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Condolences...Geo

Cracked a little smile here Geo.

If it's just about the cost, I doubt the price per pound of trout caught with bamboo would turn out to be much of a bargain.

I dunno. A cane pole and a can of worms is pretty cheap, and effective. Maybe we've gotten too far from our "barefoot boy with cheek of tan" roots.

SRH

Oh, it's not all about the cost. Nor is it about effectiveness. It's about choices. I don't quite understand why some people want to put a dollar return on a hobby, especially one that costs a lot of money.

I've never, ever had a hobby that was cost effective. Which is why they call them "hobbies" instead of "businesses." If one insists on a cash return, he's going to be disappointed.

At some point, you have to decide (or I have to decide) how far I want to pursue a new hobby (bird dogs) in the December of my life. I'm 71 years old, have never owned a bird dog in my life, and the pleasure of training and watching one find quail I planted isn't (to me) worth the effort...and I'm not counting the money. Like I said, it's hobby money.

Genelang,I see your point perfectly. Choices are individual and personal. I've hunted birds and owned bird dogs practically all my life. I started my "last" one 10 years ago and I expected Willy the Wirehair to be the end of the line. She's getting old now and so am I, but I'll probably get another after all...Geo

Someone here thought I was crazy training a bird dog at my age and that was 4-5 years ago. Wait a minute, it was you. And you were right! It is good to be nuts. Gil

Back when Iowa was the #1 pheasant state in the nation (which it was for most of the 90's), a partner and I started a very small guiding business. Wild roosters only, over pointing dogs, private property. The guys we guided--all of whom were from somewhere east of Iowa--remarked on how lucky we were to have such great bird hunting. Over a beer or two one evening, my partner and I decided that it might have been part luck, but also part desire to live in a place where the bird hunting was that good.

Any of you guys in GA ever hunt woodcock? I'd imagine there must be some down that way in the winter.

Oh Lord. Now you are going to get GLS started. He is the only dedicated WC hunter I know in GA. He will cut his way into cane-breaks I would not allow my worst dog to get into; he even has armour plated vests for the dogs...Geo

Did I hear someone say woodcock in Georgia? Gil

I get to shoot wild plenty.
It did once cost me $140 to shoot a frozen chicken.
That was a prize at a Christmas shoot at the clay club.
He make quite a good thick gravy.
O.M