had a great weekend fishing and hunting

[xtreme43s10]

I got the chance to start my weekend early with a good friend who invited me on a Tuna fishing trip. As something I've always wanted to do I took him up on the offer. We left kent island thrusday after work and headed for Hatteras NC. getting there around midnight. At 6.m. friday we where on our way out to the atlantic to chase Tuna. We started off by running into a school of albacore and caught 8 and threw one back. we then caught one blackfin tuna and a mahi mahi. We heard there were yellow fin north so we went up there and ended out the day catching 8. It was a little rougher than I though out there but fun none the less. here are a few pictures from my trip.

The boat we where on 55' carolina custom

leaving Hatteras in the morning

Twin 800h.p. cats got the boat moving nicely

some of the gear we were using

here's a picture of one of the yellowfins I caught

and our catch for the day

after all this we drove back friday night getting home around 2 a.m. just in time for me to get my stuff together to go pheasant hunting with my brother and father and good friend of mine. we did well ended up with 23 pheasant and 6 quail. Needless to say I had a busy weekend, but it was well worth it.

 

[BlackBart]

Yup, that would be a great weekend alright! Where did you go bird hunting at?

 

[MikeTF]

It sounds like a great way to spend the weekend! Are you a pheasant plucker, or will someone else do that for you?

 

[lx1x]

mmm.. sushi..


looks fun!!

 

[sykesville]

you totally suck!

 

[xtreme43s10]

Yup, that would be a great weekend alright! Where did you go bird hunting at?

Caroline County Shooting Preserve. I've hunted at a lot of the places on the eastern shore and they are the cheapest and nicest by far.

 

[xtreme43s10]

It sounds like a great way to spend the weekend! Are you a pheasant plucker, or will someone else do that for you?

I let them do it there. 29 birds is a lot to pluck

 

[BlackBart]

Caroline County Shooting Preserve. I've hunted at a lot of the places on the eastern shore and they are the cheapest and nicest by far.

Hmmmm, OK, 29 birds did they just stock it? How does a preserve differ from a hunt elsewhere? I'm not sure I would be sold on them, 29 birds is fantastic.....too fantastic.

 

[Klunatic]

I got the chance to start my weekend early with a good friend who invited me on a Tuna fishing trip. As something I've always wanted to do I took him up on the offer. We left kent island thrusday after work and headed for Hatteras NC. getting there around midnight. At 6.m. friday we where on our way out to the atlantic to chase Tuna. We started off by running into a school of albacore and caught 8 and threw one back. we then caught one blackfin tuna and a mahi mahi. We heard there were yellow fin north so we went up there and ended out the day catching 8. It was a little rougher than I though out there but fun none the less. here are a few pictures from my trip.

The boat we where on 55' carolina custom

leaving Hatteras in the morning

Twin 800h.p. cats got the boat moving nicely

some of the gear we were using

here's a picture of one of the yellowfins I caught

and our catch for the day

after all this we drove back friday night getting home around 2 a.m. just in time for me to get my stuff together to go pheasant hunting with my brother and father and good friend of mine. we did well ended up with 23 pheasant and 6 quail. Needless to say I had a busy weekend, but it was well worth it.

Are those Hens in the pile? Is it legal to shoot hens on a preserve?

 

[steves1911]

Yes its legal to shoot hens on a preserve. I was a hunting guide at Gunpowder game farm for a year.

 

[xtreme43s10]

Hmmmm, OK, 29 birds did they just stock it? How does a preserve differ from a hunt elsewhere? I'm not sure I would be sold on them, 29 birds is fantastic.....too fantastic.

they are game farms. There aren't any wild pheasant's left in MD for the most part. Any of the places you find like native shore, pintal point, marshtown, shraders etc. are all "stocked" birds. If you want to hunt wild pheasant's then you really need to go out west.

 

[BlackBart]

they are game farms. There aren't any wild pheasant's left in MD for the most part. Any of the places you find like native shore, pintal point, marshtown, shraders etc. are all "stocked" birds. If you want to hunt wild pheasant's then you really need to go out west.

That's a real shame, there were lots of birds out Hagerstown, Tawneytown ways in the 70's and early 80's. Guess they're all gone, on the plus side..... turkeys are everywhere now where they weren't.

 

[sykesville]

It's still fun on preserves, stocked or not! At least the opportunity exists to enjoy the sport. I thoroughly enjoy it, and eating them, too. Even got my wife to like them.

 

[mudd4life88]

Is that Hatteras Harbor you went out of?

 

[MikeTF]

I'd love to know how much it is to hunt there, so I gave them a call:

Caroline County Shooting Preserve
8729 New Bridge Rd
Denton, MD 21629
(410) 479-3004​

Would anyone like to share how much these kind of hunts run?

 

[davsco]

wow you did the 'double,' fishing and hunting!! plus a ton of driving! good for you, looks like you had a lot of fun.

when i was a kid, so i guess late 70's, used to go up to friend's farm near chambersburg, pa to hunt pheasants and rabbits, was a lot of fun.

i've done a few trips out of oregon inlet and hatteras harbor. don't remember throwing up, but usually didn't feel all that great, especially if fishing was slow and you were just bouncing around way out there.

 

[xtreme43s10]

That's a real shame, there were lots of birds out Hagerstown, Tawneytown ways in the 70's and early 80's. Guess they're all gone, on the plus side..... turkeys are everywhere now where they weren't.

Yup I agree. I remember seeing wild pheasant's behind my house back in the mid 90's, and haven't seen any since then. It's a shame.

 

[xtreme43s10]

Is that Hatteras Harbor you went out of?

yup, we went on the boat " low profile "

I'd love to know how much it is to hunt there, so I gave them a call:

Caroline County Shooting Preserve
8729 New Bridge Rd
Denton, MD 21629
(410) 479-3004

Would anyone like to share how much these kind of hunts run?

they run around $20 per pheasant and $8 per quail.

 

[BlackBart]

Yup I agree. I remember seeing wild pheasant's behind my house back in the mid 90's, and haven't seen any since then. It's a shame.

One of the last pheasants I killed was a loner in back of a bowling alley in North Linthicum. I have no idea what he was doing there but he kinda just popped up during my urban quail hunt.

 

[DZ]

Great trip, S10!

mmm.. sushi..


looks fun!!

Yum!