Cronic Wasting Disease
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I live in the State of Missouri in the US. I am a father and a veteran (92'-96'). I am a small business owner. I spent many years living all over the earth both in places people vacation and in ones they don't.
I've grew up hunting and fishing. There's not much in North America I haven't hunted or fished. I own many firearms and several bows for hunting and competition, and have built several black powder rifles and muskets. I also build fly rods.
I shoot competitively in the PRS and NRL22. I am in both a skeet and a trap league as well as attending quite a few different club matches. Most of my free time is spent shooting/hunting and fishing. My family eats a lot of game and I give a lot away after turning it into sausage, smoking it, or preparing it. I typically kill four or five whitetails, a couple of turkeys, and a Colorado elk (with an over the counter archery tag) every year, as well as dozens of ducks, doves, many trout, and many pan fish. I have cabins on land in Missouri, Colorado, and Idaho, and a place in Florida. Many boats and vehicles as any proper hillbilly should. I have only hunted with an outfitter a couple of times, and mostly DIY hunt. I've never hunted big game outside of the US and Canada, but I have hunted birds and fished on most of the continents.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert A. Heinlein
I doubt that many here share my perspective, or my beliefs for that matter, but they're rooted in the experience (many mistakes) and never divorced form reality. Hopefully a different perspective is appreciated.
I've grew up hunting and fishing. There's not much in North America I haven't hunted or fished. I own many firearms and several bows for hunting and competition, and have built several black powder rifles and muskets. I also build fly rods.
I shoot competitively in the PRS and NRL22. I am in both a skeet and a trap league as well as attending quite a few different club matches. Most of my free time is spent shooting/hunting and fishing. My family eats a lot of game and I give a lot away after turning it into sausage, smoking it, or preparing it. I typically kill four or five whitetails, a couple of turkeys, and a Colorado elk (with an over the counter archery tag) every year, as well as dozens of ducks, doves, many trout, and many pan fish. I have cabins on land in Missouri, Colorado, and Idaho, and a place in Florida. Many boats and vehicles as any proper hillbilly should. I have only hunted with an outfitter a couple of times, and mostly DIY hunt. I've never hunted big game outside of the US and Canada, but I have hunted birds and fished on most of the continents.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert A. Heinlein
I doubt that many here share my perspective, or my beliefs for that matter, but they're rooted in the experience (many mistakes) and never divorced form reality. Hopefully a different perspective is appreciated.
