Five Seasons

I was raised in a hunting family. There is no single reason I hunt. In no particular order: Time with nature Challenge Thrill and Rush Peace and time alone (and away from it all) Natural good tasting organic food sense of accomplishment Time with family and a bond between my father and hopefully someday my sons

I hunt almost exclusively on the weekends. But I would not consider myself a weekend warrior. I think we're saying the same thing. The "term" does indeed apply to some hunters though. Maybe a better "term" is the "deer camp" hunter. The guy that dusts off his rifle and handed down camo and is more interested in drinking beer than the 2 days he spends in the blind.

we all come from different walks of life, so i understand those who this hurts. I would advocate that if possible everyone has a rainy day fund. Not for hunting fines, but for medical bills, home repairs etc. Many do. Like a few others here posted, many have thousands if not tens of thousands invested in hunting. $300 is a drop in the bucket for a chance at a big buck. I think we all feel the same way when we speed to work. It's a risk some take to be on time. right or wrong.

seriously? Who cares if they're happy. They broke the law...

his examples may not be the norm, but $300 isn't going to kill most of us. I'm not a gear junkie but I do by quality stuff to keep me comfortable. I have more money in my layered clothing not including my outerwear than that fine.

thought for sure this was about a camaro

The word weekend is used to literally here. Someone earlier summed it correctly. A "weekend warrior" is someone who is casual, not serious/hard core and enexperienced. I am a weekend warrior golfer. I enjoy golfing. I have cheap clubs, I don't throw my clubs and I rarely go to the range. I golf to relax, not to compete. There are deer hunters just like this. I know many golfers who hate the weekend warrior because we move to slow and possibly don't respect all the rules and it's probably why there are so many private clubs for those who want to avoid the warrior. The casual deer hunter is not a problem, but whenever you have a gun instead of a club and you're taking the life of a creature there needs to a certain level of training and respect involved.

so stupid.

Probably the single largest reason I hunt is because I love nature. You're not in the minority. I pick up litter as I hike, I enjoy watching the critters and yes this does mean that I feel a little bit for every animal I take. What makes it easy is that I know I consume the animal. It's probably why I never got into trapping and yote hunting although I'd like to give both a try. I would even go as far as saying most of us hunt mostly because we love the woods. Why the hell else would we spend hours and hours sitting in a tree for 2 minutes of actions.

To play devils advocates, we lose our credibility when we claim population control and let small bucks and doe walk. But if the average joe understood the time and effort to dress, drag and process any deer than maybe they'd understand. Not all of us have 4 wheelers and flat land.

they have? gee whiz. musta missed that memo

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Agreed. I think it's easier to push a weapon when all you need to do is pull the trigger though. Gun or xbow. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I do believe he drives all the guys wild in his nurses outfit.

i can't imagine people hunting for food would care about horns. unless of course they want to grind them up for aphrodisiac use

i dropped a pellet out of the stand last weekend. I agree pellets are easier but anything can happen.

perfect description haha

there are some urbanites i would take over sloppy white trash any day. They tend to be educated and thoughtful. If you're a foody you're less likely to leave your bud light can in the woods. Seems to be a mindset of doing things right and with care. So less likely to lie, cheat, steal and bait. The answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

i doubt there's a single hunter save a few farmers who hunt for population control. We do it for the challenge, the meat, the reward, the antlers, the escape and in some ways a primal urge. i love a big buck. Love antlers. But I think what I really enjoy is the journey from start to finish. Countless hours prepping. thousands of dollars invested. countless hours of sitting and waiting (which I love too). The work and effort to drag the deer out of the woods. There's something about skinning and quartering that deer myself and then my wife and I sit at the table cutting it up. I know that I went out and from start to finish put healthy organic quality food in my families belly. Do not get me wrong, we don't need venison to survive. We still eat plenty of beef, chicken, fish and turkey. But none of that do I have even the slightest clue of where it came from and what hormones are in it. The "clean eating" movement is one of the best things going for hunters.

what exactly does an elitist do that is endangering hunting? Sure a few heated conversations on ethics and the way a hunter should carry him or herself do take place. In the overall scheme of license sales how many have quit the sport because another hunter told them they should tuck the tongue in when posting pictures on facebook? I bet it's less than 1%. You know why people quit? Land access. By far and wide the #1 issue. The old timers can contest to being able to walk to the farm across the street and sit on a Saturday. Now that farm is a suburb or posted tight. An elitest probably does more for the sport than a weekend warrior. While we both pay the same for our tags, one is constantly advocating to introduce new regulations to help hunters. Constantly spending large chunks of money on land, leases, food plots to grow deer and money on gadgets and gizmos to support the industry. Big companies that take our money will be the best and biggest lobbyists for our sport. Money talks; why do you think cigarettes are still legal? They cause cancer and so does lead paint. One is banned the other is not. Just another take on it.

I'm a pretty big believer in not intoducing legislation that protects a few idiots from themselves or those which consequences do not affect others (like helmet laws for example). Lead shot is not one of those regulations. It does affect others. I will admit I do not do a lot of bird hunting, but do head out a few times a year. For turkey I use Hevi-13.

depends on the stand. I have a very low green light I use for well groomed private land trails. Public land and climber is really no choice. Just something you have to do to stay safe and not get lost haha.

what is this smelling you're talking about? I smell like cigarettes, dryer sheets and hookers and still shoot big bucks.

an hour is a bit early. A good trimmed trail, trail tacks and a headlamp are also a wonderful things

I don't see what's wrong with getting rid of lead ammo. There are alternatives. Many years ago we used asbestos, we dumped waste into the hudson and onondaga. We learned and moved on.