View Full Version : Going hunting for the first time this weekend
Goofball
09-10-2010, 00:33
Going out for bear with a good friend of mine who is a veteran hunter. I have lots of firearm experience (military), but this will be the first time I have shot an animal bigger than a small bird (pellet gun when I was a kid). I'm wondering what that first time will be like. Will I like it? Will I be horrified?
Any hunters out there want to offer any advice or share their own experiences?
You could have a blast, you could hate it, or any reaction in-between. It's a bit like asking, "Will I like swimming?"
Main thing is how comfortable you are outdoors. I'm no veteran hunter, but I'm willing to venture my opinion anyway, that hunting is largely about being hot, being cold, being eaten up by insects and getting quite smelly over the course of two or three days. And if you play your cards right, you get to kill something. It's a lot like backpacking with boom-boom.
Strike For The South
09-10-2010, 02:56
Dove? It's dove season down here.
He said "bear," but I can see how you could easily mistake a bear for a dove. Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I even mistake chipmunks for wolves.
Strike For The South
09-10-2010, 03:54
He said "bear," but I can see how you could easily mistake a bear for a dove. Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I even mistake chipmunks for wolves.
Bro I'm dyslexic.
Now I'm going to kill myself because an adult said a hurtfull thing about my disability.
How is that weighing on your soul?
Does this mean you don't believe in dog?
Strike For The South
09-10-2010, 04:12
Does this mean you don't believe in dog?
I don't know what I believe in anymore.
Maybe if you gave me full mod control over the frontroom....
Devastatin Dave
09-10-2010, 04:19
You know, there really isn't a need to kill something that happens to be one of the smartest land animals on the planet. Let us know how fun it is when you take this poor creatures life. Have fun, Big Man...
Crazed Rabbit
09-10-2010, 05:17
Don't listen to that bleeding heart liberal.
Did you like shooting birds? I'd expect your reaction to be similar when hunting something bigger.
I've never really been 'hunting' - more like taking the .22 and shooting small woodland critters - but it does seem like Lemur describes - a backpacking trip into the wild where you take a gun and shoot at an animal.
CR
Centurion1
09-10-2010, 05:31
congratulations you now have a pair of balls. welcome to my world of guns, hunting dogs, and death.
enjoy your stay
rory_20_uk
09-10-2010, 10:04
Taking on an animal with guns doesn't make you a man; taking on one with a hunting knife would of course.
As a rule I'd have no problem in killing most herbivores as they're moronic, but omnivores and carnivores I find far more likable.
~:smoking:
Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
09-10-2010, 10:58
Well, bears are a serious menace, so blowing one's head off occasionally is not a terrible thing; doing it gratuiously is not very cool though.
Just make it a clean kill.
meh such a waste, beautiful animals
al Roumi
09-10-2010, 12:34
Isn't going from sero-hunting experience to stalking Bears a bit of a steep learning curve? That said, unless your millitary experience was logisitics or planning, I'm sure you've been trained in how to deal with ending the life of something sentient and quite human like.
Shooting one of those automatic shotguns might take some practice... :)
Major Robert Dump
09-10-2010, 13:03
For bear, I would recommend also taking a spear or long bladed object or some sort. They don't always run
The pretty badass Indian way, intimidate to get it standing up, shaft -> ground, and wait for the attack.
Still think it's a waste, better to get close and shoot awesome pictures
PanzerJaeger
09-10-2010, 13:48
For bear, I would recommend also taking a spear or long bladed object or some sort. They don't always run
My guide carried a 10 gauge Remington 870.
Bear hunting is an amazing experience. It's the closest you can get to hunting something that can hunt you back without having to step foot in Earth's toilet bowl (Africa).
Your enjoyment will depend on whether you subconsciously ascribe human characteristics to bears (Winnie to the Pooh, Yogi, etc. can do a number on one’s psyche).
I was most surprised by the smell. They reek, and you can usually smell them before you see them.
Rhyfelwyr
09-10-2010, 14:07
Real men hunt with their bare hands.
Even if they only go hunting after rabbits and rats in their garden... :embarassed:
tibilicus
09-10-2010, 14:33
Never understood hunting. Rather pathetic that man has to use guns and hide in the bushes like a coward to kill a larger creature. Here's what you should do; go up to the bear, look it in the eye, and invite it to throw down.
meh such a waste, beautiful animals
Bears are a menace. Breaking into your house and stealing your food. To say nothing of the pic-a-nic baskets. :inquisitive:
Still don't get killed. As in North America "hunting" has a 1 in 5 chance of meaning take firearms and a 2-4 of beer into the forest. And only return with the firearms.
Bears are a menace. Breaking into your house and stealing your food. To say nothing of the pic-a-nic baskets. :inquisitive:
Bears that lost their fear of humans should be shot, but why build your house or go picnic in bear-territory, Canada is huge more than enough room to do that somwhere else and leave the critters be. I also just don't get it, why go out to hurt something when you just don't have to, live and let live. Hunters are probably annoyed by that and I can understand the appeal of 'the hunt' as a sport and I know there is more to it than simply shooting animals, but it's a stupid sport if you ask me. And if someone is a poor marksman and just wounds it takes many agonising terrified hours before the poor thing is finally put out of it's misery. Not my idea of a good time.
Vladimir
09-10-2010, 16:38
He said "bear," but I can see how you could easily mistake a bear for a dove. Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I even mistake chipmunks for wolves.
:laugh4:
Actually, to a Lemur, they might!
al Roumi
09-10-2010, 17:52
Bears that lost their fear of humans should be shot, but why build your house or go picnic in bear-territory, Canada is huge more than enough room to do that somwhere else and leave the critters be. I also just don't get it, why go out to hurt something when you just don't have to, live and let live. Hunters are probably annoyed by that and I can understand the appeal of 'the hunt' as a sport and I know there is more to it than simply shooting animals, but it's a stupid sport if you ask me. And if someone is a poor marksman and just wounds it takes many agonising terrified hours before the poor thing is finally put out of it's misery. Not my idea of a good time.
If I'd only read your posts in this thread, I'd think you were a leftie... If you are feeling that way inclined, I know a good place where you can get your chakra's aligned.
:wink:
Rhyfelwyr
09-10-2010, 22:36
If I'd only read your posts in this thread, I'd think you were a leftie... If you are feeling that way inclined, I know a good place where you can get your chakra's aligned.
Hitler loved animals.
:hide:
Rhyfelwyr
09-11-2010, 00:18
A right-wing guy that likes animals, how could I not do it?
And HoreTore delivers in the Koran burning thread.
My work here is done...
do I really need to point out that Hitler was a
a whatever bears are cool
Bear hunting is an amazing experience. It's the closest you can get to hunting something that can hunt you back without having to step foot in Earth's toilet bowl (Africa).
Wildebeest hunting is an amazing experience. It's the closest you can get to the ancestral roots of hunting something the way our predecessors would have had in the open expanses of the bushveldt without having to step into Earth's tool-shed (America).
Seamus Fermanagh
09-11-2010, 14:32
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Bears that lost their fear of humans should be shot, but why build your house or go picnic in bear-territory, Canada is huge more than enough room to do that somwhere else and leave the critters be. I also just don't get it, why go out to hurt something when you just don't have to, live and let live. Hunters are probably annoyed by that and I can understand the appeal of 'the hunt' as a sport and I know there is more to it than simply shooting animals, but it's a stupid sport if you ask me. And if someone is a poor marksman and just wounds it takes many agonising terrified hours before the poor thing is finally put out of it's misery. Not my idea of a good time.
When speaking of mega-fauna such as a bear, Canada isn't that big. And 75% of the countries habitable landmass is bear country.
As illustrated by this map of American black bear territory. And out in the forests Goofball's going to visit you have Grizzly bears too.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/American_Black_bear_map.png
So really any which wear you plant your flag and build a home is bear country here. There is a town in Manitoba called Churchill that lies right on polar bears (aka a small car with claws and teeth and a less than sunny disposition) annual migration routes. They will literally walk right up the streets every fall.
Devastatin Dave
09-12-2010, 02:10
If you kill a bear, the terrorists win....
When speaking of mega-fauna such as a bear, Canada isn't that big. And 75% of the countries habitable landmass is bear country.
25% of Canada is still absolutely huge. Bears may be dangerous, but they are also highly intelligent and emotional creatures, watch some documentories on their behaviour you will be amazed. Why not hunt stupid people instead and try to get away with it, level playing field sport-technically and you get to shoot so everything is ok, everybody happy
a completely inoffensive name
09-12-2010, 10:46
I say hunt any species with bigger penises then humans to extinction.
25% of Canada is still absolutely huge. Bears may be dangerous, but they are also highly intelligent and emotional creatures, watch some documentories on their behaviour you will be amazed. Why not hunt stupid people instead and try to get away with it, level playing field sport-technically and you get to shoot so everything is ok, everybody happy
I'd be totally for hunting stupid people. Unfortunately our primate biology precludes such things. We can't enjoy for real spectator blood sports any more. So we get our masculine need for violence sated via killing innocent creatures, the smarter the better. :rifle:
And another thing about bear hunting, you need a special hunting license for it. As most populations are somewhat protected. Not as restricted as moose though. Where you enter a lottery to win the right to shoot 1.
Goofball
09-13-2010, 19:52
Thanks for all the responses. I note that in my initial post I made a mistake. I should have said "next" weekend, not "this" weekend, as it's this coming weekend I'm going.
I must admit, I'm a little hesitant myself. Funny thing is, I know I could shoot a human being if I had to. I'm not actually sure I want to shoot a bear. I do have some motivation to want to shoot one, as bear meat is my favorite out of any wild game I've ever tried. But no matter what happens it won't be a total loss, as I'll be out with a good buddy, enjoying some of the finest natural scenery North America has to offer: Vancouver Island.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Centurion1
09-14-2010, 05:56
Thanks for all the responses. I note that in my initial post I made a mistake. I should have said "next" weekend, not "this" weekend, as it's this coming weekend I'm going.
I must admit, I'm a little hesitant myself. Funny thing is, I know I could shoot a human being if I had to. I'm not actually sure I want to shoot a bear. I do have some motivation to want to shoot one, as bear meat is my favorite out of any wild game I've ever tried. But no matter what happens it won't be a total loss, as I'll be out with a good buddy, enjoying some of the finest natural scenery North America has to offer: Vancouver Island.
I'll let you know how it goes.
tbh you probably wont even get to kill one. last time i went hunting which was like two weeks ago (im trapped in a city now) i wasnt even able to get a shot in on what i was going for. Hunting shouldnt ever be about making the kill only people who dont hunt think that. Its about experiencing nature on a level you just dont reach otherwise.
Strike For The South
09-15-2010, 01:14
tbh you probably wont even get to kill one. last time i went hunting which was like two weeks ago (im trapped in a city now) i wasnt even able to get a shot in on what i was going for. Hunting shouldnt ever be about making the kill only people who dont hunt think that. Its about experiencing nature on a level you just dont reach otherwise.
You're doing it wrong
Major Robert Dump
09-15-2010, 04:25
tbh you probably wont even get to kill one. last time i went hunting which was like two weeks ago (im trapped in a city now) i wasnt even able to get a shot in on what i was going for. Hunting shouldnt ever be about making the kill only people who dont hunt think that. Its about experiencing nature on a level you just dont reach otherwise.
For those of us who grew up in nature I can assure you 100% that hunting has nothing to do with "experiencing nature." Now for you City Slickers and your Walden Thorough obsession, that may be the case. But for me it's all about the meat, meat, meat.
Centurion1
09-15-2010, 04:27
For those of us who grew up in nature I can assure you 100% that hunting has nothing to do with "experiencing nature." Now for you City Slickers and your Walden Thorough obsession, that may be the case. But for me it's all about the meat, meat, meat.
i live in a rural area, we go to our land in montana for 2 weeks every summer, my father for longer, the only time we have lived in a city is when my dad was stationed on a nas located in one like SD, i only live in a city now because im at university
Strike For The South
09-15-2010, 16:07
i live in a rural area, we go to our land in montana for 2 weeks every summer, my father for longer, the only time we have lived in a city is when my dad was stationed on a nas located in one like SD, i only live in a city now because im at university
:laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ-kOix5FAI
Don't kill it, it doesn't understand what is going on, but it does feel pain and can be terrified. Humans know why they are being shot at
Centurion1
09-16-2010, 05:16
i live on the east coast sfts. do you realize how much it costs to transport ourselves along with dogs and gear to montana every year. two weeks is luxurious.
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