Any Other Interests???

[sestoppelman]

Actual hunting is in reality way down on my list of hobbies. I get the most enjoyment out of buying and selling guns, working/fixing them up, handloading, and load testing take up most of my time. Boating in the summer time.

 

[lwaters]

I have several hoppies besides hunting. I also fish and do a lot if vegetable gardening. We can our own vegetables. I enjoy making wine and beer. Nothing like a good imperial stout or ipa. With the wine kits they now have you can make better wine than you can buy. I also dapple in astronomy and astrophotography with film haven't gone digital on that yet and have an 8in telescope.

 

[CJW]

Three of my interests wrapped up into one. I've been trying to decide how to possibly market these.

My 5 year old at the time nephew took this picture. I thought it came out pretty well.

 

[CJW]

Doing aerobatics in a T6 in Florida.

 

[Red Leg]

The sad thing is that they don't export the good ones. Miller High Life or Coors Banquet. Delightful. Bud Light. Less so..

Good Lord - compared to what?!? Miller and Coors are little better than stale weak horse pee (wasn't nicknamed "Colorado Kool-aid for nothing). It was the stuff we drank when I was in the Army in the eighties and nineties. More and more Americans are drinking real beer and ales these days. The "National Beer" of Texas is probably Shiner Bock with a host of other great lagers and ales right behind.

 

[rinehart0050]

Good Lord - compared to what?!? Miller and Coors are little better than stale weak horse pee (wasn't nicknamed "Colorado Kool-aid for nothing). It was the stuff we drank when I was in the Army in the eighties and nineties. More and more Americans are drinking real beer and ales these days. The "National Beer" of Texas is probably Shiner Bock with a host of other great lagers and ales right behind.

Now Shiner is definitely some great beer. I believe Costco occasionally carries sampler packs of their various offerings, all delicious.

 

[Ike85123]

I grew up sneaking my dad's millers and having wino's buy me natural light. Mostly drink budlight and mic ultra now. All the cowboys and farmers around here like their coors. And rhe uppity type here like my brother drink blue moon.

 

[Ragman]

I have a small hobby herd of cows that probably isn’t very practical, but I love them. Every one of them (except my two Longhorns) were born on my place so I’ve known them since they were babies. It’s awesome to watch them grow and see how each year’s calf turns out.
I enjoy skull cleaning for Euro mounts but I’m running out of room in my basement! I’ve got eight heads in my garage waiting to be done, so now that winter is over I’d better get cracking.
I love fishing and boating. Being on the water is so relaxing. Combine the two and I’m a happy guy. Icefishing is the alternative for four months of the year and it’s equally enjoyable. I’d really love to become a saltwater fisherman, but no ocean near me.
Also love to read. I read daily and my current pile of books on the “to read” pile is over 60.

 

[npm352]

I am a nerd and read a ton. I also write.
I really like traveling, even if not for hunting. Have been to 49 countries. Mostly shoestring budget backpacking overland trips. (Nairobi to Cape Town, Abidjan to Lagos, Panama to El Salvador, Entebbe-Kigali-DRC-Burundi-Kenya, London to Athens, etc.) My wife grew up in Europe and also loves to travel. We actually met at the airport in Nairobi, so travel has been good to me.
The last two years I have played in an adult ice hockey league my buddy talked me into. I played as a kid and teen but put it away after high school, so that has been good fun and exercise. Get to get some aggression out in a legal way as well...and now I have a 3-year-old who lives and breathes hockey so my focus will shift to getting him going.
I play guitar for fun. No real gigs since college but enjoy playing.

 

[Alaska Luke]

I read a crap-ton, but I don't think that's what you meant. I enjoy snowmachining, trapping, fishing, camping, and rafting. I am building my own cabin on a remote piece of property (the beach fire is the view down lake from my property) I acquired in a state land lottery. I paint and write (I've had articles published in national magazines), and I used to have a side business doing fish taxidermy. I still dabble in it for friends. I enjoy cooking, and my background is as a teacher, and I still find outlets for that, even though I'm not in the classroom anymore. I used to be a big sports fan but swore that off (as a spectator) after every major pro sports league threw in with BLM. I do still very much like basketball, and still play, or did before covid. I used to coach HS ball. I am also very active in my church. Oh, and I love my job. I'm one of the fortunate ones who likes what I do enough that Mondays are just another happy day of the week.

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Tundra where are you in Alaska? I'm moving to Palmer from Glennallen.

 

[Alaska Luke]

Daniel if you check for "Wood River Packrafting" or "Fire and Ice Expedition" on YouTube you'll get a taste of what its like. Pretty fun. Also you see my friends channel with a bunch of Canadian adventures and the time he and his family sailed around Mexico.

"6 pound inflatable boat through a canyon full of rapids" .. That's incredible! very cool...

 

[VertigoBE]

Hobbies outside of hunting?

- I like to go sailing whenever I can, which is usually about 10 days each year. A family member has a sail boat in the Mediterranean that we can use (he remains the skipper) to travel around Ibiza and Formentera. The sun, the sea, the wind in the face, the deck under a nice angle, and apero starting from 10:00. It's paradise on earth, and luckily one my fiancee loves to participate in

- I'm also member of a sport shooting club, so on Sunday mornings I like to slip out for a box of ammo at the range, with pistol/revolver/rifle.

- Reading history, auto-biography's or philosophical pieces. Also following seminars on youtube, Jordan Peterson is a favourite, but there are some others too.

- Cooking, especially barbecues for friends, try to organize a few of those each summer, for colleagues/friends/family. I'm okay at it, nothing too fancy, just using good products.

- As others brought up beer as a hobby, well... I'm Belgian, so it is not really a hobby, but rather part of life. If any of you ever come through Belgium, hit me up for a few beers, you'll finally understand what truly good beer tastes like But in all seriousness, if I can get it, I'll invite you for a West-Vleteren 12. (look it up )

- Luckily, my job is also quite captivating (to me), as an originator on the trading floor of a global utility. Just not very active, but lot's of sitting behind my desk.

- I try to do a course of study each year in evening school, especially on things nothing to do with my day job. So this year I'm learning how to weld. Stick/Mig/Tig. It's fun. I'm not too good at it (especially not the Tig) but it's something different. Still need to find something for next year. Maybe piloting? The goal is not to be making my job out of this, just so I have a bit more knowledge and skill with it than the average person. Did a radio license in the past and my boating license (Yachtman) as well.

- Oh, and since some one else mentioned it, doing the keto diet for the moment to loose some extra kg's

V.

 

[Opposite Pole]

Other than a hunter, I am a petrolhead. I enjoy just about any type of enthused driving - single-seaters, endurance, sprint, karting (the 100mph type, not the children’s toys) and mountain roads. Few times a year, my friends and I get some cars together and spend time driving hundreds of kilometres each day, enjoying the twisty roads.

Speaking of mountains, I do like mountains. I like them for their rugged beauty, for their winding roads, the hiking trails, and the skiing.

I am a passionate sailor and master mariner. I’ve had the incredible opportunity of seeing both the aurora borealis and australis from the yacht’s deck. I’ve visited places that are virtually inaccessible in any other way. I’ve sailed across the Atlantic and around South America. I’ve sailed in the tropics and subpolar regions. I’ve seen the sea at her kindest, and I’ve seen her fury and having seen I agree that “If you would know the age of the earth, look upon the sea in a storm. The greyness of the whole immense surface, the wind furrows upon the faces of the waves, the great masses of foam, tossed about and waving, like matted white locks, give to the sea in a gale an appearance of hoary age, lustreless, dull, without gleams, as though it had been created before light itself.”

Speaking of sailing I enjoy ice sailing too, a fantastic sport.

Spearfishing and freediving are another great pass time.

And something I’ve been spending less time on lately but used to enjoy a lot and will no doubt be doing more of again is photography, mostly landscape, some wildlife too.

And at the end of the day, a relaxing drink with the locals is always a pleasant way to wind down.

 

[Jörg Krüger]

Some people have some real impressive hobbies and talents here

 

[spike.t]

Stella Artois?

Horrible stuff....got bad headache the 2 times I drank and not by choice , but because it was the only one they had...only had couple each time...never touched it again....its not known as wife beating juice for nothing.....used to be...not sure if still is...the best selling lager in uk which I think contributed to the fighting and general state of people when the bars etc closed....I know a girl who stopped drinking it because she started fighting whenever she drank it....horrible stuff...

 

[spike.t]

Other than a hunter, I am a petrolhead. I enjoy just about any type of enthused driving - single-seaters, endurance, sprint, karting (the 100mph type, not the children’s toys) and mountain roads. Few times a year, my friends and I get some cars together and spend time driving hundreds of kilometres each day, enjoying the twisty roads.

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Speaking of mountains, I do like mountains. I like them for their rugged beauty, for their winding roads, the hiking trails, and the skiing.

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I am a passionate sailor and master mariner. I’ve had the incredible opportunity of seeing both the aurora borealis and australis from the yacht’s deck. I’ve visited places that are virtually inaccessible in any other way. I’ve sailed across the Atlantic and around South America. I’ve sailed in the tropics and subpolar regions. I’ve seen the sea at her kindest, and I’ve seen her fury and having seen I agree that “If you would know the age of the earth, look upon the sea in a storm. The greyness of the whole immense surface, the wind furrows upon the faces of the waves, the great masses of foam, tossed about and waving, like matted white locks, give to the sea in a gale an appearance of hoary age, lustreless, dull, without gleams, as though it had been created before light itself.”

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Speaking of sailing I enjoy ice sailing too, a fantastic sport.

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Spearfishing and freediving are another great pass time.

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And something I’ve been spending less time on lately but used to enjoy a lot and will no doubt be doing more of again is photography, mostly landscape, some wildlife too.

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And at the end of the day, a relaxing drink with the locals is always a pleasant way to wind down.

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And which of the cars is yours then?....been into cars since I got my driving license....and been fortunate to have had some great ones

 

[Ridgewalker]

Now days I mostly fish and hunt when I can. I do enjoy kayak fishing from the Rogue in Oregon to the Florida Gulf coast bays. We have an acre I garden and maintain. We are raising a teenage granddaughter and helping care for her ill mama. I still reload and shoot when possible.
I’ve had the opportunities of getting to do a number of fun things in the past though.
upland hunted with my GSP from Havre, MT to Texas and most places between
teleskiing on downhills and back country for many years while we had a second home in Leadville, CO
mountain biking, Colorado and most of Moab’s trails 10 days a year for many years
Coronado 15 monohull racing
bicycle touring Texas hillcountry in July (brutal!), Tasmania and South island of New Zealand, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy
rafting a number of Colorado and Wyoming rivers
RVing from Alaska to Florida, hoping to get to Nova Scotia, Labrador and Newfoundland if Canada reopens this summer
tried ranching for a few years, but I was a much better engineer!

I believe I have lived a fortunate charmed life with many opportunities to try and do many different things. Hopefully they are not done yet!

 

[VertigoBE]

Horrible stuff....got bad headache the 2 times I drank and not by choice , but because it was the only one they had...only had couple each time...never touched it again....its not known as wife beating juice for nothing.....used to be...not sure if still is...the best selling lager in uk which I think contributed to the fighting and general state of people when the bars etc closed....I know a girl who stopped drinking it because she started fighting whenever she drank it....horrible stuff...

now now... don't be talking bad about Stella Artois, because some UK people couldn't handle the slightly higher alcohol percentage of this Belgian beer

If I remember correctly UK lagers have an alcohol percentage of around 4% (like Foster's at 4% and Budweiser at 4.5%) while Stella Artois has a 5% alcohol level. And the way most Brits gulp down beer, if they are not used to the higher percentage... it's asking for trouble.

 

[spike.t]

now now... don't be talking bad about Stella Artois, because some UK people couldn't handle the slightly higher alcohol percentage of this Belgian beer

If I remember correctly UK lagers have an alcohol percentage of around 4% (like Foster's at 4% and Budweiser at 4.5%) while Stella Artois has a 5% alcohol level. And the way most Brits gulp down beer, if they are not used to the higher percentage... it's asking for trouble.

...sorry still horrible stuff....and these days there most are 5% ....but a few are 4%....Heineken years ago when brewed independently was only 3.4% from memory but that was as I said years ago...when the uk brewing company was bought the new lot scrapped that version and brought out the standard 5% version...and as for carlsberg special brew no wonder it was the alcoholics favourite.....

 

[Hillbilly Marine]

I do a few things other than keep aircraft in the air. I am an ardent Formula 1 fan (that should be Tifosi). My wife and I try to do a bit of travelling and seeing a bit if the US. And of course I have my primary job of driving my grandkids crazy!