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At what age did you become interested in fishing and hunting? and witch do you prefer hunting or fishing? Doing a survey for my school class.

Question by green bird29. Uploaded on October 19, 2009

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Very early. I began fishing with my Dad at 3-4 years old. I began hunting with him at 5 using a .22 for squirrel.
I do not favor one over the other as I enjoy each equally.

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from Elmer Fudd wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I prefer hunting and started going out with my dad really early like Beekeeper, but probably can say I didn't use a gun till about 8 yrs old

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from jordjohn44 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I started fishing as soon as I was capable. I lived on a lake so it was a daily occurence. I also started hunting as soon as possible. I do prefer hunting over fishing though.

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from bigjake wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

5 or 6 I started snaring rabbit, but couldnt take a gun til I was 10(provincal law), used to strap on my little plastic snowshoes and carry a "knocker", which is basically a 4 foot hardwood dowel with a large steel nut secured to one end.Any bunnies not dead in my snares got a solid whack to the head to finish them off.

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from the hunter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I started hunting when I was about 7 and I perfer to go hunting over fishing.

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from 007 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I hit the 1/2 century mark this summer, and I honestly don't remember ever not being interested in hunting. I hunted all sorts of grand beasts in the house before I was old enough to really get outside and used to cut animal pictures out of dad's old Sports Afield magazines and glue them to a cardboard box for a bb gun target. Fishing soon followed, I always say that I only fish when I can't hunt, or vice-versa, depending on the season. I would not want to have to choose, it's like a big steak vs. a nice seafood buffet, I like them both.

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from Happy Myles wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I began hunting as far back as I can remember. First in my imagination, then with my father, then by myself as a very small child.

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from WVOtter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I've fished since I was old enough to do so...probably 4. I went hunting with my dad even before I was old enough to carry a gun, just to be in the woods and learn, which was probably a few years later...7 years old.

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from WVOtter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Oh, and it would depend on my mood for which I prefer...but I'll say fishing.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I love them both!!! Started 5 years old on fishing and 7 years old on hunting with my dad...

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from deerslayer1234 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I prefer hunting. I have been interested in hunting and fishing my whole life. I didnt start hunting till i was 12 because in PA that used to be the minimum age requirement.

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from green bird29 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

i live in pa but what they dont now wont hurt them

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I was about 10 and I like hunting better.

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from Big O wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Fishing- Before I could walk. (Ask my mom !)
Hunting- Not long after !
Good luck with your survey !

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from slothman wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

My dad would take me "hunting" in the afternoons as a toddler after he came in from his morning hunt. My first real deer season "when I was allowed to shoot" came after my ninth birthday. I Cant remember when I began fishing but its always been a big part of my life. I love both sports, but the woods call to me much louder, each year when those leaves start falling, than the water ever has.

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from Big O wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Sorry about that. Hunting ! I AWLAYS catch more/Bigger fish than my buddys. Hunting MORE of a chalenge !

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Big O-
I'm still laughing at your comment above!

I began fishing at a very early age,perhaps 5-or6-years old. I began to hunt for birds and chipmunks at 7-years old, when I got my first bow.

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from DakotaMan wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I like to do them both but if I had to pick, it would be hunting. I began hunting at about 4-5 years of age with a BB gun and by the time I went to first grade, I used a .22 for squirrels and rabbits. I got a shotgun when I was 12 and started pheasant hunting almost every day during pheasant season. I think that there is a certain excitement from the anticipation of stalking game that you see that you don't get from fishing. However, getting a big fish when you least expect it is still pretty exciting.

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from country road wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Some of my earliest memories are of my father telling me turkey hunting tales for my bedtime stories. He took me fishing as soon as I was old enough not to eat the bait and gave my my first gun when I was ten.
I've never lost my enthusiasm.

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from The Deer Slayer wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

i like hunting and fishing but i would have to go with hunting! i've been interested in hunting for as long as i can remember probably aroung 11 or 12 years old which is not very long ago i turn 17 in November.

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from The Deer Slayer wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

sorry about that i started hunting when i was 6

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from ranger2 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I caught my first fish at age 3. I hunted rabbits and such at about age 7 with a BB gun and then a single shot .22. I enjoy both activities equally.

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from bobcat.trapper.95 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

followed my dad in the woods at 5 everytime he went.he took me fishing when i was 5 or 6...for me i like hunting more.

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from BioGuy wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

started fishing really young...probably 3 years old. I don't know which I like more, but I seem to spend the most money each year on hunting, so based on that, I probably like hunting more :-)

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from Big O wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Fishing- Before I could walk. (Ask my mom !)
Hunting- Not long after !
Good luck with your survey !

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Very early. I began fishing with my Dad at 3-4 years old. I began hunting with him at 5 using a .22 for squirrel.
I do not favor one over the other as I enjoy each equally.

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from bigjake wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

5 or 6 I started snaring rabbit, but couldnt take a gun til I was 10(provincal law), used to strap on my little plastic snowshoes and carry a "knocker", which is basically a 4 foot hardwood dowel with a large steel nut secured to one end.Any bunnies not dead in my snares got a solid whack to the head to finish them off.

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from 007 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I hit the 1/2 century mark this summer, and I honestly don't remember ever not being interested in hunting. I hunted all sorts of grand beasts in the house before I was old enough to really get outside and used to cut animal pictures out of dad's old Sports Afield magazines and glue them to a cardboard box for a bb gun target. Fishing soon followed, I always say that I only fish when I can't hunt, or vice-versa, depending on the season. I would not want to have to choose, it's like a big steak vs. a nice seafood buffet, I like them both.

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from Happy Myles wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I began hunting as far back as I can remember. First in my imagination, then with my father, then by myself as a very small child.

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from Big O wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Sorry about that. Hunting ! I AWLAYS catch more/Bigger fish than my buddys. Hunting MORE of a chalenge !

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Big O-
I'm still laughing at your comment above!

I began fishing at a very early age,perhaps 5-or6-years old. I began to hunt for birds and chipmunks at 7-years old, when I got my first bow.

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from Elmer Fudd wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I prefer hunting and started going out with my dad really early like Beekeeper, but probably can say I didn't use a gun till about 8 yrs old

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from jordjohn44 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I started fishing as soon as I was capable. I lived on a lake so it was a daily occurence. I also started hunting as soon as possible. I do prefer hunting over fishing though.

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from the hunter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I started hunting when I was about 7 and I perfer to go hunting over fishing.

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from WVOtter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I've fished since I was old enough to do so...probably 4. I went hunting with my dad even before I was old enough to carry a gun, just to be in the woods and learn, which was probably a few years later...7 years old.

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from WVOtter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Oh, and it would depend on my mood for which I prefer...but I'll say fishing.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I love them both!!! Started 5 years old on fishing and 7 years old on hunting with my dad...

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from deerslayer1234 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I prefer hunting. I have been interested in hunting and fishing my whole life. I didnt start hunting till i was 12 because in PA that used to be the minimum age requirement.

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from slothman wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

My dad would take me "hunting" in the afternoons as a toddler after he came in from his morning hunt. My first real deer season "when I was allowed to shoot" came after my ninth birthday. I Cant remember when I began fishing but its always been a big part of my life. I love both sports, but the woods call to me much louder, each year when those leaves start falling, than the water ever has.

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from DakotaMan wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I like to do them both but if I had to pick, it would be hunting. I began hunting at about 4-5 years of age with a BB gun and by the time I went to first grade, I used a .22 for squirrels and rabbits. I got a shotgun when I was 12 and started pheasant hunting almost every day during pheasant season. I think that there is a certain excitement from the anticipation of stalking game that you see that you don't get from fishing. However, getting a big fish when you least expect it is still pretty exciting.

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from country road wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Some of my earliest memories are of my father telling me turkey hunting tales for my bedtime stories. He took me fishing as soon as I was old enough not to eat the bait and gave my my first gun when I was ten.
I've never lost my enthusiasm.

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I was about 10 and I like hunting better.

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from The Deer Slayer wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

i like hunting and fishing but i would have to go with hunting! i've been interested in hunting for as long as i can remember probably aroung 11 or 12 years old which is not very long ago i turn 17 in November.

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from The Deer Slayer wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

sorry about that i started hunting when i was 6

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from ranger2 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

I caught my first fish at age 3. I hunted rabbits and such at about age 7 with a BB gun and then a single shot .22. I enjoy both activities equally.

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from bobcat.trapper.95 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

followed my dad in the woods at 5 everytime he went.he took me fishing when i was 5 or 6...for me i like hunting more.

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from BioGuy wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

started fishing really young...probably 3 years old. I don't know which I like more, but I seem to spend the most money each year on hunting, so based on that, I probably like hunting more :-)

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from green bird29 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

i live in pa but what they dont now wont hurt them

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