JDog Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 The thread about the % of income spent on shooting has thrown up some interesting replies. To some a few hundred pounds forms a high % and has to be scraped together. Others with more disposable income may spend thousands of pounds on their sport. Those in the first situation may ultimately get more value out of their sporting forays. In your waking hours (we all dream about shooting or rather we all dream that we can shoot), what % of your time at work or play is spent thinking about shooting in all of it's various forms? This can include actual participation, preparing for an outing, considering guns/rifles and ammunition, chatting on forums or the phone to like minded souls, driving along looking for flight lines or stalking/rabbiting/foxing opportunities, getting the kit together and dealing with the end result be it plucking, gutting, skinning etc. As the originator of this post I believe that I may qualify for an exemption from putting in my own figure. This is just as well as I may easily have been shown up as the truly sad creature that I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Every second of the day In my dreams I am a fantastic shot and I am truly the Great White Hunter lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Taking off the the 33% for sleeping each day. About 33% as got to leave sometime for meal prep and eating and other things vital to life. The joys of being retired. Must confess clothes shopping is peppered with thoughts of" is it any good to go shooting in" Tesco kaki trousers and Azda George small check red, white and blue short sleeve shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les*1066 Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Not much, really .............................. only about 99.99% of the time, usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsg Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 not as much as I would like. Young kids and wife deserve better tham my selfish Self. As Spaniel said above, shoot alot in my daydreaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I think about shooting most days, usually pondering which bit of kit i need to get finished ready for September 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDRsniper Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Completely obsessed, think about it, prepare for it, re-engineering stuff for shooting. I'm somewhere around a realistic 80% Thank god the wife works a lot and the kids are of an age where they are busy doing their own things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) dogs..weather...clothes....PW....time of day....seeing pigeons in the garden.....shopping (shall i buy a pork pie for the hide ?)......gardening (need to get it done so i can get out this afternoon)..smell of gun oil in the shed... a good 90% of my waking life............sad isnt it..? oh and by the way you dont qualify as to being excempt, so bloody well own up.......and i bet lady dogs % will be higher than yours !!! Edited July 27, 2014 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I spend most of my time thinking if I will ever shoot the amount of pigeon that JDog does , I also think a lot about if he is as poor a shot as he claims. After many sleepless nights giving this much contemplation I have come to the conclusion the answer is no and no ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 About 50%of my spare time though I fish so that's another 50% That's spare time sorted and proberably planning shooting or fishing when I'm working All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJW Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 It's always on my mind, everything else links back to shooting! Must be an honest 90% at least. Wouldn't be surprised if friends, girlfriend and family staged an intervention! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I think about it often, and there's barely a pigeon goes past where I don't assess if I could have taken a shot and how much lead to give it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Most of the time unless I've got an erection. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 All day long and have for over 20 years now. The lad that works for me shoots so all day long we chat about shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 All day every day, and dream about it at night. Some time's cant sleep thinking of the day to come, just like Steveg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 put it this way i dont think of anything els.. there is two things in my life..... my young family and my life's passion shooting .. everything els can **** off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 All day every day, and dream about it at night. Some time's cant sleep thinking of the day to come, just like Steveg. shooting gives me the opportunity to switch off from the daily grind of the rat race,bit embarrassing though when you are in a sales meeting and you are asked a question however you are thinking about that last double you had the weekend... no better feeling than the night before you are out..tomorrow I will get my PB..... yeah right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingo15 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Most of it. Thinking about where I can improve and fi better. Then trying to cram in as many jobs as I can do i can go practice more. Maybe be sad but I have decided I work to shoot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Poon Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 All the time. I read posts on Facebook, Twitter and other shooting forums of people shooting around the country and abroad with their variety of disciplines. If I had the time I wouldn't hesitate in travelling across the globe in competing with this sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Difficult to estimate % but as others have said thoughts very easily turn to shoot related stuff. I spend a lot of my time in the countryside and therefore always looking for signs of game, shoots, shooters. Even a shopping trip with SWMBO took us into Jarolds Appartment store where eyes very quickly picked up on Barbour products - she of course noticed me vere off towards this little nugget of desire!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Running a shoot means most of the year my thoughts are shooting based, obsessed my wife would call it! Seriously I'd say between 75 and 85 % of my conscious day at this time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Change the topic to fieldsports (fishing, ferreting & Shooting) and its a lot! That mental break (like now) away from office is bliss during the average day! Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta06 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 33% sleeping 33% thinking about shooting 34% thinking about doing very bad things to Mrs B06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Strange though like other things in life, since i got married and had children i seem to spend more time thinking about various leisure activities, than actually taking part! Some i don't do at all anymore.......which i used to do alot......like you know, ...playing rugby! Take from that what you will..... Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOTTO Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 If shooting is your passion it becomes your life, all day every day even if you are not consciously thinking about it your unconscious thought process will be keeping it to the fore in the way you perceive the world around you, the way you act, the way that you view the actions of others or their inactions and also the way that the world is in general, there are only two types of people, those that shoot and those that do not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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