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[danotaylor]

Here's me with a nice 25# wahoo caught off North Stradbroke Island, Qld, Australia, the week before we moved to Toledo Oh...



Shot my 1st deer ever last weekend...same smile...I love stalking, harvesting, butchering, cooking & eating animals for myself wherever I can...yum!

[Steve]

Congrats on the first deer/buck

[danotaylor]

Congrats on the first deer/buck

Thanks mate! It was an exhilarating & exhausting experience. Nearly killed me dragging him 150yds out of a gully to the trailer.  That was after I gutted him too. I was dry heaving and had sweated out fully by the time I made the final 30 yd ascent to the vehicle. Now I know why peeps spend thousands on ATV's or quads to get their game out. I lived, and my wife shot her 1st deer the following morning so we now have 124#'s of grass fed venison in the deep freeze!

[Steve]

She got a buck as well huh, very cool that that both you guys got your first bucks together the same weekend.

[danotaylor]

She got a buck as well huh, very cool that that both you guys got your first bucks together the same weekend.

Yup, it was cool alright...a dream come true actually...neither of us really cared if we got a buck or a doe...we just wanted some meat in the freezer. My father in laws property is just outside Cincinnati adjoining Mt Airy with no proximity to farm land. He has 150 apples trees on the back of his 8 acre property. The deer there are strictly grass, acorn, other natural forage & apple fed. No GMO corn, beans or wheat in their diet. Pretty exciting stuff. I do miss my saltwater fishing, but this is a great substitute 5 months of the year, and we live right near the Maumee River & Lake Erie so i still get to wet a line frequently! All is well 

[Ron]

Awesome to see other sportsmen on here. It's almost like we need to start up a fishing/hunting thread in the general discussion section.

[Steve]

It's almost like we need to start up a fishing/hunting thread in the general discussion section.

I'll 2nd that one!

[danotaylor]

Awesome to see other sportsmen on here. It's almost like we need to start up a fishing/hunting thread in the general discussion section.

Thx Ron! I'd be a regular on that thread for sure. Fish 9 months of the year...12 as soon as I find a local will I g to show me the ice fishing ropes! I will hunt as the freezer demands it!

[E.Y.]

Figured I'd jump in with the hunters and gatherers..  My name is Evan.  Newer to the board, just been reading and learning!

[Stan M.]

Nice!

[GrizzlysDad]

Nice bucketmouth Evan

[E.Y.]

Thanks y'all! Little early fall fishing out near Pinckney.  Been really hooking into some nice northerns lately!

[danotaylor]

Awesome Evan...really nice largie mate...how big are the northern you're catching?

[E.Y.]

Thanks!  Catching anywhere from 25"-37".  Nothing gigantic, but for the small lakes I'm hitting, its been a blast.  Was catching some decent Crappie this summer as well.

[Steve]

NICE looks like a solid 13-14" crappie? I''m mostly a C&R guy, but when it comes to crappie I love the taste of those!