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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #60 on: February 21, 2012, 02:20:43 pm »
For several years I competed in strongman contests and managed to do fairly well in them.  I was working hard on winning my pro card when I realized it was taking too much time away from my family and other things.  I would fly out of church each Sunday to drive an hour to meet my training partners, train for 3-4 hours, and then drive an hour home.  Then there were the weekends I would drive 2-3 hours to train with other guys.  On top of that I traveled to most of the states in the southeast to compete.  I still train pretty hard, but not quite that hard. 

I too carved decoys for a while.  My dad has been a decoy collector for a while, and carves some himself so it was one of the first things I took up.  I don't care much for the painting though.  I just don't have the patience that it requires.

I also love to fish, especially saltwater.  Unfortunately my favorite fishin' hole is about 6 hours away, and not always accessable now.  I still love slow trolling for crappies, and soaking some baits for stripers, hybrids, and big flatheads too.
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #61 on: February 24, 2012, 04:14:33 pm »
First and foremost for me is martial arts... I have been doing them since I was five and don't plan on stopping till I'm 90...  >:D After that I love making weapons of any sort... Started when I was 3 or 4 with cardboard knives and swords, but now I have made and continue to make and practice with just about any primitive weapon there is. I love shooting just about anything and practicing survival and self reliance skills. Also love kayaking, backpacking, and fishing, especially from my kayak..

Jon
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Offline Parnell

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #62 on: February 24, 2012, 04:35:52 pm »
Quote from: GaryR on February 20, 2012, 01:29:12 pm
I make fireworks from scratch.

Huh? ??? ;D
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Offline GaryR

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #63 on: February 24, 2012, 07:37:59 pm »
Parnell, with different fuels and different oxidizers you can produce all kinds of colors. My kids and I love it.
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Offline predatorcaller

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #64 on: February 24, 2012, 10:32:40 pm »
I enjoy trapping and predator calling and have also been a licensed taxidermist here in Penna. for 20 years.A good hobby and great part-time job.It has paid for my trips to Alaska the last few times.I think my favorite hobby is backpacking.Whether it be hunting season or not I Love to grab a tarp-sleeping bag and a little gear and just disappear into the mountains for a few days.Headed north next weekend packing back in to trap beaver and build a makeshift shelter for some turkey outings in the spring.Have a great day!!
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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« Reply #65 on: February 24, 2012, 10:40:33 pm »
Quote from: predatorcaller on February 24, 2012, 10:32:40 pm
I enjoy trapping and predator calling and have also been a licensed taxidermist here in Penna. for 20 years.A good hobby and great part-time job.It has paid for my trips to Alaska the last few times.I think my favorite hobby is backpacking.Whether it be hunting season or not I Love to grab a tarp-sleeping bag and a little gear and just disappear into the mountains for a few days.Headed north next weekend packing back in to trap beaver and build a makeshift shelter for some turkey outings in the spring.Have a great day!!

Man, you sound like someone who has this game of life (and bills) figured out...envious of your brains and wish you needed someone to carry your trapping gear  >:D
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Offline Alpinbogen

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #66 on: February 25, 2012, 12:03:56 am »
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Offline Gus

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #67 on: February 25, 2012, 03:09:07 pm »
Wood Working and Fine Carving.
Drawing with Pen and India Ink.
Hunting and Fishing.
Motorcycle Riding.
Skydiving and SCUBA.
Armature Astronomy, got a Mead 7" Mak.


And I'm a bad Bass Player...
I like both kinds of music...
Country and Western.

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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #68 on: February 26, 2012, 12:59:10 am »
I really love fishing and hunting, but my other hobbies are woodcarving and leather working.
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Offline David_Daugherty

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #69 on: February 26, 2012, 01:06:50 am »
Hobbies, well my wife sais I have too many lol.  I'm a black belt in Karate and teach a karate class 2 x per week.  I'm also a student in Jui Jitsu usually hit the mats about 3 x week.  Love to hunt and fish.  Other than that I enjoy making bows and arrows.  Working on my first antler handle knife.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #70 on: February 27, 2012, 10:09:31 pm »
Fishing and hunting of course.  I'm also an amateur gun smith.  I used to race motocross until I got fat, lazy and married, now I ride big cruisers.   I'm in the process of writing a book (need to get back at that).  I'm also a firearm instructor for our 4H region.  I love shooting and using all weapon systems I can get my gritty hands on.  Well that's enough for now.  Josh
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Offline Kpete

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« Reply #71 on: February 28, 2012, 02:17:36 am »
Fishing, fly-tying, cooking, and with the new scalping knife from M-P i am looking for things to use it on!
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #72 on: February 28, 2012, 02:50:05 am »
Building bows and arrows has dang near eclipsed some of the others..... but....
 
 I love to paddle a canoe.  I truly love to see what's around the bend on a little river or creek I haven't been down before. 
 Catching catfish - limb lines, trot lines, rod and reel, jugs.....  I love it all.
 Picking the guitar and singing old country, bluegrass, and folk music.
 Painting landscapes...  acrylics usually.  If I can't actually be in the woods, I will paint a place to go!
 Hunting and fishing, of course.  oh, and lurking on PA.   
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Offline Dane

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #73 on: February 29, 2012, 07:14:33 pm »
My life is boring compared with some of you guys.

Talented cook, love especially Thai and Indian cuisine, and anything you can toss on a bbq grill. Dieting is I guess a temporary hobby, I've lost over 30 pounds since around September, and want to get down to about 140, my 22-year old weight; only 27 lbs to go.

I play the concertina, I guess my love of nautical history, and used to be an oboist through college.

Atlatls and overall stone age technology are big interests, and sometimes life drawing. I model as well as draw, though I am not particularly a good artist.

I guess my most unusual talent is I am a fully qualified motorman for a restored 114-year old combination trolley car, a Wason with GE controllers and motors that operated in this area until 1926 for the Shelburne Falls and Colraine Street Railway Company, when it was converted to a chicken coop for many years.

I also build furniture when I can find a place for a new piece, and am writing a book about my great uncle's WWII B-26 bomb group, the 391st (Medium). Tracey flew 65 combat missions, including D-Day and against German V1 missile sites. 

Dane
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: What are your other hobbies?
« Reply #74 on: February 29, 2012, 07:35:37 pm »
Dane, boring??? surely you jest...the book sounds like an awesome tribute to those who came before us.  Cheers!
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