Snipe Hunting

Juniper · 09-19-2008, 01:48 AM

We're going camping this weekend. Which is really weird because since we've had power outages all week, it's kind of like we've been camping at home.

But anyway...we have some impressionable young folks along with us this upcoming weekend and so one of the activities we have scheduled is a snipe hunt. You know what that is, right? You wait till dark, then go on a night hike in the woods. No flashlights; that scares the snipes. Just bring a bag, step quietly and listen.

My kids went snipe hunting last year at this same event and are really looking forward to helping the new kids along their...um...their odyssey.

Anybody else been huntin' snipes?

morethanpretty · 09-19-2008, 01:57 AM

Never fell for it. I didn't believe in Jackalopes either. BTW:they're real.

Flint · 09-19-2008, 09:42 AM

Out on our land, there are Gyeguuders, a vicious beast! Rumor has it that they are so angry because they have three heads and only one @sshole.

Shawnee123 · 09-19-2008, 09:54 AM

I never heard of snipe hunting until college. A girl from Buffalo, who asked (on a trip to Lake Cumberland) if lightning bugs bite, told me about it.

I'm gullible. I wanted to go.

limey · 09-19-2008, 01:19 PM

I sometimes meet snipe on the road when I'm driving home at night. They seem quite dozy about light and frequently loiter in the road in the headlights a little too long. Also my cats have brought home one or two before now.

wolf · 09-19-2008, 08:23 PM

I prefer to buy my snipe at the supermarket. They come already filleted and deboned, on a little styrofoam tray, all wrapped up in plastic wrap.

I know where my meat comes from, but hey, I'm a modern woman. I don't want to go through the hassle. Time is money.

Cloud · 09-19-2008, 10:15 PM

weren't we just discussing this?

yes, I've been snipe hunting. at camp. really odd

ZenGum · 09-22-2008, 09:02 AM

Down here, it's not the snipe, it's the drop bears you've got to watch out for. Fearsome beasts.

spudcon · 09-22-2008, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

Never fell for it. I didn't believe in Jackalopes either. BTW:they're real.

I went to that link, and it didn't even mention Jackalopes. Around here, this is the time to stay out of the corn fields because of the fierce Corn Weevils. Devastating long teeth.

morethanpretty · 09-22-2008, 11:24 PM

Sorry spud, snipes are real.

Ruminator · 10-04-2008, 01:53 AM

Now this brings back an ancient memory!

My virgin snipe hunting trip occurred when I was in the Boy Scouts during a weekend camping trip.

Thanks for the memory. Too

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09-19-2008, 01:48 AM	#1
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Snipe Hunting We're going camping this weekend. Which is really weird because since we've had power outages all week, it's kind of like we've been camping at home. But anyway...we have some impressionable young folks along with us this upcoming weekend and so one of the activities we have scheduled is a snipe hunt. You know what that is, right? You wait till dark, then go on a night hike in the woods. No flashlights; that scares the snipes. Just bring a bag, step quietly and listen. My kids went snipe hunting last year at this same event and are really looking forward to helping the new kids along their...um...their odyssey. Anybody else been huntin' snipes?

09-19-2008, 01:57 AM	#2
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Never fell for it. I didn't believe in Jackalopes either. BTW:they're real. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

09-19-2008, 09:42 AM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Out on our land, there are Gyeguuders, a vicious beast! Rumor has it that they are so angry because they have three heads and only one @sshole. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-19-2008, 09:54 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I never heard of snipe hunting until college. A girl from Buffalo, who asked (on a trip to Lake Cumberland) if lightning bugs bite, told me about it. I'm gullible. I wanted to go. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-19-2008, 01:19 PM	#5
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I sometimes meet snipe on the road when I'm driving home at night. They seem quite dozy about light and frequently loiter in the road in the headlights a little too long. Also my cats have brought home one or two before now. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-19-2008, 08:23 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I prefer to buy my snipe at the supermarket. They come already filleted and deboned, on a little styrofoam tray, all wrapped up in plastic wrap. I know where my meat comes from, but hey, I'm a modern woman. I don't want to go through the hassle. Time is money. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-19-2008, 10:15 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	weren't we just discussing this? yes, I've been snipe hunting. at camp. really odd __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-22-2008, 09:02 AM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Down here, it's not the snipe, it's the drop bears you've got to watch out for. Fearsome beasts. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-22-2008, 11:24 PM	#10
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Sorry spud, snipes are real. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-04-2008, 01:53 AM	#11
Ruminator Ohio fisherman Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 117	Now this brings back an ancient memory! My virgin snipe hunting trip occurred when I was in the Boy Scouts during a weekend camping trip. Thanks for the memory. Too .

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