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Secondary Hobbies
04 August 2014, 05:20
470EDDYSecondary Hobbies
Steve...you are "right on" asking this these days!! Thankfully I am 70 now and more safaris behind me than I deserve!! Alternatives-
Flying....old, fast warbirds...but I am getting too old for that too!
Fishing...tournament billfishing and big Tuna
Flying....Light Sport Carbon Cub on Floats
Fishing...big King Salmon
Big Boats and cruising BC and Alaska,and chasing albacore Tuna off the west coast...and my excuse for owning a great "GetAway" ship if the world goes Bonkers!!
Ocean Cruising on small ships, 60-115 day World Cruises with less than 400 Pax...my wife's passion, but she has done many safaris with me too!...I enjoy it too...last cruise, the director hunted Africa with close Royal Family Friends...lots of good fun with him, especially in Mozambique!...spent a month on that cruise from Mozi/Madagascar south and all the way up West Africa to Isla del Sol before heading for Caribbean and Ft. Ladeda...booked for 2016 WC...but I get a couple of safaris, Tanzania and probably NOT West Africa now??
Airshows with lots of warbirds & jets, Reno Air Races
Old Single Malt Scotch
Old British Sports Cars
Young Blond Women....but I am too old for that now too....just admiring and fanaticizing now...
What a life...I would miss my hunting, HOWEVER!!
Cheers,
470EDDY
04 August 2014, 06:42
BEGNOI hunt ducks quite a bit. Chase trout and redfish in coastal waters. Still do some deer hunting. South Louisiana is a Sportmans paradise.
BUTCH
C'est Tout Bon
(It is all good)
04 August 2014, 11:17
PondoroI am a rifle nut and rifle hunter by heart, but I like to roam around in the mountains of Norway looking for ptarmigan with my old Purdey and my gordon setter, we dont shoot that much but we like each others company..
06 August 2014, 05:01
Muletrain
Last two races, top pic was last Sunday, placed third in the geezer division in both races.
Elephant Hunter,
Double Rifle Shooter Society,
NRA Lifetime Member,
Ten Safaris, in RSA, Namibia, Zimbabwe
10 August 2014, 08:20
D R HunterSCUBA / Spearfishing
Sailing
Old Luxury Cars {'74 Cadillac Sedan is a beauty}
D/R Hunter
Correct bullet placement, combined with the required depth of bullet penetration, results in an anchored animal...
10 August 2014, 08:36
GrenadierI dabble in the arts. Most people are familiar with my work but I create under various pseudonyms.
I have done a little painting. Here is my best known piece:
A little sculpting. I did this one for a church in Florence, Italy:
And a little architecture. Here's something that started out as a sketch on a napkin and went from there. You can see it in Paris:
Of course, sometimes those get boring so occasionally I enjoy a day out on my garage built sailboat:
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10 August 2014, 09:18
nevadajChasing wild chuckars in rough country with my son and dogs. Also a few ducks when we are not shut out by drougt.
10 August 2014, 09:45
Buck NakedMy hobby is architecture.
10 August 2014, 10:16
georgeldFor now: Just playing the: Run Around Sue Games with doctors trying to get a couple things fixed.
So far they're winning by far!!
George
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10 August 2014, 22:11
470EDDYAH, I forgot another secondary Passion-
EATING- I love to eat BARBEQUE!!...Texas BBQ, Memphis, St. Louis, Carolina BBQ...all of them. I love Smokin myself....Ribs, Chicken, Turkey, Prime Rib....takes time and there is hardly anything better!!...Then there is Grillin, Big Prime Steaks, Salmon, Lamb Chops...UUUUMMMM, UUUMMMMM
Cheers,
470EDDY
10 August 2014, 22:56
bwana cecilquote:
EATING- I love to eat BARBEQUE!!...Texas BBQ, Memphis, St. Louis, Carolina BBQ...all of them. I love Smokin myself....Ribs, Chicken, Turkey, Prime Rib....takes time and there is hardly anything better!!...Then there is Grillin, Big Prime Steaks, Salmon, Lamb Chops...UUUUMMMM, UUUMMMMM
Sounds like I need to move next door to you!
LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show.
Not all who wander are lost.
NEVER TRUST A FART!!!
Cecil Leonard
11 August 2014, 04:37
Rick O'ShayI have been involved with martial arts for most of my life. I don't compete any more and I'm not teaching at the moment but will start again before the year is over as my daughters are now three and five years old and I have a green light from Mama to start teaching them Shotokan karate.
I have been sailing since before I could sit up by myself. My wife and I were liveaboards on our 44' ketch for the first three years of our marriage, and then decided to postpone our world cruising plans and bought a house and got proper jobs instead. Now, I have thirty foot project in my yard that will likely never get done. I am very close to getting rid of it and buying something done.
The one obsession I do find time for though, apart from hunting which definitely trumps all but family, is my love of food and drink. I won't say that I'm exclusively a foodie or wine snob, it's the combination of both. I'd say "dining" is my passion. From pre-dinner drink through the courses and ending with a cigar and whatever I think deserves to go with it that day. Mostly single malts but sometimes Cognac or Calvados or even a Grappa when the mood strikes.
That's pretty much what I have time for when also running a business and trying to spend some time with the family.
As the kids get older I hope to be able to do a little skiing again, something I miss from my childhood. And of course, there are a few hunting trips that are on my "just-must-do list".
26 February 2019, 16:45
DCS MemberI figured to revive this for new members, especially as most NA members are looking forward to spring turkey, hogs, varmints, or preparing for hunts elsewhere.
I enjoy South America hunting for birds, stags, and buffalo. Non-hunting finds me playing golf, but I’d like to fish more. Snow skiing still has a few opportunities left.
What about the rest of you?
I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.
Marcus Cady
DRSS
26 February 2019, 17:02
SniperGenerally hunting, fishing and reloading. I recently started a small business building custom fishing rods, DroomVanger Custom Rods.
"In the worship of security we fling ourselves beneath the wheels of routine, and before we know it our lives are gone"--Sterling Hayden--
David Tenney
US Operations Manager
Trophy Game Safaris
Southern Africa
Tino and Amanda Erasmus
www.tgsafari.co.za 26 February 2019, 18:05
ledvmHunt, fish, shoot, reload, train for baseball with son, camp, farm, and ranch.
Not necessarily in that order.
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26 February 2019, 18:39
SaeedNot sure if it is my first or secondary hobby.
Annoying the PC brigade!
I am having so much fun that
26 February 2019, 19:11
Big Wonderful WyomingI went on my and only safari in 2005.
I was single, and in the military.
2010 was the end of my bachelor hood, and I retired from the military a few years later.
Adding a wife, and then having 3 kids to the mix really shit the pot on finances and freedom. I believe I am happier now, but I am starting to look over the fence again at safaris again.
I really just enjoy shooting, and reloading. I hope to have more time for that when we move back to America.
I have thought of starting to post youtube videos revewing products. Not necessarily because I buy a lot of things, but I find it interesting.
27 February 2019, 00:06
DCS MemberI’ve only reloaded shotgun shells. I would do it with my father in the off season while golf was on TV. We don’t shoot quail as much, nor reload anymore, but those were good times.
I have thought about reloading rifle cartridges, but I’m 45 minutes from my range. I seem to be alright stuffing anything in my rifles (a few exceptions) and having a clean kill.
I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.
Marcus Cady
DRSS
27 February 2019, 00:26
Mike_DettorreReviving old AR threads
MikeLegistine actu quod scripsi?
Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.
What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
27 February 2019, 00:39
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richjcollect folding knives and watches, woodworking,
small ammo collection
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AB109apart from hunting, work, fishing & fine wine
27 February 2019, 09:25
DCS Memberquote:
Originally posted by Mike_Dettorre:
Reviving old AR threads
Good one. What about revising your tag line about what you’ve learned from AR? That long list was actually good and entertaining.
I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.
Marcus Cady
DRSS
27 February 2019, 12:56
SunshineGirls, can’t get enough of them.
27 February 2019, 15:10
Texas Blue Devilquote:
Originally posted by DCS Member:
quote:
Originally posted by Mike_Dettorre:
Reviving old AR threads
Good one. What about revising your tag line about what you’ve learned from AR? That long list was actually good and entertaining.
+1
Best tag line ever!!!!
Go Duke!!
27 February 2019, 19:00
Capt. PurvisI stay gone about 200 nights a year. My best family time is loading up wife kids and dogs on the boat and island hopping. Our waters on the Southern Outer Banks have 30 feet of visibility in the summer. We have a good time fishing, surfing and snorkeling. We also enjoy traveling and snow skiing as a family.
