Any one else like hunting or fishing?

[Elliot]

Yeah I get kinda paranoid about my arrows, dont want a broken arrow getting shot at 300fps out of my bow. I flex them before every shot lol

[duh duh duh]

I do both but the last few years my shooting has occurred with a camera rather than my shotgun.

A family tradition has us hunting on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. Ducks, geese, pheasants, partridge, grouse, etc.

[Gyre]

Wow, you learn fast. Teachin in four years? Wow.

I taught myself to shoot in one summer, and I haven't put the bow down since. The only reason i wasn't out today was because it was 21 below with windchill, and I thought it might be too cold for my recurve.

[Elliot]

I think you also tend to get the hang of archery pretty quickly, even though it's not as easy as shooting rifles.

[adamanteus]

I've never tried Archery but you've all got me curious now. There's an archery club not far from me, I might have a look one day. Where I live, Cheshire in the north of England, was once famous for it's bowmen. The Cheshire long bow was feared by our enemies in days gone by. Remember Agincourt!

[abcat1993]

I've never tried Archery but you've all got me curious now. There's an archery club not far from me, I might have a look one day. Where I live, Cheshire in the north of England, was once famous for it's bowmen. The Cheshire long bow was feared by our enemies in days gone by. Remember Agincourt!

Sounds like something from a movie. You'd be a good actor (or screenwrighter).

[Gyre]

Most of the shooting sports come very quickly with practice. We had a girl in our last arhery course, who couldn't hit the target at ten feet. When I was helping her find the arrows, I was explaining that she had the best grouping out of all the kids, it just wasn't in the target.

With a little form tweeking, she was the best shot by the second week.

I'm a firearm lover as well. Ha ha.
What do you guys shoot, that says, "Bang!"

[Elliot]

I've never tried Archery but you've all got me curious now. There's an archery club not far from me, I might have a look one day. Where I live, Cheshire in the north of England, was once famous for it's bowmen. The Cheshire long bow was feared by our enemies in days gone by. Remember Agincourt!

You'll have a great time if you go I'm sure! Maybe you could even shoot a longbow up there, they're a lot of fun.

[Stefan-A]

I'm a firearm lover as well. Ha ha.
What do you guys shoot, that says, "Bang!"

A whole lot.

Remington 870 (12/89) - My small game shotgun, hoped to be able to hunt roe deer last season, but it just didn't work out.

CZ 452 (.22lr) - My official hunting and benchrest rifle. The metal parts are from the 452 Standard and the stock from the 452 Varmint. A real joy to shoot, if anybody ever needs a good .22 (now also in .17), then it's absolutely worth considering.

JGA M.35 (.22lr) - Made by J.G. Anschütz in the mid- to late 1930's, bought as used by my grandfather in 1963, used (but not owned) by my father in his youth and passed to me in 1998.

VKT M39 (Mosin-Nagant variant, 7.62x53R) - My project rifle. Scope and ATI glassfiber stock added to the original M39. It's been way too expensive already, could have bought a decent, more modern rifle for the money I invested in this one. Small game and paper targets.

and then there are the ones that I don't hunt with..

CZ 75B (9x19)
Smith & Wesson 686-2 (.357)
Thompson/Center Encore (pistol, .223 Remington)

[Cazador]

Since this is a hunting thread, I'll post a dead animal picture. I hope nobody is offended. My bow is about a 1985 model PSE with round wheels (no cams)... practically a museum piece, I know. The draw weight is 68 lbs, and I still shoot aluminum arrows. When I'm not bow hunting, I also shoot a Winchester Model 70 .375 H&H magnum, a Browning A-bolt Medallion .300 Win Mag, a Savage 25-06, various shotguns, and .22 rifles. I still have a Marlin 30-30, but I haven't shot it in about 15 years.


Arctic sunset at about 1:30 AM in mid-September

Believe me, this little stream is full of delicious arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).

barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus)