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I hunt everything I can get after. Still haven't drawn a moose yet. If it flies, crawls, walks or digs I hunt it.

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I'm a meat hunter. If I can eat it I will hunt it.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with honing your skills on a PD town!
Given the chance I would shoot something for the hide as well. Leopard comes to mind. Not sure how zebra would taste, but I'd certainly have at least 1 meal of it.


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I like stalking of whitetail. We don't have many large animals to hunt. Democrats are not in season.......YET. Be Well, Rustyzipper.


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I started going blacktail deer hunting with dad and grandpa when I was 3. I have a photo of mom and I with her big blacktail buck when I was three. They taught me how to think like a blacktail buck, and what the big, smart ones do to survive. I didn't believe all the old wives tales about how they'd sneak by a hunter on their knees, or how they'd let you stand on top of them for 10 minutes before exploding from under your feet. I believe it now. They are an amazing animal to hunt, incredibly smart, which oddly, makes them somewhat predictable to their own detriment. I''ve had good success with them so far, knock on wood.

Also have a passion for big black bears. Don't like to shoot them much anymore out of my immense respect for them but I hunt them and enjoy being in their woods.


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i am a "still hunter" . hunt mainly whitetail. like Roy stated about Blacktail i have had them lay down behind a log and let you walk by or even sit on it before sneaking down my back trail. i usually cover 1/4 mile in an hour when hunting white tail. Elk i hunt by finding FRESH sign then following up on the run.used to run that is. slower now but still much faster then white tail.
bear i hunt just to watch anymore. they are better entertainment then any tv show. it would have to be a 450+ for me to want to shoot another one.


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Read this awhile ago. My developed is still currently stuck between Limiting-Out and Trophy but hope to evolve someday; however, unless "Method" can be applied to using iron sights, I'll probably have to jump it to Sportsman.

The five stages of hunter development are:

Shooting Stage.
Limiting-Out Stage.
Trophy Stage.
Method Stage.
Sportsman Stage.


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I consider myself a big woods hunter. And that's because the region in PA I have always preferred to hunt is called the Big Woods Region. It's not the north woods which to me is the Boreal forest although I've certainly done some hunting in the north woods and that holds a special place in my heart. But the hardwood ridges and the Hemlock valleys of the big woods after deer and bear are where I'm most at home.

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Im a still hunter and an ambusher. In the blood, i guess.


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Some days I'm a stand hunter in a heated blind sharing cocoa and snacks with his little girls...some days I'm a "I'll see you in a couple of days, take a pack and rifle to the hills" hunter....some days I'm a share a duck blind and hoot and holler and have a good time hunter.

Some days I'm a solo run and gun turkey hunter


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Eastern Woodlands. I don't have much interest in long range hunting or African Plains type hunting. I like the idea of hunting where my ancestors hunted, and for the same game animals.

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Great question! I like to think of myself as a modern day mountain man, but I’’m surely kidding myself.
Having said that heaven to me is a day in any mountain range (mostly Arizona) with a lite pack, binos and a rifle I have spent weeks and maybe years carrying.
This season I will be carrying a Begara 14 Hunter 6.5 Creedmoor. I hope my Mod 70, 270 will forgive me!

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Originally Posted by Cowboybart
I'm a meat hunter. If I can eat it I will hunt it.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with honing your skills on a PD town!
Given the chance I would shoot something for the hide as well. Leopard comes to mind. Not sure how zebra would taste, but I'd certainly have at least 1 meal of it.


Zebra is fantastic!


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I'm a meat hunter, well was. Don't hunt much anymore other than birds. I see a legal animal that is around 200yds or less from me I took the shot then and packed it home, cut it up and put it in the freezer. I will not risk loosing an animal by taking a long shot. Long shot's build your ego and lessen you chance of meat in the freezer! I'm getting long in the tooth now, 74yrs, and live alone on social security and really don't need to hunt to put away meat. Also I worry about getting an animal down and then getting it out. Last elk season for me was last year as I realized if I shot one where I was into, I wouldn't be able to get it out without loosing a lot of it. Took a nice long walk and went home, called it a season! Didn't even apply for tags this year but will bird hunt, got dog's to keep me company! Won't get rid of my guns, love them but I finally broke down and bought a decent boat to fish out of. Oh yea, haven't hunted deer for quite a number of years.

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Mr Fisher, my situation is very similar to yours. Meat hunter, 70’s, SS, no family close, my wife won’t help get a big game animal out of the woods. grin
We moved here to be close to my Son and family and then he got a job overseas, so for the same reasons I won’t put in for tags this year.
I have discovered turkey hunting, it is a lot of fun, much easier to get out of the woods. Still bird hunt and fly fish. But without help, when you get this age It’s time to slow down and enjoy the memories.

To all the younger hunters, slow down and enjoy the hunt, friends and family. Make your memories, don’t worry so much about the trophy, more about the experience. Keep shooting and adapt the best you can.

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I grew up hunting mule deer and elk in CO. So I'm a western/mountain hunter. I like it open so I can see. Hunting thick woodlots makes me a little claustrophobic and make me feel penned in.


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only thing I've hunted the last few yrs has been hogs, the last deer I got was about 4 yrs ago. pretty much just fish offshore now.


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I suppose an Oregon self taught hunter would describe me. My dad didn't hunt until I was older and kept after him. I learned from wandering the woods, buddies, their dads an uncle and a couple of cousins.

We were loggers and lived in many ares in the state, especially NE Oregon and the Willamette Valley. moving to Portland when dad got older. It really limited my available hunting as i no longer had acces to private land.

I have hunted sage rats, squirrels, marmots, doves, pheasants, chukars, grouse, ducks geese, crows, turkey, jackrabbits, hares, coyotes and cougars (still haven't killed one by myself). Where my preference lies is in big game though. I have been able to take Blacktails, Columbian whitetail, Mule deer, Whitetail, Elk, Antelope and Bighorn Sheep all fhere in Oregon. I did use a guide ( I was 71) for my once in a lifetime sheep but the others were all taken unguided on public land.

I mostly use spot and stalk but I sit a lot on opening days and in dry weather now. I am surprised at how successful I am with the sitting. I could never do much of that until a couple of years ago.

I will be 73 this year and have spent a couple of rough years with groin and knee injuries and then got my left hip replaced a week ago. The right hip will be replaced shortly. I didn't hunt elk last year as I didn't think I could take care of one alone.
I did manager a deer with a little help from my hunting pardner. I have a couple of other isses related to Agent Orange exposeure also.

This year I put in for a doe hunt but didn't draw. Likely just as well. I do expect to be able to hunt big game again next year. Am starting rehab already.

Thinking about it a little more I suppose I am a Sitting Bull kind of hunter.

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Originally Posted by New_2_99s
My family are efficient meat hunters, processors & consumers !

Fish, small game, upland birds, whitetail deer, bear (list used to include moose, but not since the greatly reduced tag numbers) are our major source of protein.



Over the years, I'd say about the same, other than I never really hunted bear. I've killed a fair number of nuisance bears though. Paul and I inhabited the same old haunts never knowing each other. Now I live in Manitoba and my health is keeping me out of the field mostly, but I have enjoyed my hunting and fishing life in the extreme.


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I would generally just call myself a "big game hunter," as I like hunting mammals over birds. I definitely enjoy hunts where I can shoot multiple animals over a single animal. I think it stems from when I started hunting, I did not come from a family that hunted and did not have a lot of opportunities to hunt growing up (usually a long weekend, once or twice a year, typically without successfully finding anything to shoot). I know many here shot multiple deer a year growing up and still continue to do so; I didn't shoot my first deer until I was 19 after having been a "hunter" for 5 years. My hunting opportunities are still pretty limited now due to work and other obligations, so when I get time to go hunting, I like to maximize the amount of animals I can shoot (Africa is great for this). I enjoy processing and eating the animals I hunt, but it's not my primary reason for hunting and my home office shows a pretty strong bias for taxidermy.


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