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Post by Bwoods11 on Oct 11, 2019 12:07:54 GMT -6
Whip--so true, we literally hunted every hour of the day when we were young. I remember not even packing a lunch, maybe just a candy bar, any pause in the action was a burden. So fun, we took a lot of photos, quite a few mixed bags of pheasants and waterfowl.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 11, 2019 13:07:30 GMT -6
Many Sundays on the way back from up north listening to Stu Voight on WCCO radio doing color commentary for Vikes games. I didnt get to watch many vikes games as a kid/teen/young adult.
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 12, 2019 0:30:41 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 14, 2019 13:08:12 GMT -6
Small game (upland hunting) was just not a big thing when I grew up in northern Minnesota. You might shoot a squirrel here or there, shoot a partridge when you saw it, but no concentrated effort. It must be a regional thing. Many families did not even eat squirrel. My grandfather from Kentucky was big on squirrel hunting. My Mom cooked some when he was there. Ducks and deer were what you hunted. Geese were seldom killed in my area. I'd guess like many things that regions play a part. My Dad always called waterfowl hunting a rich man's sport. I hunted ducks and geese a few times, but stopped after being unable to find a way to cook them so they were edible. I could probably do better today, but I have zero interest in shooting any waterfowl now. Bunnies, squirrels, pheasants, and grouse when we hunted at the cabin. We also used to shoot a few snowshoe hares in Juneau County. They weren't much for eating either, so we stopped hunting them. I was thinking about your statement that waterfowl hunting is a rich mans sport. Back in my young days, I dot think we had a state waterfowl stamp and I’ll bet most of the teenagers shooting ducks didn’t worry about the federal stamp. I do say that the cost of the stamps has kept me from hunting ducks. I don’t want to buy the stamps to go shoot 2-3 wood ducks on a creek that runs through my own land. Just not worth it.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 14, 2019 13:52:15 GMT -6
I paid 80 bucks for stamps. We shot 1 duck opening day and said f it. Too much work to simply enjoy a sunrise or get drenched in a monsoon....
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 14, 2019 13:56:07 GMT -6
I'd guess like many things that regions play a part. My Dad always called waterfowl hunting a rich man's sport. I hunted ducks and geese a few times, but stopped after being unable to find a way to cook them so they were edible. I could probably do better today, but I have zero interest in shooting any waterfowl now. Bunnies, squirrels, pheasants, and grouse when we hunted at the cabin. We also used to shoot a few snowshoe hares in Juneau County. They weren't much for eating either, so we stopped hunting them. I was thinking about your statement that waterfowl hunting is a rich mans sport. Back in my young days, I dot think we had a state waterfowl stamp and I’ll bet most of the teenagers shooting ducks didn’t worry about the federal stamp. I do say that the cost of the stamps has kept me from hunting ducks. I don’t want to buy the stamps to go shoot 2-3 wood ducks on a creek that runs through my own land. Just not worth it. Imagine if the state charged you $370 to pursue one nuisance animal on your own property with two weapons. You'd storm the capital if there were more than 5 of you affected in the entire state. But no, Grandpa Chris doesn't have the numbers, so his cause doesn't matter.
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Post by smsmith on Oct 14, 2019 15:15:09 GMT -6
I'd guess like many things that regions play a part. My Dad always called waterfowl hunting a rich man's sport. I hunted ducks and geese a few times, but stopped after being unable to find a way to cook them so they were edible. I could probably do better today, but I have zero interest in shooting any waterfowl now. Bunnies, squirrels, pheasants, and grouse when we hunted at the cabin. We also used to shoot a few snowshoe hares in Juneau County. They weren't much for eating either, so we stopped hunting them. I was thinking about your statement that waterfowl hunting is a rich mans sport. Back in my young days, I dot think we had a state waterfowl stamp and I’ll bet most of the teenagers shooting ducks didn’t worry about the federal stamp. I do say that the cost of the stamps has kept me from hunting ducks. I don’t want to buy the stamps to go shoot 2-3 wood ducks on a creek that runs through my own land. Just not worth it. I think Dad called it a rich man's sport more for what he perceived as being necessary to duck hunt. Boats, well trained dogs, expensive shotguns, and probably most of all...free time. Dad didn't even start deer hunting until he was in his 40s. Dad was a workaholic and getting him to take time to do anything that he didn't perceive as work or productive was really tough. I did not inherit that trait I haven't bought a waterfowl stamp since sometime in the late 80s. Just not worth it to me.
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Post by smsmith on Oct 14, 2019 15:19:08 GMT -6
I was thinking about your statement that waterfowl hunting is a rich mans sport. Back in my young days, I dot think we had a state waterfowl stamp and I’ll bet most of the teenagers shooting ducks didn’t worry about the federal stamp. I do say that the cost of the stamps has kept me from hunting ducks. I don’t want to buy the stamps to go shoot 2-3 wood ducks on a creek that runs through my own land. Just not worth it. Imagine if the state charged you $370 to pursue one nuisance animal on your own property with two weapons. You'd storm the capital if there were more than 5 of you affected in the entire state. But no, Grandpa Chris doesn't have the numbers, so his cause doesn't matter. One time I paid the $100 something for a non-res license to hunt on my folks' place in WI. Decided it was dumb and not worth it. I had a buddy come up here and deer hunt for a couple years. He decided it wasn't worth the cost and I don't blame him a bit. No way in hell would I pay $370 to deer hunt on my own property. Just not going to happen
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 14, 2019 15:47:05 GMT -6
Imagine if the state charged you $370 to pursue one nuisance animal on your own property with two weapons. You'd storm the capital if there were more than 5 of you affected in the entire state. But no, Grandpa Chris doesn't have the numbers, so his cause doesn't matter. One time I paid the $100 something for a non-res license to hunt on my folks' place in WI. Decided it was dumb and not worth it. I had a buddy come up here and deer hunt for a couple years. He decided it wasn't worth the cost and I don't blame him a bit. No way in hell would I pay $370 to deer hunt on my own property. Just not going to happen I think all the non-resident deer hunters of MN should get together at an IHOP and discuss why they do this. This just makes me angry the more I think about it. This is also why I need to seal the deal with the stick and string before pumpkin season. I don't mind paying more, but let's make some sense out of it. Residents pay $32, I'll pay $75. I'd gladly buy two tags for $150 vs an archery tag for $185 alone (to hunt the exotic button bucks of northern MN). I'd even buy a smokepole tag for $75 if it got me another two weeks in the blind. This shit gets much higher I may quit buying tags altogether and just go drink in the woods and shake my fist at the deer.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 14, 2019 19:06:13 GMT -6
I have no idea.... how much is it to buy a non res deer tag in MN now???
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 14, 2019 19:17:20 GMT -6
I have no idea.... how much is it to buy a non res deer tag in MN now??? $185/weapon. That means $555/year to hunt one deer on my own property if I would like to hunt all three weapons.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 14, 2019 19:20:55 GMT -6
You are in a 1 deer area total? holy crap.
I guess it beats the $600 for one tag in Montana,,,,, but you see 100 a day I guess.
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 14, 2019 19:22:33 GMT -6
I paid 80 bucks for stamps. We shot 1 duck opening day and said f it. Too much work to simply enjoy a sunrise or get drenched in a monsoon.... Go fishing instead.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 14, 2019 19:29:03 GMT -6
or bowhunt
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Post by benmnwi on Oct 14, 2019 20:21:58 GMT -6
Nonresident hunters in mn and wi have it made compared to other states. It could be way worse.
The supply and demand rule is real and the average hunters lose when states see how much they can screw over non residents.
South Dakota is really good at this with deer, pheasants and ducks. But so are other states. I spend $150 per year for a stupid moose preference point in Wyoming. I have 16 points, so I'm in too deep to stop now. Same goes for the $75 elk, $50 Deer and $40 antelope preference points. I'm not sure if I'll bother with points after I draw my next tags there.
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