fishing hands down!
I have to make a decision. This economy, although not killing me, is making me tighten the belt, along with most of the Country. I enjoy both fishing and deer hunting. I was thinking about rejoining a hunting club I haven't been involved in for the last two years. Prior to that I was a member for about 12 years. My wife told me that if I join the club I have to cut back on any fishing trips. When I told her I would only go twice to Oconee and once to Blackshear she thought that was too much. So now I have to make a tough decision. Skip the hunting club and just hunt a small 60 acre tract a friend owns, who will allow me to hunt at no cost, allowing me to get more fishing trips in. This would allow me to make the Blackshear slabfest. If I were pressed I think I would admit I enjoy crappie fishing more than hunting.
You know, after typing all this I think I know what to do. I was just wondering if anyone else has been or is in this same predicament and what you would do.
I will post my decision in a few days.
fishing hands down!
The only thing you can't buy in this life is time, just use yours wisely and do what makes you happy. Go fishing and ponder it.
You don't have a short season for crappie. I figure 9 mo. Go fishing.
From Steve Wunderele - 10-2-84 --"A fishing trip maybe brief, but it's memories are endless."
Probably asking a crowd with "just a bit" of bias on this topic.....I basically gave up deer hunting when I started crappie fishing but ain't either one cheap to do the right way.
Jim ,I would hunt the small place, and fish when ever ,like the fist week of gun season ,not many on the lake that week
Ga_redland
Lincolnton Ga
I'm in agreement with AUTiger on the bias part and that I quit hunting after I started fishing for crappie.
Allatoona Bandit
I use to be a big time rabbit hunter in VA, gave that all up for the winter time slabs. Sometimes I miss it, but all I have to do is go catch some 2lbers in Nov and that feeling is gone. Never really been into deer hunting, but I know how buck fever feels.
Aquatic Species Removal Engineer
I refer crappie fishing in the fall but my youngest son likes to hunt so I take a few days hunting with him and the rest fishing. We hunt a small 50 acre tract that also belongs to friends so I don't have the issue of hunting club fees.
Jim, I would just hunt that small tract and then you would be able to at least still fish some of the Slabfest. I know I am partial to Slabfest because of what they have done for me. Jim, you are part of Slabfest and it sure would be sad not to have you there.