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Post by sd51555 on Jan 22, 2021 9:26:30 GMT -6
For myself I'd draw a parallel to fishing.
To this day, I'm fanatical about fishing. I've got more fishing gear in my bedroom right now, than most people will own in a lifetime. When I was younger, I could fish sun up to sun down and not even think about taking a break.
I haven't bought a fishing license in 3 years. Part of that was because I busy working on cabin stuff, but now that's done and I've got the time, still not too jazzed about going. It's not that I don't feel the same way about fishing as I did back then, it's just not worth it to me for what I'd get out of it. The prospect of having to drive a ways, buy a license, pick up bait, find a spot, hopefully quiet, connect on fish, hopefully big enough, and hopefully enough worth keeping...
...All to potentially get worked over by the fish police as they rolling pin your one walleye to see if you're an 1/8th of an inch over the slot, check your BAC, they rifle through your bucket looking for evidence of russian collusion, or check your spare rods for wet jigs. Or you get swarmed by Iowa guys thinking you know where the fish are because you're not in the crowd. Or you get some gear head whipping shitties around your boat or fish house on their rec equipment. Maybe the drainage systems around your lake back up to historic levels and carp flow in and destroy the fishery all together. Maybe the DNR doesn't think they should kill every single northern caught in your lake.
Then throw in the cost of a truck and big-water-capable boat, and you've got yourself a recipe for a cost/benefit imbalance.
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Post by batman on Jan 22, 2021 9:29:28 GMT -6
Put your 40 up north into that spread sheet.
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Post by sd51555 on Jan 22, 2021 9:31:33 GMT -6
Put your 40 up north into that spread sheet. Pencils out just fine. Ain't a day goes by that i don't think about that.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 22, 2021 9:34:52 GMT -6
Quality of the hunt makes a huge difference. I do see young MN kids getting into hunting, but nothing like I see with the youth in Iowa. They get super excited about hunts down there, as they are almost guaranteed a quality hunt. Even the public land is active with deer and nice bucks.
If you sit on public in MN on land that the DNR opened up for cattle grazing and cut down all the trees, and you do not see a deer all weekend, are you gonna be a life long hunter?
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 22, 2021 10:10:12 GMT -6
Quality of the hunt makes a huge difference. I do see young MN kids getting into hunting, but nothing like I see with the youth in Iowa. They get super excited about hunts down there, as they are almost guaranteed a quality hunt. Even the public land is active with deer and nice bucks. If you sit on public in MN on land that the DNR opened up for cattle grazing and cut down all the trees, and you do not see a deer all weekend, are you gonna be a life long hunter? You ain’t going to see a deer, but it will be great to see pollinators. . Sad, ain’t it!)
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 22, 2021 10:16:01 GMT -6
For myself I'd draw a parallel to fishing. To this day, I'm fanatical about fishing. I've got more fishing gear in my bedroom right now, than most people will own in a lifetime. When I was younger, I could fish sun up to sun down and not even think about taking a break. I haven't bought a fishing license in 3 years. Part of that was because I busy working on cabin stuff, but now that's done and I've got the time, still not too jazzed about going. It's not that I don't feel the same way about fishing as I did back then, it's just not worth it to me for what I'd get out of it. The prospect of having to drive a ways, buy a license, pick up bait, find a spot, hopefully quiet, connect on fish, hopefully big enough, and hopefully enough worth keeping... ...All to potentially get worked over by the fish police as they rolling pin your one walleye to see if you're an 1/8th of an inch over the slot, check your BAC, they rifle through your bucket looking for evidence of russian collusion, or check your spare rods for wet jigs. Or you get swarmed by Iowa guys thinking you know where the fish are because you're not in the crowd. Or you get some gear head whipping shitties around your boat or fish house on their rec equipment. Maybe the drainage systems around your lake back up to historic levels and carp flow in and destroy the fishery all together. Maybe the DNR doesn't think they should kill every single northern caught in your lake. Then throw in the cost of a truck and big-water-capable boat, and you've got yourself a recipe for a cost/benefit imbalance. . I got back into fishing after retirement. I have spent some money, but I can enjoy myself with a 25 year old fishouse that needs repairs almost weekly and with a thirty year old boat that I bought used. I like being alone or away from people when seriously fishing. Sunrise is a favorite time to be on the lake. Yesterday was quiet while on the lake. Cold wind and slush kept people off while I walked out. Last year there were 20 houses within 100 yards. Not this year. The ice thickness is also varying considerably.
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Post by biglakebass on Jan 22, 2021 10:49:19 GMT -6
Here we go off topic,,,, but whats with slush this year? There isnt any snowload. Dad said the same thing in Battle Lake. Slush is really bad in areas.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 22, 2021 11:04:20 GMT -6
For myself I'd draw a parallel to fishing. To this day, I'm fanatical about fishing. I've got more fishing gear in my bedroom right now, than most people will own in a lifetime. When I was younger, I could fish sun up to sun down and not even think about taking a break. I haven't bought a fishing license in 3 years. Part of that was because I busy working on cabin stuff, but now that's done and I've got the time, still not too jazzed about going. It's not that I don't feel the same way about fishing as I did back then, it's just not worth it to me for what I'd get out of it. The prospect of having to drive a ways, buy a license, pick up bait, find a spot, hopefully quiet, connect on fish, hopefully big enough, and hopefully enough worth keeping... ...All to potentially get worked over by the fish police as they rolling pin your one walleye to see if you're an 1/8th of an inch over the slot, check your BAC, they rifle through your bucket looking for evidence of russian collusion, or check your spare rods for wet jigs. Or you get swarmed by Iowa guys thinking you know where the fish are because you're not in the crowd. Or you get some gear head whipping shitties around your boat or fish house on their rec equipment. Maybe the drainage systems around your lake back up to historic levels and carp flow in and destroy the fishery all together. Maybe the DNR doesn't think they should kill every single northern caught in your lake. Then throw in the cost of a truck and big-water-capable boat, and you've got yourself a recipe for a cost/benefit imbalance. . I got back into fishing after retirement. I have spent some money, but I can enjoy myself with a 25 year old fishouse that needs repairs almost weekly and with a thirty year old boat that I bought used. I like being alone or away from people when seriously fishing. Sunrise is a favorite time to be on the lake. Yesterday was quiet while on the lake. Cold wind and slush kept people off while I walked out. Last year there were 20 houses within 100 yards. Not this year. The ice thickness is also varying considerably. Art--I just saw a 2011 6.5 x 14 Yetti on Craigslist in Garrison for 6,299...only negative is it is Yellow! LOL
Get the checkbook out!
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 22, 2021 11:07:28 GMT -6
Here we go off topic,,,, but whats with slush this year? There isnt any snowload. Dad said the same thing in Battle Lake. Slush is really bad in areas. I see variations of ice thickness from the fall/ winter weather. Parts of the lake froze early, then part opened up. Part refrozen with snow cover and others without snow cover. This week I had about 4 inch difference in ice thickness over a 100 foot span. Maybe ?? This cause more expansion and cracks that allow slush formation. Or maybe just because of Biden this week.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 22, 2021 11:09:52 GMT -6
. I got back into fishing after retirement. I have spent some money, but I can enjoy myself with a 25 year old fishouse that needs repairs almost weekly and with a thirty year old boat that I bought used. I like being alone or away from people when seriously fishing. Sunrise is a favorite time to be on the lake. Yesterday was quiet while on the lake. Cold wind and slush kept people off while I walked out. Last year there were 20 houses within 100 yards. Not this year. The ice thickness is also varying considerably. Art--I just saw a 2011 6.5 x 14 Yetti on Craigslist in Garrison for 6,299...only negative is it is Yellow! LOL
Get the checkbook out!
I have a 6.5 x 16 that has never been on the lake. I had some work redone on it and we covered all the holes in the floor. It is just used for a hunting shack. Not a Yeti.
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Post by caveman on Jan 22, 2021 13:05:42 GMT -6
Hunting the public lands I hunt now I see way more deer than when I hunted private lands back in the day. My first 3 years of deer hunting, on private lands, I did not see a deer in the woods that hadn't already been shot. Even with seeing deer on the regular now I am very hesitant to introduce someone to hunting on public as the possibility of something stupid crazy happening is too high. Better they see nothing from a comfy box stand than to see nothing while hanging in a tree and have a bullet wiz by.
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Post by daydreamer on Jan 22, 2021 13:09:23 GMT -6
Here we go off topic,,,, but whats with slush this year? There isnt any snowload. Dad said the same thing in Battle Lake. Slush is really bad in areas. I don't get it either. Over NYE we were up and essentially couldn't go anywhere on the lake outside of a small path my neighbor had plowed. Last weekend it was better (surprisingly) but there was a slush ribbon throughout the center of the lake. I looked back on my snowmobile after I felt my back end drop down and it looked like I was sledding through straight water...
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 22, 2021 13:44:41 GMT -6
I know the kids in my sons class (graduated 2011) are way more mobile as hunters than I was at that age. Many of them hunt out of state for deer, elk, pheasants. One of his friends has his own guide service for waterfowl in North Dakota. He has hunters coming in from all over the US, and he is only 28 years old.
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Post by Reagan on Jan 22, 2021 19:23:35 GMT -6
My hunter has finished processing his own deer. He turned me onto this chick today. I might waste my weekend watching her vids. She’s a real woman. Not some angry fake plastic wrestler thang. jesspryles.com/
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Post by sd51555 on Jan 22, 2021 19:49:23 GMT -6
My hunter has finished processing his own deer. He turned me onto this chick today. I might waste my weekend watching her vids. She’s a real woman. Not some angry fake plastic wrestler thang. jesspryles.com/Ain't no amount of money gonna buy a physique like this. Now some makeup, an $80 bra, some cheesy recipes, and a cheap shopify site... dime a dozen.
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