You know your a hunter if

Gotcha... That really cleared it up to me...
If I ever have to feed my family you can bet it will be one deer and likely a doe or little buck... (easier to run to the truck with) and never for sale.
As a child in michigan in the late 70's early 80's many in my extended family were really "hurtin' fer certain" and my pop would invite one each time we needed meat to participate. He told them if you want to eat you have to take some of the risk. I got so tired of venison that I looked forward to hot dogs:barf:.
Brent
 
Dipper, Excellent replies !!!
You do something to "give back" to nature what you have taken---feed plots, plantings etc.
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And one important thing that we can "give back" is to teach an ethical hunting heritage and conduct. We suppot this during our Hunter Safety Classes and I have been teaching for 19 years. I feel we get involved in this to "Give Somethng Back"

there's a bottle of pee in your refrigerator.
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My gosh, I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this. Had it in there til my wife asked me what it was.:eek:


Be Safe !!!
 
You know you are a hunter if:

Somebody at work asks you what you thought of the big football game and you say, "Football? Huh? Who was playing?". :D

Your wife goes to visit the grandkids for 3 days and you don't notice until you see the post-it-note in the kitchen knife drawer saying, "NO! Take it to a processor and don't forget to ask for boneless roasts!" :o

You are so in the habit of getting up at 4:30 that you start coming to work early. :eek:
 
When you read the hunt forums on thefiringline.com, and post a thread two days ago with some pics of the game.:D

butta9999

Thread outback Australia;)
 
Lockedcj7-Pahoo
"there's a bottle of pee in your refrigerator. "

"My gosh, I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do this. Had it in there til my wife asked me what it was."

Right next to the Night Crawlers! My little Red neck wife wants to know, so she can make sure it dont spill:)

Meekandmild
"You are so in the habit of getting up at 4:30 that you start coming to work early. "

And I work second shift!

Lonny
 
You know you're a hunter if it's deer season, the opening day is tomorrow, the weather report predicts that it's going to be in the 40's, and you complain about how it needs to be colder than that.

You know you're a hunter when you are out in the middle of nowhere in a rickety old wooden deer stand that is swaying back and forth in 40 mph winds during a blizzard, and you decide to stay out because you might just see one (even though the snow is blowing so hard you really can't see much of anything). Despite the fact that your face is frozen and you can't feel your feet. :D
 
You climb down from your deer stand and notice icicles hanging down from your mustache.

You know you're a hunter when you are out in the middle of nowhere in a rickety old wooden deer stand that is swaying back and forth in 40 mph winds during a blizzard, and you decide to stay out because you might just see one (even though the snow is blowing so hard you really can't see much of anything). Despite the fact that your face is frozen and you can't feel your feet.
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Been Thar !!! And got to love it !!!


Be Safe !!!
 
A hunting buddy shows up at the lease and sez, "I got the grocery shopping done!"

You ask what he bought and he answers, "Seventeen cases of beer and a loaf of bread," and you wonder what you're gonna do with all that bread.
 
you can pay for your kids varsity fees and their cars fianance with the money you got from selling koedoe meat. the most elusive antilope in the world , and you got so many your children got a degree on your kills.
 
No lt dan,

That does not make you a hunter, at least not in my neck of the woods----it makes you a "HARVESTER" and a meat broker but not a HUNTER.
Nice that you can make so much money and a good living on wild game :rolleyes:

Of Course, if it's legal and commonly done in your country so be it.
Still, can't agree in using the term hunter to describe what you do.

Dipper
 
dipper. the term harvester and hunter may differ from my neck of the woods to yours. over here you cant harvest something that needs to be stalked. a springbuck is harvested- say 50 per night per harvester. a koedoe needs to be stalked- say 10 per hunter per season.so the thread says you may be a hunter if: ie you take more than 10 koedoes per season. in my books the most cunning buck in africa that is why the us hunters call it the grey ghost.
the next thing to mention is: i drive from Kimberly to Douglas(+_140km) at night and count 40-60 large koedoes.

dipper come and visit you will enjoy

tia

p.s i didnt do this but a ph i know well and hunted with has.but it is my dream to be so good. also venison especially koedoe is very expensive. so you do not need to shoot that much to do what i sugested. but i do beleive this thread was a tongue in the cheek question.
 
dipper come and visit you will enjoy
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lt Dan,

It would be a dream come true to visit Africa and hunt there:)
I have no doubt I would enjoy it----maybe even try to stay!!
Don't know how the wife would feel about it though!!

Dipper
 
Make a hunting friend in SA and visit him

Dipper,

It may be cheaper than you think, although the return air fare is still quite expensive, so you buy a single ticket and find you do not want to return...

Some of us are serious hunters although in a season we only may possibly take two or three smaller antelope and one or two larger - mine is normally 4 impala, one kudu and one wildebeest but never at the same time.

So maybe another mantra is :

You know that you are a hunter:
"when you utilise everything from your game",
and opposite to what some people believe and do:
"when you do NOT mix alcohol and shooting".
 
So maybe another mantra is :

You know that you are a hunter:
"when you utilise everything from your game",
and opposite to what some people believe and do:
"when you do NOT mix alcohol and shooting"
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Agree with that 100%!!

Seriously, I'm not joking, there are some places my wife does not want me to go because she knows me well and knows that there could be a VERY REAL chance that I would not want to return home---I always tell her that I would of course expect her to stay with me:)

When we first married, my wife couldn't really understand my love for hunting and shooting but she now fully supports it as long as I don't go overboard---of course, her overboard and mine are two different things.

She DOES like to travel and what a place Africa would be to visit---the birthplace of civilization.

You never know, my son is a hunter too, so maybe we can team up on her and talk her into visiting.
The sights and culture alone would be well worth it.

Dipper
 
If you go out into the woods outside of game seson, and play that you are out hunting.
If you mesure the year by, before and after big game seson.
If the vacation you talk about for year is the one when you went out to sea to seal hunt. Not the time you went to Thailand and Laos.
If you hate Vegitarians simply becouse they dont eat meat.
If your favorite boos is "Jager Maister" and "The Famous Grouse". (Jager Maister = Hunt Master)
If your cat is so spoiled on game meat that he dont eat cat food.
If you think your hunting pants is so comfi that you wear them instead of sweat pants.
If the kids play moose hunt (1 moose, 1 dog, couple of hunters) and you let them play, even if they "shoot" each other becouse you know it is important for their "learning prosses".
If the kids play moose hunt and you join them.
If you start to prepere for next years game seson the day after this one closes.

Great thread.
 
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