I like shooting, but hunting not so much.  There's good fishing in the fall that many miss because they're in the woods.

I don’t hunt so it’s an easy choice for me ! 

Hands down it would be fishing.  I can release my catch back into the water relatively unharmed.  Can't really say that with hunting.

I just wish my German shorthairs would also point bass. ?

27 minutes ago, BayouSlide said:

I just wish my German shorthairs would also point bass. ?

Wish my Springer would flush them too!

When I was younger I preferred hunting, but I don't hunt anymore.

 

On 9/21/2020 at 8:30 AM, billmac said:

If you like both, but could only choose one, which would it be?  

If I could only choose one I would choose free dive spearfishing since it is both hunting and fishing. I can vividly recall many spearfishing trips where I patiently hunted a big fish and these are some of my fondest memories. Second would be multi species fishing.

3 hours ago, moguy1973 said:

I can release my catch back into the water relatively unharmed.

That's not always the goal, especially if it's made out of venison or turkey.  Actually if it's made out of walleye it may find its way onto a cedar plank and in the smoker around my house.  Most bass escape the cornmeal dredge, though. 

12 hours ago, CountryboyinDC said:

That's not always the goal, especially if it's made out of venison or turkey.  Actually if it's made out of walleye it may find its way onto a cedar plank and in the smoker around my house.  Most bass escape the cornmeal dredge, though. 

That's true.  I'm probably a 99% CWR fisherman though.  Kept a mess of walleye and pike when I was in Canada last year, but those are probably the only fish I've kept in the last 10 years.

Very mild November here but gotta be in a treestand. 

Shot this yesterday in 70 degree weather. 

Shot this today in 70 degree weather 

8 hours ago, Bird said:

Very mild November here but gotta be in a treestand. 

Shot this yesterday in 70 degree weather. 

 

1 hour ago, Bird said:

Shot this today in 70 degree weather 

Dear and bear in one week? Might want to get a lotto ticket 

I just recently changed. I RARELY fished.  I hunted plenty.  Bow hunting mostly.  Big game.  I think I like the associated camping.  I LOVE sitting around a campfire- poking at it with a stick. Love it. 
 

COVID started me fishing again.  I love the frequency. I can simply load up my kayak and go fishing.  Twice a week is common. And I’m home again that same day. That’s nice. 
 

nis if I can kayak fish, and poke at a campfire?  My head may explode. 
 

I sat out this hunt season because of the virus.  I’ll pick up my bow again for spring turkey. 

On 9/24/2020 at 10:47 AM, TnRiver46 said:

I don’t hunt so it’s an easy choice for me ! 

Same here. 

It would be fishing 100%, where I live there are so much deer that you could harvest one from the front porch. All you have to do is go sit near a apple tree in the morning or evening and wait till a unlucky buck or doe comes along its not that hard. I personally hunt because I think its kind of fun, but its mostly just for food and because most of my family does it. With fishing you are constantly doing something, casting, re tying, looking for places that look "fishy," I know its different for everyone, but for me hunting  is waiting. When me and the deer make eye contact, when I aim and shoot, when I look and find the deer and we drag it back home, I get a undescribable adrenaline rush but it only lasts a little bit, when I catch a good fish, that rush can last a day or two that's why I would choose fishing over hunting but I love both. 

Thats tough.

Id say fishing, only because I get excited with every multiple hit.