OT: Anything Goes 41

[Blackhawkswincup]

Part of everyones childhood here I imagine will be gone by end of month

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Got my EU passport today. Feels good.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Got my EU passport today. Feels good.

What part of EU do you plan to travel?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

What part of EU do you plan to travel?

All of it in retirement. Nothing imminently, waiting for a better gig to present itself in the short term to afford travel.

I've got US, Canadian and Irish citizenship. Neurological issues have made getting the ability to travel or relocate a priority. American parents, born in London Ontario and my grandmother is from Cork.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Also signed up for further schooling. Going for my HVACR cert this spring.

 

[TLEH]

Got my EU passport today. Feels good.

Sick. Lets get married and get up out of here.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Sick. Lets get married and get up out of here.

You couldn't afford me sweetheart.

 

[Ben Grimm]

@Mrfenn92, you patriot, what do you think of this playlist?

 

[Mrfenn92]

@Mrfenn92, you patriot, what do you think of this playlist?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

3 years since I lost my sense of taste and smell. Don't think I'm getting a cake for that, though.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

3 years since I lost my sense of taste and smell. Don't think I'm getting a cake for that, though.

I mean, not much of a point...

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Always awful to see this

RIP

 

[TLEH]

3 years since I lost my sense of taste and smell. Don't think I'm getting a cake for that, though.

Have you ever had tests ran to find out why?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Have you ever had tests ran to find out why?

Nothing in-depth, but yeah. I’ve gone to an ENT and it’s just a rare, but known, side effect of one of the earlier strains of Covid. Some people lost their sense for a short time, some for a long time, and a pisspoor few seemingly lost it permanently.

 

[TLEH]

Nothing in-depth, but yeah. I’ve gone to an ENT and it’s just a rare, but known, side effect of one of the earlier strains of Covid. Some people lost their sense for a short time, some for a long time, and a pisspoor few seemingly lost it permanently.

Okay thats good. Forgot about COVID causing that permanently. I know sometimes comes with neurological stuff. Was my dads first symptom. Glad they ruled that out.

 

[Ben Grimm]

I've discovered a new to me worst beer. It's not Keystone Light, it's not Milwaukee's Beast or Milwaukee's Worst as some call it, it's not Natural Light, it's

Spoiler

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Set up a tent for my son to sleep in our living room while I’m on the couch next to him. Not sure if he or I am more excited.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

I do apologize in advance for those of you who are against it, but I started hunting last year. Got a doe last year and that was all.

This year, archery season sucked. Barely saw anything. But then rifle season rolled around this past weekend, and I got my first ever buck! Super exciting moment, and those who hunt will understand why I feel the need to share this lol!

It was a younger buck, but it was a 16-pointer. Just an epic one, especially for the area I hunt & it being my first buck.

Makes up for a horrible archery season and that stupid poison ivy I got during that lol!

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I do apologize in advance for those of you who are against it, but I started hunting last year. Got a doe last year and that was all.

This year, archery season sucked. Barely saw anything. But then rifle season rolled around this past weekend, and I got my first ever buck! Super exciting moment, and those who hunt will understand why I feel the need to share this lol!

It was a younger buck, but it was a 16-pointer. Just an epic one, especially for the area I hunt & it being my first buck.

Makes up for a horrible archery season and that stupid poison ivy I got during that lol!

I see no issue with hunting as long as meat goes to good use (Eaten by hunter/family or donated) or it is for population control (Or when there is outbreak of disease and prevention of spread becomes priority)

Hunting like we have in Midwest is normal and has always been part of life here.

What led you to get into this? I assume by your statement your new to hunting with last year your first or am I misreading it?

 

[belfour30]

I'm really annoyed that Rehkopf got plucked one spot ahead of the Hawks because I'm fairly certain he was their target and they traded out of that pick because he was off the board. Having a really good year.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

I see no issue with hunting as long as meat goes to good use (Eaten by hunter/family or donated) or it is for population control (Or when there is outbreak of disease and prevention of spread becomes priority)

Hunting like we have in Midwest is normal and has always been part of life here.

What led you to get into this? I assume by your statement your new to hunting with last year your first or am I misreading it?

Yeah, all this meat will be processed and eaten. This year, I'm going to make snack sticks, jerky, and bacon out of the meat I have. Maybe some summer sausage if I have some left.

You read correctly that last year was my first year of hunting. Did archery last year, and then this year I moved into both archery and firearm.

I have always been interested in hunting, but my immediate family never did any of it. Plus I just didn't have the time when I was younger due to sports and whatnot.

I have a bunch of cousins/relatives that do it, and one of them is helping guide me as I continue to learn about it. We live in a really good area for it too - I'm in Illinois by Iowa and Wisconsin with a real good mix of crops, water, and timber.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Eh, as long as we're not talking about big game hunting endangered species, folks are free to hunt as they like. It's not like there's a moral repugnancy surrounding fishing, after all.

Kill all the jackass deer you want. Not for me personally, but would be pretty hypocritical for me to take issue with that as I like fishing and I somehow doubt that catch and release is remotely humane.

That being said, hunting with more than a rifle or a shotgun seems pretty unsporting to me (not saying that you said you were using anything beyond that). I'm unsure about my opinion regarding scopes on rifles, too, as I think a naked eye versus naked eye dynamic seems like it's more reasonable to me versus taking a shot from a way's away (though there's obviously an incredible technical skill to that kind of shooting).

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Eh, as long as we're not talking about big game hunting endangered species, folks are free to hunt as they like. It's not like there's a moral repugnancy surrounding fishing, after all.

Kill all the jackass deer you want. Not for me personally, but would be pretty hypocritical for me to take issue with that as I like fishing and I somehow doubt that catch and release is remotely humane.

That being said, hunting with more than a rifle or a shotgun seems pretty unsporting to me (not saying that you said you were using anything beyond that). I'm unsure about my opinion regarding scopes on rifles, too, as I think a naked eye versus naked eye dynamic seems like it's more reasonable to me versus taking a shot from a way's away (though there's obviously an incredible technical skill to that kind of shooting).

I do bow hunting and then did my first rifle hunt this weekend. Illinois used to not allow rifles, but that changed this year. Even then, the rifles they allow are on the much less powerful side. I do have a scope on it, but that wouldn’t have mattered with the shots I was taking. Deer were about 40-50 yards away. With the rifle I have (and what is allowed in Illinois), shooting anything past 150 yards is incredibly difficult. That bullet really starts to lose velocity after that distance - which, of course, is the point of those being allowed. Mine has a little more distance capabilities than the tradition shotguns that have been used, though.

I’m really excited for all the things I can make with my meat this year. I have about 2.5x the meat I had last year to work with. Dropped some off at a local place to get processed into snack sticks, and the rest I’ll process with my family at a get together we have in January, making mostly jerky and bacon.

 

[Putt Pirate]

I also bowhunt. Started when I was growing up in Iowa. It is a big part of rural life. And with the processed meats now I really prefer game over store bought. It is hard for some to understand how much hunters (most) respect the animals they take. Heck, I got into birding hunting as a kid.

Now that I live out west, spot and stalk hunting is a younger man’s game. It is tough but I have a couple weeks off in January for our rut.

Just got back from a pheasant hunt in SD last weekend so have plenty of that to eat as well. I also garden. It is nice to know I can always sustain myself if it ever comes to that.

 

[x Tame Impala]

One thing I always wondered with eating game meat, don’t you have to worry about diseases/viruses/bacteria/etc…in that wild meat that is most likely not going to be found in higher quality store bought meat? Seems like the gamble would be high especially storing it and prepping it yourself.

Otherwise very little problem with hunting. I’ve been wanting to do it for a while. It seems like an important experience to have, killing an animal yourself and eating it. I’d imagine it’d make me better appreciate that something that was alive is now dead just so I can enjoy a burger or a halibut filet.