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Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Posts: 120 Location: South Dakota

Saturday I'll trade my 16 ga and my bow for a deer rifle or maybe even my grandpas deer slayer to chase whitetails and was just wondering who else participates in most of the hunting and fishing oppertunitys available to you? For me it's constantly trying to squeeze in a little bit of everything from squirrels to deer and everything in between in the fall and even some fishing once or twice for walleyes or bass. Then it's time for gobblers and crappies in spring and perch and bass the rest of the summer. I'm sure to some that wouldn't be consider all but it's close enough for me. So let's hear it who Else tries to do it all?

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

Back in the day-----with gout flareups and arthritis that walking thing is at times a chore in itself.Still shoot skeet on weekends.Haven't fished in years--Maybe if I bought a 4-wheeler to get to those spots---hmmmm--

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The wife has a sign on the fridge " teach a man to hunt and fish, and you'll never see him again". Streamers,Bluegill, crappie, long beards , nymphs, emergers, dry flies, doves, bow season,squirrel,pheasant ,ducks, gun season,rabbits, take wife to Caribean . Coyotes.Repeat.( I left out smallmouth, bobwhites, and Woodcock so I wouldn't look obsessive) At least I gave up golf...

Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 483 Location: South Eastern PA

I try to do it all, but putting a gun in my hand trumps fishing anytime.

I try to do all small game, including upland hunting as well as ducks and geese.

I never have a weekend that I'm not scheming something and also go hard for deer with bow and gun.

I have guns for all occasions but never really got into turkeys or bear, but there is still time for that.

Wrong thread.

I gave up even wanting to do it all a long time ago.

Now it's upland, sporting clays and a little fly fishing.

I'm good with that. Cool

Dove, snipe, quail, woodcock, turkey and flyfishing. Not enough ducks anymore here to justify ruining a good morning's sleep. Messin' with my Brittanys when not using them in the field. I'm from a family of serious golfers of the highest caliber including a sister in the World Golf Hall of Fame, but I resisted the urge to have a good walk spoiled and will continue to do so.

do it all - not quite as good as I once was (eh NICK ??!! doesn't matter - the unstoppable force !) ... why not keep your 16 etc and look for a Handi rifle . had one in 7mm08 and it was great . Took a while to get it to shoot in , but was less than 200 bucks . Your plan will have you looking for another 16 next spring . When I was looking for Mitchell 308's and Shakespeare Wonderrods , hit the gun clubs for the leagues and left cards on the for sale walls and quite a few showed up . Inexpensive GREAT oldies and an inexpensive Handi , and away you go !!

I do it all, but at a more leisurely pace.
Now that I am retired, I can hunt 6 days a week instead of only 1 day a week.
Much easier.
I can hunt hard and then rest if I need to.
So yes, hunt, fish, shoot, most every day, except for doctors appointments Embarassed

Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 962 Location: Minnesota

I am mostly a hunter but get out fishing occasionally. I bow hunt big game, do a lot of shotgun bird hunting, predator/varmint hunt, and a little big game rifle hunt. Oh, forgot bow hunt turkeys.

Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 962 Location: Minnesota

I am mostly a hunter but get out fishing occasionally. I bow hunt big game, do a lot of shotgun bird hunting, predator/varmint hunt, and a little big game rifle hunt. Oh, forgot bow hunt turkeys.

Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Posts: 120 Location: South Dakota

16ga Davis Im just trading places in my safe is all no worries my 16s aren't going anywhere!!! cowdoc smallmouth are way to much fun to leave out 20 inch smallies on light tackle are an obsession all their own!!

Joined: 04 Mar 2016 Posts: 21 Location: Norway

I used to 'do it all' when I was young, single and free. From trout fishing to hunting anything with fur or feathers. The only low season was from March, when the grouse hunt ended, to June, when the lakes thawed.

Nowadays things are a bit different; I have three kids age five, seven and eight and a wife who is an M.D. on her way through specialization. So you can say that hunting and fishing aren't my main focus. Wink

There have been a few 'black years', but I try to go to the NRA-equivalent range once a week (in reality it's more like twice a month) just to get out and meet people. This year I've hunted upland birds, geese, ducks, moose, roe, fallow deer and wild boar, so things are improving. Smile