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AKPirate wrote:The sins of Boot and Gaddy are causing the Cali drought and knowing they have no limits to their depravity... :mrgreen:
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
3legged_lab wrote:Ummm, if that hen in the last pic isn't yours, can I have her?
AKPirate wrote:The sins of Boot and Gaddy are causing the Cali drought and knowing they have no limits to their depravity... :mrgreen:
Bootlipkiller wrote:Oh, and by the way here are a few pics
They aren't actually my pictures but I heard they were worth 1000 words so I thought I would share them.
Bootlipkiller wrote:Oh, and by the way here are a few pics
They aren't actually my pictures but I heard they were worth 1000 words so I thought I would share them.
3200 Man wrote:I use to go watch the competition at Auto Life but as the calling got more and more Not sounding like a Duck or Goose
I figured I'd stay what I knew would work ! I kind of miss the deals to be had , when it was here close but , over time it's
mostly the same stuff ( just a little different ) and as they say , 90 percent of the success in hunting these days is gotten
by 10 percent of the hunters using older proven stuff , Why ?
I'm a Dakota , Full Curl decoy type of hunter with damn good success but , being under a waterfowl highway is still the
most important thing to have , besides , a well equipped boat , finished dog , latest shotgun , newest calls , motion decoys ,
portable blinds and shells that are no better than my handloads !
But , I do understand and Like the Hype , along with the BS that's everywhere there !
Rick wrote:Hell, when I make it to our State contest, it's for the BS. I'm not nearly interested enough in the calling, itself, to try to understand what the guys are doing (beyond that it takes a heck of a lot more dedication and practice than I'm willing to put out) and can't help but feel for the judges charged with trying to sort them.
But it tickles me to see and visit with old friends I may not have seen since the last time they were in town for the contest or to promote their stuff at the sporting goods sale down the road.
Duckdog wrote:I'm not trying to start an argument, and this has nothing to do with the contest, but I sure have a tough time believing the "diminishing hunter" thing.
I'd sure need to see some real, believable stats before I could get behind that theory. Now, don't get me wrong, I think it's great to get the younger folks involved, and I'm responsible for instilling the addiction into quite a few of them.
But, I just don't see the "numbers shrinking" thing at all. It seems like everywhere you go, (work, etc.) you run into someone else that hunts.
Look at all of the trucks you see with hunting decals and such. I sure don't remember it being like that.
And now,...there's a Cabelas or Bass Pro in damn near every major city! If they were losing market share, I can't see where that was a good investment.
It's damned sure easier for the new generation!
I don't know...maybe it's a regional thing? Or maybe even a "sociological" thing, but I work construction for a large company, and I would say the biggest majority of apprentices I get hunt.
Especially Bowhunting! When I first started Bowhunting, very few people hunted with a bow. And, you had to search out little Ma & Pop archery shops to get your gear.
Again, now it seems like every young hunter I run into bow hunts.
I dunno,...I hear it all the time, but I sure have a tough time believing it.
And, I wonder why my auto correct capitalizes Bowhunting? Respect?
Legband wrote:Rick wrote:Hell, when I make it to our State contest, it's for the BS. I'm not nearly interested enough in the calling, itself, to try to understand what the guys are doing (beyond that it takes a heck of a lot more dedication and practice than I'm willing to put out) and can't help but feel for the judges charged with trying to sort them.
But it tickles me to see and visit with old friends I may not have seen since the last time they were in town for the contest or to promote their stuff at the sporting goods sale down the road.
Yea I'm not a contest caller either and I do agree that many of the sounds and cadences they use are totally opposite of what you should use in the field.
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