyae Nyae bull elephant raffle
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Drill oil wells.....

Buy more gas, get the oil price up, I need the money!!!!

Take my 1-1/2 year old Grandson to the Ranch and walk quietly down the river, watch nature at work and listen to the sound of silence.

Reloading or target shooting.

Used to be reloading and shooting. Now with three kids, one in each elementary, middle, and high school, it's mostly keeping up with them and teaching them to hunt. I'm a Boy Scout Assistant Scoutmaster for my son's troop, volunteer for the kids' 4-H club, and serve as a volunteer member of the Board of Directors at my youngest daughter's non-profit gym. After that, I putter in the yard as stress relief, and try to sneak in a bit of fishing now and again.

Nice chainsaws Thor! I also have a collection similar to that in my garage. Very theraputic to cut down and saw up some firewood. When I'm not hunting I ride offroad/enduro on my KTM dirt bike, take the kids fishing and I have recently succumbed to pressure from my better half to buy a mountain bike!

JCHB

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I'm retired, but I spend a lot of my free time babysitting my four grandchildren and attending their sporting events. My two oldest grandsons play football, basketball, baseball and cross Country. My granddaughter is a star in volleyball, basketball and Cross Country

When not hunting I am reloading an testing those loads on my private range. With six grandsons, son an granddaughter, great grandson I have plenty of shooters. I furnish their rifles and reloads, shotguns and ammo, knives etc and it makes my day. When a new one is born it gives me more excuses for something new to play with. Deer, Elk, Ducks and Geese are our passions. Good shooting.

Troll AR...

I work a hell of a lot. I also exercise extensively, play golf, travel and above all, aggravate the hell out of my wife.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
I work a hell of a lot. I also exercise extensively, play golf, travel and above all, aggravate the hell out of my wife.

Coulda fooled me...seems like all you do is shoot massive buffalo!

I find it surprising you don't live in Africa...

Argentina bird trip each year.

Costa Rica fishing with my grand son.

Golf 3 days a week, skeet & sporting clays twice a week.

Weight room & road work every other day.

One day a month on the range with a rifle or two and a couple 1911's.

Riding my mountain bike ,scuba dive ,spearfishing ,kayaking ,enjoying big asados ,braais or barbecues .
Cheers Juan

Work to pay for hunting in the meantime train and judge the tracking dogs, do some competitive shooting with rifle (4 stand), and shotgun (sporting clays and trap) + guide foreign hunters here in EU.

Being retired, I have unlimited free time- which I fill with fishing in the backyard pond, working firebreaks on my John Deere,and cutting down and cutting up dead timber with my Stihl. Life is good!

Work on my farm, and with my horses

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Originally posted by larryshores:
I work a hell of a lot. I also exercise extensively, play golf, travel and above all, aggravate the hell out of my wife.

Larry,
You must be me.....

I do the same but am only skilled at the aggravating my wife.....

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Originally posted by cjfoster:
Catching slab crappie!!

Showzah! Dem be some huge sac-a-lait, yessuh!!

Lots of shooting, reloading, power boating, working around the house, wrenching on things, drinking etc.

Thor, how often do you need to sharpen blades, ripping wood that size?

Spent too much on saws and couldn't get boots!! Watch your feet, watch yo mf'n feet. Good show!

I had a buddy who had a saw kick-out and bury into his leg...up until I seen the pics, I thought safety chaps/glasses were for girls. Not anymore...I won't pick up my saw without putting them on.

I didn't know they could put that many stitches in a leg...

Very little other than work and work to pay for the next safari or hunting trip. I know, I need to change my priorities but hunting is not free and I don't get paid unless I am at work.

Hunting and working
Is there anything else?
Fishing is for sissies...
Oh and I ran over my old Stihl on Sunday backing up to pile of firewood up in hills so perfect excuse to get new one - nice 362...

I work 4 12 hour days at my veterinary hospital. Take Thursdays off and the wife and I fish Texoma in the warm months. In the cold months, I work in my gun shop and reloading room on Thursdays or shoot. Saturday and Sunday I dedicate to my 8 year old boy. We do whatever he wants to do outside. We either fish more, hunt squirrels, deer, turkey, dove, quail, practice baseball, shoot, bird-watch etc...anything he wants to do outside. In between all that...I maintain my small ranch, grade roads, farm a bit, cut a bit of wood etc. And in between all of that I workout and run/walk to stay in shape.

When I'm not hunting, I'm fishing.....or making guns, or mowing grass, or making bird houses, or many such things. I spend a lot of time in the shop keeping out of trouble.....

Here are a few things I do for kicks

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Same thing I do at night on my hunting trips.

Get on my smart phone, tablet or computer and try and find misprices financial securities.

Then complain whine bitch to my fellow buddies about the crap we are invested it.

The goal is too make a few dollars to go hunting but the reality is work is more fun than hunting.

Mine

Oil painting, the most relaxing hobby I have found.