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I've spent the last three years trying to get a shot of a black bear not in a dumpster. Plus side has been a bunch of time alone in the woods. Downside is closest I've come, was too close and I was unable to get a shot off
 
Joezilla said:
about 7 shots worth and you throw up what is in there

About 7 shots worth of water from that area and you throw up out the other end :barf:
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Thats why you drink the Whiskey, to kill the (foreign) bugs (in your gut) that cause diarrhea :D
 
R.A.T. said:
Mr. C: We typically just buy machetes once we get there.

Payette: That's good stuff. While lot of folks want to go kill animals, I'd much rather stalk them with a long lens. Much more challenging and much better training when you consider distances you have to be to your target, understanding how to make good camo / blinds, making sure you have no scent, etc. Show me a good wildlife photographer and that's the guy I want on my team when bad things start to happen! He's got patience and skill, and he understands his quarry. His training will far exceed the average hunter. He's the guy that knows how to order a RAT pack knife without screwing it up!

Most redneck deer hunters around these parts buy a 400 dollar bolt gun from WalMart, 2 boxes of ammo and a Tasco scope and spend the evening drinking beer "sighting in" their weapon. Then they go shoot a deer at 150 yards and call themselves a hunter. Bullshit. Most people will never understand the significance of being a hunter, gardener and/or fisherman. A skilled photographer is also one of these. If someone wants to learn some real skills then they should go spend a week photographing a murder of crows.... ')
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When I made the switch back to civilian life alot of my military gear became photography gear. Drag bag, ghillie suit, the works. It's extremely hard to get close to animals around here, everything is so open you can see for tens of miles and everything is very skittish-but there are tons of elk, deer, lions, sheep, goats, eagles, bears, wolves, you name it. Just gotta scout the locations and times. I do hunt as well but haven't been able to do much in the last three years... moving around too much and can't pay out of state prices for licenses. I apply alot of principles, like trigger discipline, to photography. Breathing and heartrate control, etc etc. it does make a difference, especially in low light levels.
 
luckykitty said:
which can be quite interesting - and teaches you about your eye and your timing ...

(we got crows here, that take walnuts to a crossroad with traffic lights, when the red lights show, they put down the nuts in front of the cars, wait for the next red phase and eat ...)
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Does this count? :D
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R.A.T. said:
Payette: That's good stuff. While lot of folks want to go kill animals, I'd much rather stalk them with a long lens. Much more challenging and much better training when you consider distances you have to be to your target, understanding how to make good camo / blinds, making sure you have no scent, etc. Show me a good wildlife photographer and that's the guy I want on my team when bad things start to happen! He's got patience and skill, and he understands his quarry. His training will far exceed the average hunter. He's the guy that knows how to order a RAT pack knife without screwing it up!

Most redneck deer hunters around these parts buy a 400 dollar bolt gun from WalMart, 2 boxes of ammo and a Tasco scope and spend the evening drinking beer "sighting in" their weapon. Then they go shoot a deer at 150 yards and call themselves a hunter. Bullshit. Most people will never understand the significance of being a hunter, gardener and/or fisherman. A skilled photographer is also one of these. If someone wants to learn some real skills then they should go spend a week photographing a murder of crows.... ')
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Actually Jeff, I am kind of surprised to hear this, pleasantly. I guess I was ASSUMING that you hunted a lot, because of the pictures on your site of the gator, and the mention of the chickens used recently in the training. I tend to be thinking that we as a country waste an awful lot of chicken and beef daily, and since I don't really need the additional food from deer or whatever, it is just adding to the waste. Don't get me wrong, I have met an awful lot of hunters that use every bit of the animals they kill, and I respect that. I just find it.... well it just isnt for me. I have hunted and could if I needed the food, but otherwise... I would rather grab a photo anyday.

Payette: Very cool gear, the D60 is a heck of a good rig. My co worker has one and she swears by it. You might look into a 17-85mm 3..5-4.5 lens as a general worker lens for your Nikon. Not too pricey and it is about equal to 35-105mm on 35mm.
 
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Mr. C:

The only place I ever hunt anymore is in South America, and that is limited pretty much to taking Caiman for food. Don't get me wrong, I love to eat dead cow and will gobble down a deer tenderloin with the best of them, but hunting, in the traditional redneck Alabamian way, has no appeal to me. If a man really wants to learn how to feed himself, he needs to learn how break the ground, put some seeds in, tend the soil and push some groceries up out of the nurtured earth. That's WAY too much work for most. But I do find it comical as hell at all of these "survivalists" that think they will be able to trap and hunt to feed their families if the world falls apart. That ain't happening around these parts. However, the right person could supplement their diet with hunting trapping and fishing. Even in the most remote villages of South America, hunting is only used to supplement diet. The man that wants to gain an edge on training will take the money he spends on that expensive sniper rifle bought to harvest deer and invest in camera gear. He will then learn how to track, stalk, work a blind and know even the smallest detail of his quarry, be it animal or human. I'm just sayin'......
 
R.A.T. said:
The man that wants to gain an edge on training will take the money he spends on that expensive sniper rifle bought to harvest deer and invest in camera gear. He will then learn how to track, stalk, work a blind and know even the smallest detail of his quarry, be it animal or human. I'm just sayin'......
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I totally agree. All the satisfaction, and none of the cleaning. Though, being addicted to glass makes me wish I had black rifle disease instead. That new 200mm L prime almost has me ready to part with a kidney.
 
Yep, you'll spend way more on photo gear than you will gun gear once you get the bug :;
 
Dizwolf said:
I've spent the last three years trying to get a shot of a black bear not in a dumpster. Plus side has been a bunch of time alone in the woods. Downside is closest I've come, was too close and I was unable to get a shot off
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get as far as humanly possible away from Brasov, Romania. You may have some luck.
 
R.A.T. said:
It's a pretty radical change in living standards, so your body has to adjust. Not saying it's not fun but I haven't seen anyone yet that wasn't ready to get back home to their normal life, no matter what they claimed ;)
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I don't doubt that. I feel that way even after spending time in so-called developed countries. And that third world smell and lifestyle can get old pretty fast, too. Now the challenge is to maintain our living standard in the USA so it doesn't become a third world slum. It's great to get back to the land of air-conditioning, flush toilets, big SUVs, and paved roads. Long live our large carbon foot print!
 
Thats some neat stuff.
I envy your being able to do things like that. Myself, I've never been further then Rosirito Mexico and that was when I lived in California.

I picked up a Canon XS with a kit lens. I'm trying to figure it all out but it is very fun learning.
 
another cool thing about crows is they have over 20 distinct calls/phrases that we know of, which means there way more. An actual rudimentary language.
 
R.A.T. said:
Mr. C:

The only place I ever hunt anymore is in South America, and that is limited pretty much to taking Caiman for food. Don't get me wrong, I love to eat dead cow and will gobble down a deer tenderloin with the best of them, but hunting, in the traditional redneck Alabamian way, has no appeal to me. If a man really wants to learn how to feed himself, he needs to learn how break the ground, put some seeds in, tend the soil and push some groceries up out of the nurtured earth. That's WAY too much work for most. But I do find it comical as hell at all of these "survivalists" that think they will be able to trap and hunt to feed their families if the world falls apart. That ain't happening around these parts. However, the right person could supplement their diet with hunting trapping and fishing. Even in the most remote villages of South America, hunting is only used to supplement diet. The man that wants to gain an edge on training will take the money he spends on that expensive sniper rifle bought to harvest deer and invest in camera gear. He will then learn how to track, stalk, work a blind and know even the smallest detail of his quarry, be it animal or human. I'm just sayin'......
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I agree with everything you've said but....I don't think investing in
expensive camera gear is going to make someone a better stalker,let's be honest
you either have it or you don't,some people have the patience some don't.

The people that buy those expensive rifles
1.have more money than sense or think that buying an expensive rifle
will make them a better shot and be seen as a ultra cool military sniper.:D

I own a savage 111 in 30-06 with a centerpoint 3x9 tactical mildot bought
at a pawn shop for 295.00 it does fine for me.I'm too cheap to buy a camera
on a side note I'll drop 300.00 on a Spyderco BushcraftUK:D.

All my posts on here was shot with a Sprint samsung instinct phone.



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