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JerryBobCo
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Camp meat

When I was a kid in the 50s and 60s, I remember hearing stories from some of the old-timers about how they used to hunt. Mostly, they were hunting deer, and would hunt for a week or so, from a camp. One of the things that seemed to be a tradition is that someone would shoot a doe or young buck as soon as possible and that would be used as camp meat. As best I can remember, it was not tagged, and no one seemed to think anything unusual about it. It was just the way it was.
Does anyone else remember such traditions or stories?
Does anyone else remember such traditions or stories?
Jerry
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
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They even tell you that up front nowadays, "No Such Thing As Camp Meat Anymore." Kill joys!
One tradition we used to have was we would have a pot for the biggest deer. I had it won once and then the last day the last hunt this ol' foggie comes in with a 12 point with a 20 inch spread. The pot was almost $100. I could have used that money back then.
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I think that's just the way it is now, just about every where. Some of the stories I remember hearing as a kid had to do with game wardens telling hunters where a few fat does were and doing sort of a wink-wink type suggestion that they would be good camp meat.
I just can't imagine that happening now.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
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How long is the season in Alabama? Ours is two months long. That would be about 16 does a year here.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Not sure, all the nurses I know have left NZ for greener pastures...........
Will find out for you.
Jerry
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The idea here is to put a lot of hunting pressure on the doe population to reduce the bucks' breeding opportunities. It seems to be working, as we're seeing a slight reduction in the overpopulated total number of deer, and a better selection of mature bucks to hunt. If even one buck in an area survives, he will get around to breeding practically all the does in his neighborhood. The logical method of controlling the total number and the overall health of the herd is to cull as many does as possible. Also, "Ya can't eat horns!"
Jerry
One such idiotic law is that a flounder has to be 14 inches minimum. Now how in blue blazzes are you going to judge that from the deck of a boat looking down into 8"-18 inches of water in the middle of the night with light glaring off the water? That's insane.It makes about as much sense as having a screen door on a submarine. Now think about it. If you gig a short flounder, what are you going to do? Keep it? I don't thing a sane person will because he can buy a bunch of prime beef for the cost of that one flounder if he gets caught. So what do we do? We throw it back. And then you're pretty sure it's going to die. So how many fish are wasted? And when it's brought up at various meetings it is passed over with all kinds of excuses or the one bringing it up gets shouted down. Bunny Huggers!!! They will be the end of us all.
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I say if the size is that critical cut back on the numbers. I would still gig flounder if they let me gig 3 fish or two fish because I've been doing it since i was 7 years old and it is s great sport for me. One thing I think that needs to stop is flounder charters. These guys take parties of people out and everyone gets a limit. Then they take em back to the dock, let em off, and another party gets on the boat and goes out. They do this all night. This really puts pressure on the resource. I don't want to see them outlaw flounder gigging. But I would rather see it than for flounder to become endangered. Also, I would be in favor of a flounder season like deer season where gigging is only allowed for so many months a year (We already have a version of it as November is now off limits to giggers and the bag limit for rod and reel fishing is cut to Two fish for that month). I don't want to see even that, but if that's the alternative I could live with it as I do now with November off limits.
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Makes me remember my promise to myself.
No I guess I'm not privy to your freaking level of genius bream. Gee I wish I was as smart as you. Then I could bug every body here that doesn't agree with every thing I say and contiunually find arguements on the internet. I just made a promise to myself too.
Say GoodNight Gracie!!!
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This is truly an honor Sir!!! And you are always welcome to take anything I say as a sig line.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.