dakota.potts
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Over my birthday in August, I got all excited and got a shotgun to go dove hunting. Life responsibilities turned around and smacked that excitement in the face, and I went up going for dove only once (and goose not at all, like I had planned).
I live in an apartment. I don't have facilities to process my own deer. I also don't have a truck. I don't have a rifle in hunting configuration currently. I do have a VZ 58 which I feel comfortable within inside of 100, maybe 150 yards. I also have a Mosin Nagant which could be put in hunting configuration with a small amount of work.
I also don't have a freezer that can hold any appreciable amount of food, because my small freezer in my fridge is filled already. I don't really have the money or the space for a larger freezer.
The biggest problem is time. I have about 70 hour weeks currently. I go to school Monday through Thursday for Machine Tool/Gunsmithing from 8am-1pm, and then I work at a call center every day except Wednesday and Saturday from 4PM-1 in the morning. If I wait until November, my off days will switch to Sunday and Monday. Sunday hunting is banned on public property in my state (good old blue laws at work) so I would have no days off after November, so my other option would be going after school on Monday or before Work on Friday or Saturday. I'd also have to find a processor and a vehicle to transport my deer in.
Looking at it all, it just doesn't seem like this year is going to be my year. I really would love to go, but I won't kill just to kill and I like to use everything possible. I actually requested the guide cape my last hog and give me the hide, which I donated to a local guy who teaches a survival school and will use it for leather for knife sheaths or other projects. I just don't know that I can do all of that this year. I'm not a lifelong hunter and I've only been a couple of times. It's not my priority, but I was kind of looking forward to it. Anybody been in a similar quandary?
Alternately, does anybody in mid Carolina-ish have some private land and need a hunting buddy or partner this season? lol
I live in an apartment. I don't have facilities to process my own deer. I also don't have a truck. I don't have a rifle in hunting configuration currently. I do have a VZ 58 which I feel comfortable within inside of 100, maybe 150 yards. I also have a Mosin Nagant which could be put in hunting configuration with a small amount of work.
I also don't have a freezer that can hold any appreciable amount of food, because my small freezer in my fridge is filled already. I don't really have the money or the space for a larger freezer.
The biggest problem is time. I have about 70 hour weeks currently. I go to school Monday through Thursday for Machine Tool/Gunsmithing from 8am-1pm, and then I work at a call center every day except Wednesday and Saturday from 4PM-1 in the morning. If I wait until November, my off days will switch to Sunday and Monday. Sunday hunting is banned on public property in my state (good old blue laws at work) so I would have no days off after November, so my other option would be going after school on Monday or before Work on Friday or Saturday. I'd also have to find a processor and a vehicle to transport my deer in.
Looking at it all, it just doesn't seem like this year is going to be my year. I really would love to go, but I won't kill just to kill and I like to use everything possible. I actually requested the guide cape my last hog and give me the hide, which I donated to a local guy who teaches a survival school and will use it for leather for knife sheaths or other projects. I just don't know that I can do all of that this year. I'm not a lifelong hunter and I've only been a couple of times. It's not my priority, but I was kind of looking forward to it. Anybody been in a similar quandary?
Alternately, does anybody in mid Carolina-ish have some private land and need a hunting buddy or partner this season? lol