Hunting, Fishing, and things like this.

[LadyEmeraude]

My extended family enjoys doing both. In days gone by I very much enjoyed
fishing, mostly lake fishing, but I've never hunted.

 

[Pinky]

I was my father's fishing buddy, from when I was very little. Many hours spent sitting by his side, watching
for a jiggle of the fishing line, and I was in charge of baiting the hook.

 

[Lewkat]

I loved fishing when I was young.
I also love to eat a lot of fish.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Oh yes. from the age of 6 to 60 I fished, everywhere! The ocean, lakes, mountain streams/rivers, and mid-west lakes. I can barely think of a kind of game fish I have not caught, except the exotic or deep sea fish.

This was by far my two favorites

Stream fishing for trout... Bass fishing in Missouri ponds

 

[hearlady]

My husband still fishes and hunts when he can.
I used to fish with him but lost interest.

 

[911]

I fish, but enjoy fishing out of the river nearby and also I like fishing the Gulf whenever I get down there. I don’t have saltwater tackle, so I will rent the tackle and go on a private boat for a day or two. The one Captain out of St. Petersburg knows me by name now. A fellow on our last trip fell overboard and couldn’t swim, so I was able to go in and pull him up to the side of the boat. The name on the boat was “The Scavenger”, but I can’t remember the Skipper’s name.

I gave up hunting because for some reason, I felt bad about killing the deer. I still eat venison whenever it’s offered to me, unless the deer came from up in the mountains. Here in the valley, the deer eat corn and soybeans all summer and fall, so the meat is much tastier.

 

[Chet]

After hunting deer, rabbits, squirrels and turkey when I was younger, I gave it up. I would enjoy the hunt now but don't care to kill anything and gut and skin anymore. Now I just fish put and take. I'm close to the river and a state park lake. What I'm concerned about now is having a medical emergency in the boonies without cell service. When I was young those thoughts never entered my mind.

 

[wcwbf]

years ago, my sister was dating friend of my neighbor. neighbor had a boat and his buddy took sis & i out fishing. he arrived at, no, before the crack of dawn to pick us up... we're not especially morning people. he must have had at least 6 rods/reels, big tackle box, bucket of some kind of little live fish and "calamari".

he got my sister set up with a line in the water. before he got my gear ready, sis had a fish on the line. right after he got her line back in water and mine all baited up, but before he was actually fishing... i had a fish on the line. eventually he was fishing and we fished the heck outta that ocean! at least a dozen fluke/flounder.

he took the cooler full of fish to show a friend and brought back a foil pan full of filets! now THAT's my kinda fishing. never put anything on a hook & never took any fish off the hook. just the most delicious and freshest flouonder filets that you could ever have!

 

[Ken N Tx]

After hunting deer, rabbits, squirrels and turkey when I was younger, I gave it up. I would enjoy the hunt now but don't care to kill anything and gut and skin anymore. Now I just fish put and take. I'm close to the river and a state park lake. What I'm concerned about now is having a medical emergency in the boonies without cell service. When I was young those thoughts never entered my mind.

I buddy fish, but he is older than me!!!

 

[1955]

I always enjoyed fishing and always ate everything I caught. When I moved to the Ozarks I tried the deer thing but did not like gutting the carcass. I don’t know why because they both have red blood:

 

[Alligatorob]

I've been fishing since I could walk, maybe before, and still like it.

Hunting less than fishing, I have hunted, deer, elk, antelope and alligator. Not much small game. Last hunting was alligator about 10 years ago. May not hunt again, but you never know...

 

[David777]

Two of us were camped on the other side of the lake frame mid right below the cascade. Magenta on below topo. This was where I shot this 14000 by 6000 pixel 5 frame stitch blend panorama of our lake with my Sony A6000. That was where vigorous small snow melt streams entered the lake. Wonderful tasting water. Adventures out in nature is good for the Earth creature in many ways. Yesterday was my first day of this year's ski season. Drove 186 miles back and forth for 3 hours most glorious skiing over and over small bumps on a run called Short Spoke. Creamy cold dry mid winter skier packed powder snow. To appreciate the full image detail of the above, the below is 100% pixels of the cascade.




I've been enjoying fishing all my life though not much over the last few decades because am more an enthusiastic photographer. But one brother is an avid fisherman so it is with him I get some time in fishing each year both in our mountains and along ocean shores. This year of 2022 during a 4 night backpacking trip to the above lake a bit below 10,000 feet with a abundance of 3 trout species. One thing I have not liked doing for at least 3 decades is killing the fish I've caught. But if you can eat some other Earth life, you ought to also be able to sometimes do the deed yourself instead of just obtaining such foods through others. The higher up the life food chain, the more taking lives of others things becomes an issue of consideration, especially if that includes writhing nerve pain we ourselves understand. I As a kid, I had little emotion towards killing invertebrates, like worms, and crayfish, and grasshoppers, especially for the purpose of fish bit. Stick a hook through the squirming organic meal for something else, no problemo. Of course none of us have inhibitions to cutting up plants because they cannot feel in a key way we naturally understand as common sense. If people in this modern era had to actually had to occasionally kill for an earth monkey eating license, even a few of the creatures they eat, especially the big red meat species oink oink moo moo baa baa, there would be many more vegetarians. We mammals are lucky for the fish and lizards (aka birds) we are gifted to enjoy eating. I'll take that just baked salty chicken tender sir!

Posted on another site:

...There were two cold pristine streams draining the towering slopes above that still held modest areas of north facing snow. I took a look at our shore bay and noticed plenty of surface trout activity. We made camps, set out our cooking gear, filled our water bottles, then rigged up fishing gear. Casting out a 1/8 oz Kastmaster, caught a nice 10.5 inch rainbow trout on my first cast. Over the next 45 minutes caught another 11.5" then a 10" rainbow, enough to make a meal so ended my fishing effort. After cleaning the fish, began a usual cooking process in J's 12" frying pan.




J's, who spent a lot more time fishing after slowly making camp, lunch meal,brook, brown, rainbow trout mixed with rice and salt. I like my fish well dried out well done, even crispy. We usually remove the bones and scales before mixing in the rice. May add some garnishing extras.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

I liked reading all your posts

 

[Gary O']

Hunting, Fishing, and things like this.​

Yes, I fish
Salmon
Steelhead
Stream and lake trout

I have hunted
But only when needful
Three days without food can do that

Now?
No longer needful

 

[ElCastor]

I was my father's fishing buddy, from when I was very little. Many hours spent sitting by his side, watching
for a jiggle of the fishing line, and I was in charge of baiting the hook.

Similar here. Party boats for salmon, numerous lakes and piers, and eventually our own boat. Some of my best memories of my father date back to those days. Pheasant hunting once, but fortunately just once.

 

[Jules]

Didn’t go hunting, just helped with the cutting and wrapping afterward.

Some lake fishing. Hated all the bugs the one time I went fly fishing.

One summer we were part of three families who had a rustic cabin and tents. We didn’t take much food for dinner because we’d be having a fish feast. Except we all took the wrong bait and caught zilch. Ended up having spaghetti.

 

[Tish]

I love fishing.

 

[1955]

I should really take up fishing again here in the Ozarks. I’m only stone throw away from a fantastic rainbow trout fishing destination. Since becoming more conscious about my diet I didn’t know that rainbow trout were related to the salmon family and have great nutritional value.

 

[Aunt Mavis]

I don’t hunt anymore. I still like to fish occasionally. Yay.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I don't hunt or fish. I'm not much of a fish eater. And I just couldn't get a cute deer in my gunsights and shoot it. But when you think about it, you really are ruining a fish's day when you catch it. Nature isn't for the faint hearted

 

[Gaer]

I fished as a little girl. Went fishing with my late husband in Alaska. haha!
The Salmon would actually JUMP in your boat up there and they were HUGE!

Never hunted and am completely against "shooting preserves" where enclosed
animals can be hunted for a fee and the high fences insure no way for the
animal to escape.

 

[ElCastor]

Some lake fishing. Hated all the bugs the one time I went fly fishing.

Something I will never forget. As a kid I was fishing at a lake in California’s East Bay hills. Line was snagged so I grabbed it and leaned out over the water to get it loose. Just then, an earthquake and I almost fell in. Easily my single most memorable fishing incident. (-8

 

[Right Now]

Fishing is relaxation for me. In the 80s my hair business was in my home, so clients expected I was always available. No cell phones yet, so my brother took me fishing. Got a rod, reel, tackle box and worms. Loved sitting on the river bank, holding the fishing line and talking to the fish to taste that worm. I still love fishing.
But no hunting. Nope. No guns, no way.

 

[Lilac]

My husband & I only hunt what we will eat which is mainly deer. The only other game we hunt once in a while is pheasant which is done on a local preserve. You buy the number of birds you would like, they're turned loose in farm fields & then you're told which fields you need to walk out to. They are not fenced-in or trapped in any way to make them a guaranteed shot. Many fly off "the reservation" to neighboring farms. I'm not aware of any preserves that fences-in or traps animals so they are a sure shot.

Since my mother-in-law is no longer with us, we don't fish since neither of us eat it since we gave them all to her.

 

[win231]

A friend & I played hooky from 7th grade & went fishing. We were both bored with school.
I've shot a lot in competition but never hunted.