aga man Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 i beleive the angler in you never dies[so to speak]. i have spent the last ten years pike fishing. two years ago i got back into shooting. the fishing gear is now covered in dust but i won't part with as i know the bug will come back, i'm sure it is the same with shooting if you have had a passion for it at some point, it will no doubt return as things in life change. i can understand the change of heart and lack of enthusiasm for the shooting at the moment, but i don't understand the change of emotion towards your quarry. having said that i have yet to shoot as many fox's / animals as you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Kent, you will find I'm completely the opposite of what you described. I never took up shooting, granddad a game keeper, dad shoots so I just fell into it. Nor am I a photo hunter. I don't fish muddy puddles and target the fish nobody else can catch. How could i be describing you i don't know you more than your post history, its just a statement on what i have found over the years. Photo hunters exist on all sorts of waters for all sorts of fish- worldwide! Of course you took up shooting though, I have read your posts. Did i not take up fishing because practically every male member of my family fished? dogs? Guns? ferrets? etc. dont tell us you were forced into it please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I never said you described me, I just said I was the complete opposite of what you had described. You could argue in an empty room. No I wasent forced into it. But seen as I have pulled the trigger since I was strong enough to do so. I was hardly going to take up badminton was I? I carnt put the rifle away just yet. A fox has had 6 chickens today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 I never said you described me, I just said I was the complete opposite of what you had described. You could argue in an empty room. No I wasent forced into it. But seen as I have pulled the trigger since I was strong enough to do so. I was hardly going to take up badminton was I? I carnt put the rifle away just yet. A fox has had 6 chickens today. obviously 6-7 times a week aint having the desired effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted September 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 That's what happens when you create a void. Problem foxes move in. First ones I've lost since I got them over a year ago. They roam free in a wood. So 6-7 nights had the desired effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper3 Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 at the end of the day, we just got to do what we are happy with..its not worth arguing about,..tight lines on your new venture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Go for it mate , my shooting has nearly seen the last of its days and the guns are now collecting dust. I have gone onto carp fishing and have the bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 This will be the first year in the last twenty or so that I have not been fishing at least once, although for about the last five years I have only gone two or three times a season, hardly worth buying a license. My shooting has changed over the years, I used to drive about looking for pigeons and go knocking on spec, with a great deal of success, now I have had the decoys out but once this season. I would say that deer stalking has now taken over as my main spring/summer activity. I still do quite alot of foeshore wildfowling over the season, but inland wildfowl shooting has never interested me at all. All in all I pull the trigger now far less than I used to when I used to shoot pigeons regularily. I do know now though that I spend a quite frightening amount of money on it all compared to my old pigeon and rabbiting days! Anyway, good luck with whatever you chose to do, we are in a good area for both. ps can I have your permissions!?! LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted September 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've a young lad to keep on top of the rabbits on all my permissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprackles Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) I've a young lad to keep on top of the rabbits on all my permissions. Bloody hell Joe, he must still be at school, you're hardly an oldie.... Edited September 18, 2012 by Sprackles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 buy a spear gun like i did ,best of both worlds ,well i had to buy 2 of them ,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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