If grouse, woodcock and trout are your life... - Page 5

Andy · 01-27-2021, 10:55 PM

Oh boy a feud : ) I once fished on Catharine Creek outside the Finger Lakes for running rainbows with a friend who madly wanted us to go. My buddy and I fly fish. We used weight, egg sacks, spinning reels with ungodly long rods. It was H E L L. My buddy told the guy who took us, "Well, the NASCAR blaring on the radio from your damn RV on the side of the stream kinda spoiled the mood dude..." The response was firm and strong and I realized we're all in this game together. It's better than shooting up crack and looting 711's. We all have a common theme whether it's deer, doves or mudbats. My proselytizing is over.

birddogdoc · 01-28-2021, 01:31 PM

If I was to pick just one state for fishing and hunting...it would be Idaho...my home state. You can still get access to private land by knocking on doors or calling people and asking. There's more blm and state land then you could hunt or fish in a life time too. Idaho has stream access to the high water mark even on private property. I've fished the Big Wood River in Sun Valley right in all those Hollywood elite's backyards...had em yell at us but they couldn't do a darn thing about it. Idaho has 5 species of grouse, valley quail, bobwhites, pheasants, chukars and loads and loads of huns. True bird hunters paradise.

Harold Pickens · 01-28-2021, 01:49 PM

Idaho has been on my radar for several years now, but would probably take 3 days to get there. Its variety intrigues me. Does your brother the optometrist share yours and Andrew's passion for upland hunting and fishing?

birddogdoc · 01-28-2021, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Idaho has been on my radar for several years now, but would probably take 3 days to get there. Its variety intrigues me. Does your brother the optometrist share yours and Andrew's passion for upland hunting and fishing?

My brother Scott lives in AZ now...he loves to bird hunt but would much rather big game hunt. He's taken several large mule deer, antelope and a Dall sheep in AK.

Andy · 01-28-2021, 01:52 PM

Idaho would be heaven.

birddogdoc · 01-28-2021, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew Sacco

Idaho would be heaven.

It is...just can't convince my wife

she loves the beach and no snow

Andy · 01-28-2021, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawn Wayment

It is...just can't convince my wife

she loves the beach and no snow

Exactly what I am fighting here. But our kids are 13, 17, 19 so have a ways to go. We were married in Maine and love it, and I asked "What about a small rustic cabin in northern-ish Maine?" And she said, "What about a larger modern home on the water on the lower coast of Maine?" I said, "That's a heck of a LOT more money honey.." to which she replied, "What am I going to do when you're hunting???" I asked, "Who said you were going with me!!!"

Researcher · 01-28-2021, 04:12 PM

I have the opposite issue. My Wife having been born and raised in Kodiak, AK, would be perfectly happy to live there full time. I think I'd eventually go nuts being a nine hour ferry ride to the mainland. Don't mind spending summers there, but we haven't been able to go the last two years. I had all the reservations made for our drive up and the ferry ride last spring. First thing that happened was the hotel in Whitehorse, YT, canceled our reservation, then the State of Alaska shut down the ferries. The other reservations tumbled after that.

Spring visitor in our yard --

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We are right in town along the channel into the harbor.

Craig Larter · 01-28-2021, 04:43 PM

I Love the Finger Lakes Region of Western NY. We do have 4 seasons but I enjoy the change in seasons. I have the ability to move anywhere in the country but I made my life here and have all my friends and other connections to the community. I have good fishing, upland, waterfowl and deer hunting in close proximity. I travel to the west and southern states to experience what I can't hunt here. Taxes are high and regulation is a pain but picking up my life and starting over at 71 is not appealing to me.

Andy · 01-29-2021, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I Love the Finger Lakes Region of Western NY. We do have 4 seasons but I enjoy the change in seasons. I have the ability to move anywhere in the country but I made my life here and have all my friends and other connections to the community. I have good fishing, upland, waterfowl and deer hunting in close proximity. I travel to the west and southern states to experience what I can't hunt here. Taxes are high and regulation is a pain but picking up my life and starting over at 71 is not appealing to me.

I understand this completely Craig. It is a beautiful area around the Finger Lakes. I'm sure a lot of people who aren't from NY would be blown away by the beauty of upstate. Then they'd high tail it outa here when they got their tax bill. A good friend put his Skaneateles lake home up for sale when his tax bill hit $40,000 a year. Nice home, but that's just criminal.