Decline in hunting
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This subject was a hot topic at our family Thanksgiving today. I also listened to a Meat Eater podcast this week that talked about this very issue. I like Brock's synopsis about whitetails creating a whole lot of specialists and it ties right in to Giles' analysis that whitetails make for greedy hunters. There are a lot of moving pieces to this puzzle, but those two guys hit the nail on the head.
And BTW, the worst day of waterfowling beats the pants off 99% of the deer hunts I've ever been on.
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Where there is habitat, there are birds. Unfortunately, modern farming practices create a monoculture that is not conducive to good bird habitat.
Why do addicts remain addicts even when they know it's not a healthy habit?
Nothing I've ever done makes me feel the way I do the moment I lay hands on a big buck I've killed. Plus, I love deer meat and take the duty, and right, of food acquisition very seriously. It is very important to me to have a freezer full of venison at all times. That's the main motivation for being pissed off about the deer numbers is because it threatens that way of life. There's a deep seeded desire to chase that feeling of killing a big buck, combined with a love for venison that keeps me involved in the love/hate relationship.
Nothing I've ever done makes me feel the way I do the moment I lay hands on a big buck I've killed. Plus, I love deer meat and take the duty, and right, of food acquisition very seriously. It is very important to me to have a freezer full of venison at all times. That's the main motivation for being pissed off about the deer numbers is because it threatens that way of life. There's a deep seeded desire to chase that feeling of killing a big buck, combined with a love for venison that keeps me involved in the love/hate relationship.
Fair enough. I just don't have the patience for it. There is nothing like being out in a Marsh or in a field with your dog and cupped wings overhead. I get an adrenaline rush Everytime.
I'm sure you work hard to find the birds and it's probably very satisfying when you do.
Oh, I agree. There's nothing like that feeling of being hunkered down in the grey of the morning with wings whistling overhead waiting for the clock to signify legal light. Then when they work perfectly and coast in to the hole, brakes on, wings cupped, ready to eat a load of steel to the beak. God damn that's a fine moment in time. But I have from December 16 through the end of January to get my fill of that. I'm willing to trade the first 3 week split to chase another addiction however cause I know how damned satisfying it is to drop the hammer of a big buck!
As for patience, it ain't patience so much as stubbornness! lmao
As for patience, it ain't patience so much as stubbornness! lmao
Haha guess I'm not stubborn enough. Also if I ever went hunting without my dog I don't think she would look at me for a week. She would hunt everyday if I could.