Hunters

[charby]

CNS news has an article that states that of the gun owners non hunters outnumber the hunters 5:1. I'm curious if that is the same ratio on APS.
I know that there a couple of hard core hunters on here, myself being one of them. I've hunted for about 30 years and I have noticed less and less people in the field over the years, so I am not denying the stats in the article.

Here is the article.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-gun-owners-outnumbered-hunters-5-1-2011

[Fly320s]

I no longer hunt.  I did growing up in Texas, but since I don't have private land to hunt on, I don't do it anymore.

[Lee]

I still consider myself to be a hunter, but confess that I didn't go once this year.

[charby]

I no longer hunt.  I did growing up in Texas, but since I don't have private land to hunt on, I don't do it anymore.

Why not? I live and hunt in Iowa with the one of the lowest amounts of public land in the nation and I do about half of my hunting on public lands. Most the private land I have permission to hunt is crappy habitat for pheasants and deer because much of it is row cropped ditch to ditch, public lands is about the only place I can find suitable habitat for many of the species I like to hunt.

[RocketMan]

Not a hunter here.  Never had much interest in it.  That is probably a good thing because I just don't need another hobby.
However, I applaud those that do hunt as, IMHO, it is a great outdoor activity for both individuals and families.

[Jamisjockey]

When I hunt, the animals quite often have a mouth full of teeth, and I handle them bare handed and alive.

[charby]

When I hunt, the animals quite often have a mouth full of teeth, and I handle them bare handed and alive.

Whatever fisherman.

[De Selby]

I always enjoyed it, though opportunities are limited these days.

[Jamisjockey]

Whatever fisherman.

:)

[ArfinGreebly]

Hunting is something that circumstance never offered, and ignorance did nothing to relieve that shortcoming.

It is, however, on my bucket list.

I just need to find someone who's willing to serve as guide to a guy who isn't as fit as he once was, and has only willingness to learn where experience ought to be.

[Jim147]

I don't get out as much as I used to and I don't try very hard to fill my tags but I still go out.

I still have a week of small game season open. I might have to drag the Savage 24 out this weekend.

jim

[Fly320s]

Why not? I live and hunt in Iowa with the one of the lowest amounts of public land in the nation and I do about half of my hunting on public lands. Most the private land I have permission to hunt is crappy habitat for pheasants and deer because much of it is row cropped ditch to ditch, public lands is about the only place I can find suitable habitat for many of the species I like to hunt.

In north Texas, the public hunting land is too busy. Or, it was when I was there.
In NH, it is similar. There are plenty of public, and available private, areas to hunt, but the total acreage isn't that much.
Since I haven't had a hunting license in years, I'd have to go to hunter education first.
All of the above, plus, hunting just doesn't appeal to me that much. I'd rather spend the time shooting.

[seeker_two]

Been hunting a few times.....too much work to just shoot once....

....if I'm killing animals, it's for varmint control....

[Doggy Daddy]

When I hunt, the animals quite often have a mouth full of teeth, and I handle them bare handed and alive.

Yeah, well, if you're talking about hunting cougars then the teeth come out.   

[41magsnub]

I'm mostly in it now because working with a bird dog is so much fun.  Actually shooting a bird is secondary.

[Ben]

Hunt. I used to hunt big game, small game, and birds regularly in my 20s-30s. Then work got in the way and I went to mostly bird hunting with an occasional pig hunt here and there. I'm looking forward to doing more big game again as soon as I retire. One of the places I'm looking at has elk and moose migrating not far past the house (though that might not really be hunting :)  ). I'll continue to bird hunt a lot, probably till the day I die. Being out in the field with my dog is simply one of my greatest joys in life.

[cosine]

I don't hunt. Never had the opportunity, and don't current have the time or the money. I intend to get into hunting someday (probably deer and birds, lots of opportunities for both in WI), but it's taking a back seat right now to other, more pressing things.

[lupinus]

I don't hunt. Never really had anyone to show me the ropes, and I wouldn't know the first place to start around here.

It is something I would like to get in to, just haven't.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I think I was the only kid growing up who was into guns, due to parental influance who didn't hunt.

Dad shoots possums and coppperheads, and that's pretty much it. The only think he's ever been halfway intrested in was going boar hunting in on some island in the south pacific with a 1911a1, which he read about in a gun magazine.
We both determined that this was unwise to do without practice (supposedly, it's really dangorous), therefore, we should try hunting first in a more traditional venue.
The conversation that followed determined that only turkey was not cute enough to refrain from killing, and since turkey hunting is supposed to be very difficult and not the safest (due to other hunters, rather then the birds themselves) we scratched the whole plan.

In all honesty, i'd like to give hunting a try and at least learn the ropes (including how to dismantel the game and then cook it in a tasty manner)
I don't see this so much as a "fun" activity, but more of a life skill that would be good to have.
I attended multiple 4H hunter safety days and got to snare the mouse squeaker once for the morning wake up call at shooting camp (the squeaker was the prize for all of us kids who didn't know how to make noise on the turkey caller and the like) which is the extent of my "hunting experiance". Well, that and mouse hunting at work, but that's more along the lines of trapping.

[Perd Hapley]

This is embarrassing, folks. The hunters still outnumber us. Seriously, the second amendment is not about hunting. No one needs to kill innocent animals. 

[lupinus]

This is embarrassing, folks. The hunters still outnumber us. Seriously, the second amendment is not about hunting. No one needs to kill innocent animals. 

Their innocence is removed via their tastiness

[Northwoods]

Don't get to spend near the days hunting I'd like.  But with Thing 4 due in the next month I guess that's to be exected.  As the kids get older (and vacation time increases to something reasonable) that should improve.

Mostly I hunt deer and elk.  Would really like to get into ducks eventually.

[wmenorr67]

This is embarrassing, folks. The hunters still outnumber us. Seriously, the second amendment is not about hunting. No one needs to kill innocent animals. 

Actually hunters are us, most just don't realize it or want to admit it.  I hunt but not as much as I want.

[charby]

Don't get to spend near the days hunting I'd like.  But with Thing 4 due in the next month I guess that's to be exected.  As the kids get older (and vacation time increases to something reasonable) that should improve.

Mostly I hunt deer and elk.  Would really like to get into ducks eventually.

Warning duck hunting is expensive. My wife would freak if she knew how money I have in decoys.

[Northwoods]

Warning duck hunting is expensive. My wife would freak if she knew how money I have in decoys.

That's what friends are for.