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I've always been involved in something at all times.......most have come and gone except bowhunting. I used to fish and specifically fly fish a LOT when I was younger. Growing up in Vermont in the middle of nowhere that was all there really was to do in the summers. I actually attended a summer program at the Orvis headquarters in Manchester one summer. This is something I've really gotten out of, however when I really feel I've accomplished what I can with 3D archery, I can see my summers being spent fishing again. Lisa really enjoys to fish too so it's something I think we can do together and really enjoy a lot, I'd like to get a boat once we are settled into a house.

I've also always been big into cars, grew up around american muscle cars and also been heavily into turbo cars as well. I actually built a nearly 400whp 1.8l turbo volkswagen powered by a 57 trim turbo that trapped at 118mph in the quarter mile, this was a car that made 130whp bone stock when I bought it brand new. I put in several hundred passes at the strip in this car and did a LOT of stupid stuff in it before I realized I was probably going to kill myself or someone else, and that I at one point had enough wrapped up into it to buy a small house. It was a horrible way to be spending money, but was tons of fun while it lasted. I'll probably have another project car again some day but not until I have a house payed for and a garage to put it in.

A few pics of my old project car........it was quite the sleeper except for that front plate.....[8D]. Matt might actually recognize this car, as I believe this is what I was driving when I lived in South Hampton @ Waterford.

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I am a big fly fisherman. I fly fish about 75-100 days a year mostly for steelhead and trout. I also do a fair amount of photography.

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After hunting I scout after the first couple of snows
I ski
Shed hunt.
work on my property ( food plots & trails)
Play with the Wife and Kids.
but the hunting never stops Scouting,Hanging stands, Planting.

Hunting is my only real hobbie and I try and make the most out of it.

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I shed hunt starting in Jan. Shed hunt through toabout June. During those months from Jan-June, I will be snowmobiling with my wife all over N.I and into Montana, we'llgo on a couple sturgeon trips, my brother just bought an outfitting business on the salmon river! Jet boats and lots of fishing for steelhead and bass too along side the sturgeon. Coaching 8th grade girls B-ball again Jan-March. My oldest boy is playing basketball now too. He's six. Turkey hunting in March/April. Bear hunting starting about May 1, as soon as the snow levels in my honey-hole are down, spot and stock bears, no bait in this zone. I really like bear hunting, its grown on me quite a bit. I used to fly fish, dont seem to have the time these days. I am headed to Saskatchewan this spring for a week to look for sheds. I hope to be headed to Kansas too for our RJ get together! We have finished our garage and remodel the past two years, so my home projects are slowing down, thank God. The boys and I are gonna do some trapping this winter, mostly trying to get a bobcat or two. Summer time means one thing for me, scouting for big bucks in the evenings.

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Vito1-those are some great pictures, what camera did you take those pictures with. I would love to fly fish for trout.

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Thanks! It's a Sony PowershotS3. It's a point and shoot digital. Great point and shoot digitial but I REALLY want a DSLR. I have my eye on a Nikon D40. It has been put on the back burner because I'm buying a Diamond Black Ice in 2 weeks.:D

Here's a few more pics...

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I take my boys fishing in the spring and summer. I try to hunt turkey's in the spring, but I am coaching baseball, so that makes it rather difficult. My brother and I will try and do a pheasant hunt in late Jan./early Feb. That's about it.....oh yea....I take my boys shed hunting whenever we get a chance!!

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Walleye and perch fishing on lake erie, and do some travling with a Pro Mod drag car till fall.

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Rick James!!
Didn't know there is another dubhead on this board. I've been doing the VW thing for probably the last 10 yr. Now I've settled down for my 3.1L VR6 95 GTI cranking out 220whp.
Anyway, when I'm not hunting:
Wild Mushroom Hunting
Fishing
Snowboarding
Hiking
Camping
Biking
Working on Cars
Cooking stuff I killed
Probably forgetting something!!

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I hunt coyote, waterfow, turkey and bowfishing all spring and summer

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Heh, nice car!! I also had a 16v-T GTi, and aG60 Corrado at one point as well. I miss my dubs.......[&:]:eek:.

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Training for college track takes away from plenty of my hobbies, especially hunting. Having said that, Sports cards and memorabilia is one of my favs, always collecting Chicago Bears. Other than that, were looking at:
Girlfriend
PS3 (Madden 08 for the most part)
Bible Study
Fishing
Guitar
Hanging out with friends

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Traditional archery can be a whole mess of hobbies rolled into one. Making bows, strings, tabs, quivers and just hitting the range with the guys.Other stuff I do: hunt small game, varmints, turkey, bowfishing, regular fishing (spinning, casting and fly), fly tying, making and shooting midieval crossbows, a little bit of tomahawk/knife throwing and I'm thinking seriously about getting back into muzzleloading (real muzzleloading with loose powder and round balls with sidelocks, none of that inline, shotgun primer, powder discs and bullets with sabots stuff).

Had to give up karate though. Too much strain on my back and knees.[&:]

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Martial Arts

Shooting

Playing with my kids

Fixing stuff around the house. (not really a hobby, but it helps if you think of it that way)

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Fish, motorcycles, camp, and boom chicka wow wow.;)

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bowhunting, family and slowpitch sofball.

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I fish, hunt everything i can eat, go to college, love camping, really enjoy cutting firewood in the winter, snowmobiling, basketball, hang out with the family....etc the list goes on forever!

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Bass fishing..and I love poker.

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Vito
AWESOME PICS!

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hahahahahaahaha

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Outside of everything related to whitetail......

Competitive archery.
I fish bass tournaments.
College football..... Go bucks! :D

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Trout fishing mostly in the off-season,

and Cruisin in the Ol' 69, if i got gas money[&:]

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fishing, canoeing (sp?), camping, 4 wheeling, baseball, trapping, snowmobiling, ice fishing, pimpin, grouse hunting, and shed hunting

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When not hunting......

I pretty much enjoy anything to do with the outdoors. I like to camp, fish, canoe, sail, hike, etc.. I like to include my family as much as I can as they enjoy it too, to a certain extent. They won't do the overnight hiking trips where everything you need to sustain is either on your back or in the outdoors, but Ilove that stuff.

I'm also an avid firearms collector, I play the guitar, ride motorcycles and love to host parties....yep I said that!:), I can throw a mean party.:D

I like to enjoy life and what's life without fun?? I love to laugh (especially at my self) and most of my parties have some kinda theme to them to keep things interesting. There is nothing better than friends and family getting together.

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I may have to ride my bike down to one of your parties.



I may have to get a room so I'm capable of riding home the next day.[8D]

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Love to bowhunt and muzzle load during deer season. Summetime will find me at the flying field with my R.C. planes, playing in my garden as I love canning all kinds of stuff. Used to do some ice fishing, but we're lucky to have ice thick enough to safely walk on. I also enjoy playing with and watching my grandsons grow up, and look forward to intoducing them to the great out of doors!!!! Happy Holidays to everyone!!!

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Greg, you are more than welcome.....you will most definitely not be able to ride back after one of my parties.:DI have plenty of room, you can crash here....somebody usually does:) and it goes without saying to all who attend, I'd rather you crash here than out on the road.;)

I'll be in touch.;)

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When I'm not hunting for whitetails, I'm scouting, coyote hunting, turkey hunting, bass or trout fishing, surf casting for striper and blues, going to the beach, playing college rugby, and among other things shooting my bow.

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I call and video predators all winter long. Like to do some camping and motorcylce riding during the summer months.

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in no particular order...

golf (well that one is in a particular order at the top)
fishing (bass and walleye & trolling for rainbows/browns)
box lacrosse
hockey
shed hunting (although not very good at it)
recreational basketball league
fastpitch softball (semi-retired though... getting too old)
coaching kids basketball and baseball
actually anything related to sports [8D]
dreaming about bowseason to come again

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besides hunting and fishing: stone engraving, arrow head hunting, Hot rod building- still in the making > (I had kids :eek:)
wood working, metal fabrication, used to build and fly Rc airplanes, throwing some iron around, Drawing, and busting Tucos chops [8D]getting ready to try my hand at taxidermy.

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Panfish, Ice Fish, Snowmobile, Four-Wheeling, Paintball, Archery, and a lot of Bowling

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Fishing (mostly musky) softball, and weightlifting...

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In this order...

Fall... hunt, scout,work, fish, poker
Winter... work, poker
Spring... work, hunt, scout, fish, poker
Summer... work, fish, scout, poker

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I just happen to turkey hunt. To be honest its my favorite thing to do. But I sure do like to play those darn slots as well, when there isnt any hunting going on...

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After the season is over.... I relax and catch up on sleep!

Then I....

Shed hunt like MAD!
play softball in a 12" league
prepare for the next deer season.
fish largemouth bass like I hunt whitetail deer!
Hang out with the wife
prepare for the next deer season.
go boating.
prepare for the next deer season.

And would like to get back into photography...

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In the spring I turkey hunt and during the summer I drive a race car. Here is a pic of my car.

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Here maybe.

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I do lots of things including camping and fishing. But the last 4 years I picked up on an old hobby and am going nuts at it. SCUBA DIVING. I do about 8 weekly trips to exotic parts of the world doing nothing but diving. Included in the diving I started underwater photography two years ago. Just recently my wife made me buy a camcorder and underwater housing as she says I have to start doing underwater video. And if you guys think bowhunting or archery is expensive you should try keeping up. This hobby is costing me about $20,000 a year just for the traveling. Life sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Besides hanging with my son, daughter and wife.

LOTS of golf, fishing and landscaping in the yard.