That question was asked on another forum, my answer.......





Whether this ol' fart qualifies as a serious hunter, is a matter of conjecture..........









but there are a number of things about which I'm quite serious.........




pork chops, hams, loins, ribs




and venison jerky to name a few!

ya!


GWB

looks like serious fun and serious good eating to me!

Serious enough..The hat you are wearing has plenty of character but it might be one of the ugliest I have seen.

Killed a hog behind a hog fence.
Great shooting obviously.

Definitely "serious"

quote:

Originally posted by Navaluk:
Killed a hog behind a hog fence.
Great shooting obviously.

Definitely "serious"

Guy,

I am a short range meat hunter. Make no bones about it.

The hoglet in the picture above was snared when coming through a hole in the fence. It's kinda like jug line or trot line fishing.





I will set out a dozen or so snares at holes in the fences.










Hogs travel at night and they use these holes in the fences to get from one pasture to another. Just another way to fill the freezer.


I will run my snares after the morning hunt. It can definitely be a rush to ride up on your ATV and a 200 lb.+ boar charge you and hit the end of a 1/8" cable, sunfish and go belly up, all four legs off the ground.


BTW,





snares work!


ya!


GWB

I wish. Owning my own business has destroyed my ability to hunt "seriously". I try however to have as much fun as possible.

This site is by far has the most serious collective of seasoned hunter and experience on the World Wide Web.

Cheers!

quote:

Originally posted by Navaluk:
Killed a hog behind a hog fence.
Great shooting obviously.

Definitely "serious"

Shooting snared hogs is not for the faint of heart. Sometimes their compadres stand guard and charge from an unexpected direction when you're not looking. Other times the cable breaks and they focus their fear on the first thing they see as a threat.


Okie John

Well done geedub!

Also this thread was a nice reminder why I have numbnuk on ignore.

I have not found any season dates or bag limits in Texas on "Seriuos's" and does anyone have a recipe for them?

You know Gee, I had some "serious" fun in NM hunting with you a couple years ago

quote:

Originally posted by drummondlindsey:
You know Gee, I had some "serious" fun in NM hunting with you a couple years ago

DL,


as you know I do not do many "paid" hunts as I am pretty 'ornery and independent and like to be on my own, and not subject to other folks itinerary. However, I will say to one an all, I'd do another hunt with you in a heartbeat. You worked your azz off (and mine) for six days on a 5 day hunt and would have gone for a 7th day had I not had to leave for a family emergency. I consider guys such as you and Rick to be the "real deal", and the opportunity to hunt with you guys for a week was much more important than any game that could be taken. I had a ball and will remember it always.

Some rememberances...........



























and the first Pacheco folder! I do believe that there are only three of these in existence.






ya'


GWB

I'm an "avid" Hunter. Avids are much more challenging than "seriouses"!!!

Great picture my friend.

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Following in JTEX's tracks, I am a very laid back hunter, and everyone knows, regardless of how many avids or seriouses one bags, it is harder to get laid(s).

You got me thinking and questioning hunting.

When I was younger and raising a family, wild game was a considerable portion of our yearly meat supply. Now that the kids are gone, we haven't lost our taste for venison or bear, but I am more inclined to sleep in or get up and move to shake the chill. I enjoy being in the woods more and taking an animal is viewed as 'work beginning'. I have left the woods early to make the trek back to civilization in time to rise for work in the morning. You see 'work beginning' was an overwhelming task that would have lessened the experience.

I know when the kids were young I was a serious hunter. I am at peace with no longer being a serious hunter. What kind of hunter am I now?

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

Who cares if you're "serious" while you're having a good time...

I would have to say no, I am not a 'serious' hunter. Times and life change you. I would like to hunt more than I do. I am not consumed by the thought and preparation to hunt like I once was. I mostly visit this forum during downtime at work. I enjoy the posts and pictures. I would like to be able to partake in some of them. I hope to in the future as my grandsons grow older.

Tom

I don't have anywhere close to enough free time to be a "serious" hunter. I hunt deer maybe 3-4 times a year, and small game (mostly rabbits with my beagles) maybe a dozen times a year.

Before I got married and had kids I was a serious hunter. I hunted deer, squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, coons, foxes, coyotes, and groundhogs. In total, probably 50-60 days a year I hunted.

I'm not sure how I feel about the way things are now. I enjoy my kids and I love my wife, but I sometimes miss being able to hunt 10 hrs/day every day for a week straight.

quote:

Originally posted by youp50:
You got me thinking and questioning hunting.

When I was younger and raising a family, wild game was a considerable portion of our yearly meat supply. Now that the kids are gone, we haven't lost our taste for venison or bear, but I am more inclined to sleep in or get up and move to shake the chill. I enjoy being in the woods more and taking an animal is viewed as 'work beginning'. I have left the woods early to make the trek back to civilization in time to rise for work in the morning. You see 'work beginning' was an overwhelming task that would have lessened the experience.

I know when the kids were young I was a serious hunter. I am at peace with no longer being a serious hunter. What kind of hunter am I now?

Good stuff guys!

I get to thinking, at 65, I'm getting less serious by the trip..........



Back in October it came a frog-choker. Wind was blowing 35 MPH + and the rain was going side-ways. I had stayed up till 1 AM listening to a Michael Connelley Audiobook, and when the alarm went off at 5 AM I got up, used a convenient coffee can, laid back down and slept in till 8 AM.

Last time I was up, (week between Christmas and New Year's day) it was dark-thirty and a small hoglet came into view. As it was evening I decided there was not enough meat to warrant skinning. I let him walk, came back, built a fire and enjoyed a stogie and a beverage. Didn't feel bad about my decision in the least!
A few years back, that never would have happened.

Heck, I've even quit tracking wounded boars at night through the cat-claw and cactus, on my hands and knees, pistol in one hand and a light in the other. Decided it might be prudent to quit that before my luck ran out.



The big ones can rip ya' a new orifice!








ya!


GWB

I do pretty good with mulies (5 in last 6 years running). I hunt alone and on foot. I bone out the meat and pack it out on my back.

At 63, I am not as spry as I used to be, and now camp in a Truck Camper with a mattress and furnace. I eat well and get a good night's sleep.

If I don't get something I don't sweat it. Enjoying myself is what is most important.

So am I a "serious" hunter?

BH63

I have a lot of fun hunting so I guess I'm not a serious hunter.

You can't be serious!

quote:

Originally posted by Norton:
You can't be serious!

Just don't call me Shirley.

Butchering deer with bone on meat, is unheard of among my ranching family..All deer meat is boned out, running a saw thru deer bone releases some foul stuff..to me the best meat in the world is the deer back strap, some prefer the Loin, but to me its too mushy..Same with elk prefer it boned out. Don't like deer hamburger, love elk hamburger, both make excellent sauage however..

Just some thoughts from a ranch raised kid that grew up on deer and elk..

Then we have Nilgai, Audad, and Africa but that's a whole nuther ball game..

Just my two bits from a serious hunter whose table consists of primarily wild game meat. Patially because of two stints and a evil doctor who controls my eating habits or trys anyway..I live to hunt, I hunt to eat. I will eat a trophy buck just like a spike, its all the same to me...