Thread: Another silly bear

By the way, kind of off topic, but I don't know if any of you guys have seen the series Yellowstone with Kevin Costner. I guarantee most of you old school guys would love this show if you don't already, which would probably also make you a fan of Longmire, which I bet some of you have seen. One of the best shows I've seen in a long time-the scenery is gorgeous in more than one sense, and Kevin Costner plays the haunted protagonist trying desperately to hold on to a dying way of life in the West's largest ranch adjacent to our greatest National Park IMO. Check it out on Paramount or if you refuse to have cable like me, Amazon Prime.

(Oh, and it does have some bears).

I would kill everything I eat if it were up to me. My wife is not up for any kind of game meat. City girl all the way. That's why I live in suburbia...damn it. She won't even eat the rabbits I bring home. I have always said that everyone that eats meat should kill something that they eat at least once in their life. It makes you respect the food more. It's a lot less likely that you'll throw leftovers in the garbage if you truly understand that it was once walking around on all fours. Just sayin'.
I grew up raising what we ate and I would gladly go back to that again if I could. I want to live where I could shoot deer from my front porch. I have always wanted to hunt moose but probably won't unless I win the lottery.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I would kill everything I eat if it were up to me. My wife is not up for any kind of game meat. City girl all the way. That's why I live in suburbia...damn it. She won't even eat the rabbits I bring home. I have always said that everyone that eats meat should kill something that they eat at least once in their life. It makes you respect the food more. It's a lot less likely that you'll throw leftovers in the garbage if you truly understand that it was once walking around on all fours. Just sayin'.
I grew up raising what we ate and I would gladly go back to that again if I could. I want to live where I could shoot deer from my front porch. I have always wanted to hunt moose but probably won't unless I win the lottery.

I have a friend who lives in the interior of British Columbia and enters the lottery for a moose hunting tag every year. For the last several years he and his hunting partner go into the wild for a couple of weeks to hunt the big guys.

Last year they got skunked. A day after the end of hunting season, a big bull moose walked onto his property about 200 feet from his porch.

Mike had to sit there with his coffee and just watch.

Those moose aren’t stupid. I’m sure he knew the season had ended.

My 22 year old son filled the freezer with cube steaks, burger and other cuts from a 180 pound buck he killed last fall. We just ate the last pack of meat a couple weeks ago-it was delicious. Lean and nutritious, and no chemicals. I think he was pretty proud of providing for his family in this most ancient way.

I haven't hunted in decades myself, but I have no issue with people doing it as long as they respect the resource.

Funny you mention rabbits, Paul-As we speak, a pair are foraging in my yard just outside the window here. My Papaw would have shot one to fry up in pan gravy.

That's how I survived for a many years, along with the few times I received a 1/4 of beef from the farmer I worked for.

I did put venison on the table a few times after I got married, but the wife never really cared for it. She said it always reminded her of the movie, Bambi.

Now I just put a order in with the farmer I worked for, for farm raised beef. Better than store bought, and cheaper in the long run. Just put an order in a few days ago, knowing the cows will be ready near the end of August.
$2.50 a lb. hanging weight + processing is my cost for prime beef.



Let me know if you can find a roast, marbled like this, in the store for $2.50 a lb.

Originally Posted by DZEC

I have a friend who lives in the interior of British Columbia and enters the lottery for a moose hunting tag every year. For the last several years he and his hunting partner go into the wild for a couple of weeks to hunt the big guys.

Last year they got skunked. A day after the end of hunting season, a big bull moose walked onto his property about 200 feet from his porch.

Mike had to sit there with his coffee and just watch.

Those moose aren’t stupid. I’m sure he knew the season had ended.

A customer of mine at the local Harley dealer is from Alaska. We were talking about it and I said that I heard hunting moose was very expensive. He said out of state moose permits were $3000. Considering you can hunt ferel pigs in Florida without a permit or hunting license and with no season, size, sex, hour (you can even spot light) or bag limit EVEN IF YOU ARE FROM OUT OF STATE that is a little expensive. The only stipulation is it has to be on private property with owner consent.
Edit: Also there.are basically the same rules on public property but there is a season and I think it is dawn to dusk. I don't hunt on public property so I'm not that up on the rules.

Actually just fact checked that and found this

BUT that still doesn't give you a place to hunt so maybe I misunderstood what he said and it was the hunting trip he referred to. Still rather expensive I think. Deer tags in Florida are $5

Paul-You need to go down to the Everglades and hunt the giant Burmese Pythons that have cleaned out all the small animals there, from what I hear. Doesn't the state even offer bounties? You could get several nice pairs of boots out of a big hide!

Yep. There are Anacondas also. Burmese are bigger bodied but not as long
This is a Burmese bagged in Florida

In Ontario a nonresident hunter, either out of Province Canadian or foreign, will pay $459.86 CAD/$338.48 USD plus $35.00 CAD/$25.76 USD for an export licence. No idea about nonresidents but resident Bull moose tags are on a lottery basis for some/all wildlife management units. Heaven help you if you shoot a bull moose by accident without a tag.

Bob