Who is Who?

[grizz]

There are some extreemly lucky people on this group! I was wondering who is who as I am a relative newbie to the scene.

1) How many days do you Hunt/Fish/Hike (basically outdoors)
2) How much do you spend on your hobbies (not counting vehicle/Equipment payments) Lease Payments included
3) Professional/ Semi professional/ Individual
4) Do you do any writing for any Mags or Freelance
5) How long and who got you started?
6) Hunt alone, family or in a group

I'll start

1) Hunting- 30-35 Days, Fishing 25-30 days, hiking/scouting 15-20 days
2) Tops $2500 a year License/Travel mostly out of state travel/fees
3) Individual
4) nope- but know people who do get published and often thought about submitting
5) Since Age 12 so 40 years. My best friends Dad took me hunting. He dropped us off in the mountains on separate ridges in the dark and took off and left me!!! Scared the cr*p outa me but when the sun came up I was hooked! My Dad was a workaholic, God bless Barry's dad!
6) I hunt alone except on weekends when I played dog and guide for my son(s)

[Bullrdr82]

I think I can play this game.....

1. NOT ENOUGH.... I would say 20 hunting/ 10-15 Fishing
2. TOO MUCH... I would say maybe around 1500 including everything.
3. Individual
4. I am going to write an article for the LSBA mag one of these days..
5. Since I was 5 or 6, so 20 yrs. My dad and grandpa got me started.
6. All of the above.... as long as I get to hunt, that is all that matters.

[mesquitecountry]

1. also not enough time 50 or so days hunting. 15 or so fishing.
2. if you include guns i dont think i'm gonna come close maybe 3k.
3. Individual wishing to be semi pro.
4. Had a couple in TTHA many years ago.
5. 3 yrs old w/ my dad in his stand in yancey.
6. All of the above as well.

[cantexduck]

1) hunt at least 3-4 times a week during duck seson. Dove season, around 5 times a week. After duck season I will still hunt 2-3 times a week for yotes,cats. Fish(after huntting season of course) bowfish in cluded prolly 3-4 times a week.
2) all the little odds and ends add up. last month i bought 2 bows(@700) month before that-fx3 and jack-n-box(579). I would take a geuss at 4-6000 a year. I hunt public and free privite lands. **** it, last year i did pay 425 for a lease in east texas.
3) Indv.
4) my grandfathers and my dad. My first hunt was a in a rice feild behing the state jail out near port aurther. Been chasing those feathers ever seince then.
5) I enjoy huntting alone for the most part(well with that black dog). But i have some friends that i hunt with 25-50 times over the course of the season.

[Steve W]

mind if i plead the 5th?
if my wife see's it in writing it might cost me a goose egg, hospital bills, timeout and other assorted things that could cut into my hunting/fishing time and budget!

[Russ81]

1) Personal days, about 12, guiding others; about every weekend from Nov. - Jan. except holidays. Friday-Sun. Ohh-rahh
2) About $1,000 in gear and supplies, including dog food for tracking dog.
3)Pro I guess, I guide up to 150 B&C, have done some trophy hunts over 150 B&C. Also guided quail, nilgai and hogs & Javelinas.
4) Was published third author in Journal of Parasitology on helmiths in Scaled Quail, did the blood parasite work but can't find where it was published.
5) Since 12, so 14 years, Dad got me into it.
6) All of the above

[Texastaxi]

Steve, our wives must be related!

I think this thread is entrapment ... so I refuse to answer any of the questions!

[Deerhunter30]

1) I hunt about 36 days a year total
2) I'm not even going to try and figure out how much I spend on hunting a year.
3) I hunt for my own enjoyment as well as guiding a freind or two just for fun.
4) I had two stories printed in the TBoT newsletter.
5) I've been hunting since I was about ten, so that makes 26 years, and my dad got me started.
6) I hunt family land.....sometimes by myself and sometimes with family and/or friends.

[cosmiccowboy]

hmmm...personal days hunting...probably 20
personal days fishing about 10
professional days hunting...usually 25-30 (guiding 130-190 b&c) darting DMP deer.
In the past I have spent some stupid money (10-20K a year hunting) but try to break even now spending guiding income on personal hunting and toys. Fortunately I don't have to pay rent and groceries with hunting income LOL.
This would be my 46th year hunting...
never submitted anything for publication but been supporting cast in made for TV videos...
started a 6 with my dad...killed my first deer at 9 and started hunting by myself at 10.

[Tuffbroadhead]

1. Easily over a 100 days..
2. Over 3000.00
3. Semi professional
4. Have written a few acticles concerning eval's on products..
5. Been hunting since I was 6, my Mom got me started..(28-29 years)
6. Mainly with my family while fimling for a Hunting show I'm affiliated wth...

[jyoung]

1) Never counted but I would say about every weekend I am either hunting or fishing. Of course there are those off weekends.
2) Not as much as most but I have never counted. I don't want to have a heart attack
3) Individual
4) I write and edit for a living, this is my time to get away from that.
5) All my life, it is a family tradition.
6) I Hunt mostly with family or in a group. I like to get out with others and share my time with good people.

[stevesflyshop]

1) I try to get out at least 25 days in the deer stands bowhunting, and probably another 20 or so days doing other hunting.
2) I don't even want to know how much!
3) Individual
4)Nope - I spend too much time writing to want to do that in my time off.
5)Started pheasant hunting at 12 with my dad, so 25 years.
6)All of the above.

[Jaspro]

1) How many days do you Hunt/Fish/Hike (basically outdoors) If you count varmints too 363 days a year. I take Christmas and New Years day off.

2) How much do you spend on your hobbies (not counting vehicle/Equipment payments) Lease Payments includedNo lease payment here. All family land or friends land. Equipment and supplies probably $2500 to $3000 a year.

3) Professional/ Semi professional/ Individual Individual

4) Do you do any writing for any Mags or FreelanceNope

5) How long and who got you started? Dad got me started. going on 24 years myself.

6) Hunt alone, family or in a group Divided up equally among all three.

[DamonJ]

1) 45+ (not enough)
2) $3000.00+ (too much)
3) Individual
4) No writing
5) Been hunting and fishing all my life, dad was taking me to the blind when I was 3
6) I do all three

[BentBow]

1) Hunting- Not as many as I'd like! Fishing- 15 days in a good year, hiking/scouting- Only when hunting
2) I don't spend much on them now. I retired from jetski racing which liquidated my wallet often, and I just have not found anything but a garden to fill the bill.
3)Certified Professional Individual???
4) Yes, I have been published in a couple of mags, but nothing archery related. Wall Street Journal, National Floor Trends, & Floor Covering Installer
5) My first bird hunt was 6 with my dad , when granny gave me a 410 Savage pump(still have) I didn't get into deer hunting, until about 8 years ago, and I have only been out in the woods with a bow, unless I'm bird hunting.
6) I hunt alone. No one else in the blind with me. I'm too ****. But help is a mile down the road at my in-laws.