Re: Hunting is getting expensive
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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How easy can one make it before it loses its fun? Sincere question
The fun part is riding that tractor and doing things like planting food plots, etc....you know doing things that give back to the wildlife, instead of just taking all the time....like freeloaders and moochers do. You’re kinda painting with a broad brush here, SW. Isn’t fair to call other hunters freeloaders because they don’t do it like you do.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
[Re: Yes sir]
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Ive spent more time on a tractor than most on here and can say sitting on a tractor ISNT hunting, it's farming and if u enjoy farming for wildlife that's cool but it isn't hunting.
Farming for wildlife. Yep...thats it. And riding the tractor is what it takes to get it done. There is a good feeling knowing you did something for the game you enjoy hunting. Nobody does that in your area of Kansas? Everybody does it here in the Deep South.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
[Re: Savell]
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I thought there were comments from several states so it's a general conversation. Over. … my reply was to bowhunter on why people can get away with driving an atv to a shooting house c’mon I agree with you there also. I have sat in a stand when a neighbor threw out corn. Within 30 minutes does and yearlings were showing up. And I am not above shooting a doe. I am one of those single tooth meat hunters.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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…. I used to lease a hundred acre pine thicket for $200… didn’t farm it just hunt the smz that ran through the middle… killed some good deer off it … then it got sold to a rich man from Houston … went to hunting strictly public after that … killed some decent ones off there too…I like being able to bounce around on the public but there ain’t many deer and they wilder than a Comanche
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
[Re: trapdog1]
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You’re kinda painting with a broad brush here, SW. Isn’t fair to call other hunters freeloaders because they don’t do it like you do.
The freeloaders and moochers Im referring to are the one's that hunt free on private land (that they dont own). Some of those folks are criticizing me for spending money on deer management when all they do is purchase a license (and even gripe about that) and shoot a deer that they have no investment in. Freeloaders!
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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Ive spent more time on a tractor than most on here and can say sitting on a tractor ISNT hunting, it's farming and if u enjoy farming for wildlife that's cool but it isn't hunting.
Farming for wildlife. Yep...thats it. And riding the tractor is what it takes to get it done. There is a good feeling knowing you did something for the game you enjoy hunting. Nobody does that in your area of Kansas? Everybody does it here in the Deep South. Got no problem with food plot guys. Got a buddy who has spent THOUSANDS on food plot implements and tractors and trucks and trailers to pull them. I enjoy planting food plots and have planted my share. It is not a place you go to kill B&C deer every day but food plots do keep wildlife on or near your property. As a hunter ed instructor I have come to realize we need to be thankful there are all types of hunters. Those who bait, those who food plot and those that do nothing. The deer benefit from all of it. Just like antler hunters and meat hunters. Both are needed. If everyone was a meat hunter, the deer population would plummet. If everyone was an antler hunter, the deer population would overpopulate and die from disease. We are all doing our part to maintain great herds of animals for the most part. Where we stumble all over ourselves, is when we poke each other in the eye. Savell would sing Kumbaya and ask us all to hold hands. Can I get a hippy picture of Savell please?
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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in 1986 ! purchased a share in a hunting club, I own 1/450th of 13,400 acres, in 1992 I purchased a share in another club that contains 4,500 acres, these shares are mine and will be willed to someone when I'm dead. That's a heckava co-op there. Nothing like that down here...that Im aware of.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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Ive spent more time on a tractor than most on here and can say sitting on a tractor ISNT hunting, it's farming and if u enjoy farming for wildlife that's cool but it isn't hunting.
Farming for wildlife. Yep...thats it. And riding the tractor is what it takes to get it done. There is a good feeling knowing you did something for the game you enjoy hunting. Nobody does that in your area of Kansas? Everybody does it here in the Deep South. Not too much. Around here there's wheat, beans, corn, milo and alfalfa most always within a half mile or less. But you didn't exactly answer my question about how easy can hunting get before it becomes not fun anymore. The actual weapon in hand hunting part
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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YesSir, Do you bowhunt? If so, you already know the answer to your question.
I don’t "farm for wildlife" to make it easy to kill deer. If that supposedly makes it "easy" to kill deer then Ive never reached that point. Probably won't ever get there. But, it give me a feeling that Im giving something back to the deer.
Could I go out on my lease and just kill "a deer"? On most fall/winter days...yes. Can I go there and kill a mature buck on any given day...very unlikely. Usually only get a glimpse of 2, maybe 3, "shooters" during Georgia's entire 4 month season....on my lease.
The only high fences in my part of Georgia are put up around a few ag fields to keep deer out....so there's that.
I hunt public land a little (not every season), and the midwest on private lands past several seasons....so all my deer hunting is not on that "EASY" lease where a couple thousand dollars are spent annually and trillions of drops of sweat have rolled off my body so I could have at least a decent chance of taking a 100" 4year old buck....
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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...... Christ y'all making me happy I don't ever kill anything so I ain't gotta argue like this  All this aint about killing WD91. Its about folks that complain about the cost of doing something they say they enjoy...but they really have other interests that override this hobby....so they just gripe about the costs to participate. Hope that explains it.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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...... Christ y'all making me happy I don't ever kill anything so I ain't gotta argue like this  All this aint about killing WD91. Its about folks that complain about the cost of doing something they say they enjoy...but they really have other interests that override this hobby....so they just gripe about the costs to participate. Hope that explains it. …. Hunting is all about killing for me lol https://www.facebook.com/MossyOak/videos/tk-mike-mossy-oak-go/575124080624642/
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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Hey Swamp Living in town vs buying land is your choice. Just becuese I have land and financial ability to spend money to hunt Does not make me puff up and say everyone should buy land or be willing to drive thousands of miles to hunt each year.
Maybe it's rembering making 20 to 30k a year and hunting in my back yard being to broke to use the gas to hunt vs driving to work And the 7 to 14 deer I shot each year was a big part of my eating well that makes me consider those not in my current good situation. And how the cost and limited access effects them. Maybe you should put a sign on your land saying freehunting anytime. I’m sure that you would have no problem giving back.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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Hey Swamp Living in town vs buying land is your choice. Just becuese I have land and financial ability to spend money to hunt Does not make me puff up and say everyone should buy land or be willing to drive thousands of miles to hunt each year.
Maybe it's rembering making 20 to 30k a year and hunting in my back yard being to broke to use the gas to hunt vs driving to work And the 7 to 14 deer I shot each year was a big part of my eating well that makes me consider those not in my current good situation. And how the cost and limited access effects them. Maybe you should put a sign on your land saying freehunting anytime. I’m sure that you would have no problem giving back. This is gonna make PF "puff up". You know...he bought that 100 acres, did the work and put in the sweat equity, saved the deer for his family to hunt, etc but thats different than what I do....lol
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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Where did all yall go?....this was just getting good. Done with lunch so I'll b in and out while checking cows. I pretty much exclusively bow hunt. Off the top of my head i can only think of one buck out of the millions I've took that was harvested with a firearm. I'll share the point I was getting at with my question about how easy can it get before it's not fun later as it's going to take a bit of time to make it.
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Re: Hunting is getting expensive
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...... Christ y'all making me happy I don't ever kill anything so I ain't gotta argue like this  I rather enjoy these topics about hunting and or trapping especially if they stay civil and even if they dont they in no way impact my enjoyment of the activity Me too! Discussion is a good thing. Even though we all live in different parts of the country and can only base our opinions on that....we still act like we know how, why, what for every place in the world....lol
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