wich sport do you choose?

So for the people that hunt and fish both; if you could only do one: fish or hunt, which would it be? On the one hand you have bigger prey which means more food. On the other hand, fishing is warmer

Fishing! less pressure, more relaxing, generally warmer weather.. most of all.. a lot less of a mess to clean afterwards!

Probably fishing if it includes ice fishing.

Hunting-no netting going on!!!!!!!!!

Fishing. No question. I can be extremely scuessful catching multiple trophies on any given day and nothing has to die.

I used to be a hard core hunter even hunting internationally. Killing for heads/horns ruined hunting for me. We did take the meat or make sure the locals got it. Now i still hunt but i am extremely selective and rarely harvest an animal. I now rate success by how close i can stalk. I figure getting within bow range means i have been successful even if i don’t take the animals life.

Another huge plus for me and fishing is fewer pissing matches for the hot spot and nowbody owns the spots and cannot post them. Everybody has the same chance at the same fish no matter how many thousands they have spent on gear.

Nothing ruins a hunting trip faster than some d*ckhead setting decoys on top of your set and then sky busting. Or setting their deer stand within 100 yards.

Lastly i can fish 365 days of the year. Hunting has seasons and time limitations.

Fishing since it’s a year round activity. You are aware this is a fishing site right?

I used to be nuts about bow hunting, then kids came along. I couldn’t see myself bow hunting one or two nights a week when I’d been used to bowhunting almost every night of the season plus about 1/2 of the mornings.

I decided that since I couldn’t put in as much time that I’d focus my efforts on Walleye fishing. I do miss bow hunting from time to time,but in the end I get to enjoy fishing year round. Hunting was a 3 month window. Plus I still get to rifle and muzzleloader hunt for deer if I chose (that means when the weather is too crappy to fish).

Bowhunting hands down. Then again, most of mine is on my own land, so no boats…errrrr…..I mean other hunters on top of me Like said, it’s not about the kill, it’s about the hunt, the camp, the fires, the stories and the next day in the field

If Trapping falls under hunting, then hunting it is. Those fur checks can cover a lot of life’s expenses.

Fishing all the way!!

Fishing – No wolves going on, or CWD. Plus you can go 24 / 7 / 365. Its not even close

damn, what a downer question to have to choose.
I guess I’d go with fishing but with all my guns and archery gear too (honey, we need a bigger boat)

If I had to choose one and leave the other behind, I would choose pheasant hunting. For me there is nothing like watching a dog work a rooster, point it, wait for me to kick it up and drop it. Then the retrieve to hand…oh, a thing of beauty.

Lol, yes I realize its a fishing sit, that’s why it was an option. I didn’t however realize that pelts were worth anything anymore by the time you figured in your gas back and forth if nothing else. Perhaps I need to look into it again.

Fishing simply becasue of the entire year being able to do it…… But is it were comparing equal amounts of time on each, give me upland hunting, then spearing, then fishing……

Fishing…Although I love to bowhunt, my competitive drive attracts me to fishing more.

In order to be successful bowhunting and having consistent opportunities at trophy animals, you need access to prime habitat (which cost more money than I currently have) and lot more time (which i’m running out of as well)

When it comes to fishing, the sky is the limit. You’ve got an opportunity at a trophy fish each time out and an unlimited resource to use that no one has exclusive rights to.

The biggest draw back to hunting is access to good land. With fishing I can go to virtually 100% of the fishable water anytime I want.

Hunt and not shooting anything has more satisfaction to me than fishing and not catching anything.

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Me too

Though I love fishing and angling, there is something about hunting that makes it really exciting.

The thrill that everyone could get the most out of would probably be relating to how you will be able to score good hunting products and how that would compare to the others.

But talking about giant and trophy fishing, that would definitely be something really different.

Hunting. I have my own paradise, Buck or doe, it’s a trophy to me. Especially with a bow.

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That’s a great comment!!

Believe it or not, hunting for ducks, pheasant, squirrels wabbits was #1 for me until 30-35 years old.

The day I called it quits was while walking inside a county drainage ditch after missing a wood duck (long walk), a farmer came up to me on his tractor and chewed me out for walking in his beans.

I was struggling to stay inside the ditch, because it was county land and because the beans were ready to be picked. I was never outside of the ditch.

After that, we stopped buying hunting licenses and did more pigeon hunting and trap shooting. Then the fishing bug kicked into overdrive.

Sure do miss the roast duck/pigeon/dressing dinners we use to have.

I like bow hunting and muzzle loading for deer. I really like pheasant hunting. However, I love fishing. Love getting out on the water with friends and family.

mid summer fishing………..bikinis!!!!!!!!!!

Used to be fishing hands down, that is until I bought my own land. Now there are food plots to put in, planting trees, hanging and building stands, and checking cameras. Only so many hours to play so fishing time has suffered.

Nut

Oh Give me a gun….

When I lived in western mn and worked nights, I would have said pheasant hunting hands down. I had a great dog and millions of acres of public land to myself during the week. I rarely hunted on the weekends. Now that all has changed, fishing hands down.

FISHING! FOR SURE!

I am thinking of changing my number 1 & taking up tennis….