Who hunts their food?

[primavera]

Since starting raw Paleo, I've become curious about hunting.  I think I'd like to try it someday.

[RawZi]

    Same here.  Haven't done it yet though.

[PaleoPhil]

I fish. Fishing is essentially hunting for fish. I only fish for food, not for sport. Sport fishing and trophy hunting always seemed a bit strange to me, but hunter-gatherer-style fishing and hunting for food always made sense. My brother-in-law is a good hunter, so I'm hoping he'll teach me some day. In the Boy Scouts I developed pretty good aim with a bow and I'm hoping to become a good bow hunter some day. I'll probably do rifle hunting too so I can hunt in both bow and rifle hunting seasons. I want to develop good aim first, though, to be a responsible hunter.

[William]

I'll probably do rifle hunting too so I can hunt in both bow and rifle hunting seasons. I want to develop good aim first, though, to be a responsible hunter.

Join your local shooting range, and read forums like
http://www.thehighroad.us/
http://thefiringline.com/ and others. 7mm-08 is the answer, unless you make your own, then it's 7x57.

Archers have wounded too many animals for my taste, unless they have developed major lurking/stalking/baiting skills which take years.

[PaleoPhil]

... Archers have wounded too many animals for my taste, unless they have developed major lurking/stalking/baiting skills which take years.

Yeah, that's the sort of skill that I'm interested in acquiring if I ever have the time. It may have to wait for retirement. Bow hunting has some advantages over rifle hunting too to my mind, but I'm not really interested in debating it until I've tried both. I'm still in the dreaming-about-it stage at this point anyway.

Ironically, during the brief number of years my father hunted he got a nice buck while bow hunting but never got anything while rifle hunting. Unfortunately, by the time I came along he had stopped hunting due to a bad ankle.

My brother-in-law has gotten deer both ways and he has gotten moose and bear with rifles. Venison is my favorite meat, so I would try deer hunting first.

Thanks for the links.

[TylerDurden]

I often hunt for live limpets and live sea-urchins(for their eggs).

[goodsamaritan]

Since starting raw Paleo, I've become curious about hunting.  I think I'd like to try it someday.

I am acquainted with a mountain lake hunter and I buy what he hunts.  Usually turtle, fish, frogs.

[PaleoPhil]

I am acquainted with a mountain lake hunter and I buy what he hunts.  Usually turtle, fish, frogs.

People in Montserrat call mountain frogs "mountain chicken."

[Dan]

I've hunted pretty much everything deer-sized and smaller, and I can teach people the basics of how to shoot a rifle (accurately).

I'm trying to learn more about bows, but the only advantage I see would be for poaching 

For anyone wanting to research rifles, I'd stick with .308 or 30-06 for relatively cheap practice (surplus) ammo.  Stuff's ridiculously expensive these days.

[William]

If you consider cheap and easy and effective for getting food, more food is acquired every year in the whole earth with .22lr than any other rifle. The days of plentiful big game are over.

Traps should be an option too, as well as nets.