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Offline Big Stick

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Just trying to get a little demographic information. If I'm not supposed to do this just let me know.

1. How tall are you.
2. What do you hunt (waterfowl or other).
3. What kind of hunting do you enjoy (bow, shotty, rifle, muzzy).

1. I'm 6'5"
2. I hunt waterfowl, land birds, deer and squirrels. Yes I said squirrels. Hope to hunt some elk, bear and maybe a moose soon.
3. I like to hunt with all four that I had listed.

Thanks to all that reply, I appreciate it. I'm doing some independent research on these topics and couldn't find any good studies that had been done yet.

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hhhhmmmmm....let's see....

I'm 6'4"
I hunt ducks, geese, turkeys, deer, pheasants, bear, yotes and crows...(yep crows)
I hunt with my bow, shotgun, rifle, muzzle loader and pistol.


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Offline Big Stick

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Thanks so much for replying!  I'm not the only big guy out there...I didn't think so.

Offline Cody Gruchow

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im 6"1

i hunt ducks geese deer bear,turkey,coyotes,squirrels pheasants rabbits,doves
i hunt with my bow,rifle and shotgun

Offline 22lex

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5 foot 10 inches

I hunt deer, bear, elk, pheasants, and coyotes

I use muzzle, bow, rifle, shotgun

BS, make sure to cite minnesota outdoorsman website when putting this in your research paper! :happy1:
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Offline sjohnnie26

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6'1''
Deer, Pheasant, Turkey
Bow, Shotgun

 :green archer:
"AIM SMALL, MISS SMALL"  -Jeff Simpson

Offline prosupermag

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I am 6' 1"
I hunt deer, ducks, geese, phesants, yotes, doves, rabbits, and carp
I hunt with my bow, shotgun, rifle, and muzzleloader

Offline Big Stick

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Awesome guys, keep'em coming.  I appreciate it.

Offline thunderpout

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I tower about at an amazing 6'2" whilst hunting Grouse, Woodcock, Hungarian Partridge, Pheasants, Deer and Clay Pigeons.( I refuse to eat those ;D)  I use scatterguns, rifles, a pistol and pure will  :scratch:when those dont work... ;)

Offline The General

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6'1" and 190 lbs of steal and sex appeal  ;D

Deer, ducks, geese, antelope, pheasant, yotes, grouse.
Bow, Shotgun, Rifle
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Offline HD

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6'1" and 190 lbs of steal and sex appeal  ;D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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Offline Bobby Bass

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Geeze, had Hamms go up my nose and about missed my chair trying to get back on it !  :rotflmao:
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Offline sandmannd

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I'm' 6'2"
I've hunted for birds and deer but have yet to shoot a thing. I just started hunting a couple of years ago and have limited knowledge and places to go.
I only have a Remington 870 for now but would like to get a deer rifle.
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Offline JCAMERON

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5' 8"
Deer, Pheasants, Ducks, Geese, Doves, Grouse, Squirrel.
Shotgun, Rifle, Bow
"Superior... never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early."

Offline Big Stick

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I've posted this on several other forums and a question was asked at one of them that I thought would be useful to everyone.

I am doing this purely as personal interest.  I am not tied to any company or group (well I do contribute to PF and DU), but being a tall guy that hunts with mostly guys of normal height, I was curious to see if there were any other gorillas like me out there.

When I'm done collecting enough data, I will make sure to post my findings on each forum that I have joined.  I am not asking for anything that is confidential and hope that it makes it easier for members to contribute.

I promise a full computational analysis when I'm done.

Thanks and happy hunting!

Offline 22lex

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I was curious to see if there were any other gorillas like me out there.

 :rotflmao:

Your post got me thinking today of all my buddies who hunt, and how none of them are over 6'1'' or so. I look forward to seeing your results.
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Offline Bobby Bass

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5-7 mostly blonds.  :whistling: O hunting, feathered bird huntng..
Grouse, bunnies and yes squirrels. With dogs, Shotguns and .22 rifles.
Bobby Bass


Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

It is not how many years you live, it is how you lived your years!

Offline Big Stick

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Thanks to everyone that has contributed.  I'm glad to see that people added more to their descriptions in places, I'm always game to listen to a good story.

I'm going to be out practicing my bow tomorrow, but I plan on being back soon.  So keep the info coming.

I have posted this question on more than 20 forums already and plan on having it on as many as possible.  I will try and post some preliminary results this weekend.

Thanks Again!

Offline Ryan

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I can't believe how tall our members are.

I am 5' 10" and right now I really only have time to hunt deer with my gun.  In the future I plan on getting back into other hunting.

Offline Bobby Bass

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Hey Big Stick home you "stick" around and look over the site and not just use us for testing! Tall people are welcome here  :blues brothers:
Bobby Bass


Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

It is not how many years you live, it is how you lived your years!

Offline schwinger

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1. 6 ft
2. Mostly Pheasant and deer. Occasionaly get out grouse hunting, gave up duck hunting about 5 yrs ago.
3. 30.06 for deer. 12 gauge for pheasant and grouse. Used to bow hunt but haven't in several years, hope to get the time to do it again.

Offline Faceman

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6 inches tall
hunt mice
weapon of choice is a toothpick (round not the flat toothpicks)


I am actually 5-10
Deer, grouse, ducks, geese, rabbits.
Rifle, shotguns, bow

Nobody in my hunting parties are over 6 foot either. Mostly 5-8 to 5-11
Vegetarian: Old indian word for bad hunter.

Offline Dardevle

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1)  5' 5"            :rotflmao:   shortest one so far!!

2)  Beer, I mean bear, deer, and squirrel

3) Muzzle loader and .22 rifle!
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.  ~Koos Brandt

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Offline Big Stick

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Oh yeah Bobby Bass I plan on visiting this site a lot.  I'm moving up to Roseau in May and will live in Minnesota for the rest of my life (hopefully).

Dardevle, not only are you the shortest one so far, you are also the shortest out of over 200 responses including women...hopefully you find humor in this and take no offense.

Offline Dardevle

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Oh yeah Bobby Bass I plan on visiting this site a lot.  I'm moving up to Roseau in May and will live in Minnesota for the rest of my life (hopefully).

Dardevle, not only are you the shortest one so far, you are also the shortest out of over 200 responses including women...hopefully you find humor in this and take no offense.

LOL!!! :happy1:  That is really good humor!!  Being short I do not hit my head on alot of things.  And I do not have to duck under branches as much!  If you want my wifes info her it is also:

1) 5'6"

2) Deer

3) 20 gauge shotgun   

What can I say, I like tall women!!  LOL
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Offline Go Big Red!

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1)  5' 5"            :rotflmao:   shortest one so far!!

2)  Beer, I mean bear, deer, and squirrel

3) Muzzle loader and .22 rifle!


Glad I'm not the short one of the group!!!!

1. 5'6"

2. Deer, grouse, ducks, pheasants, turkeys, and "hogs" (feral pigs to be exact...)

3. Guns, Guns, and more Guns
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Offline fubar

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1. 5-10
2. geese (snows and canadians)all other birds, deer and manbearpig
3. 870 supermag and 7mm. browning a-bolt (tons and tons of hot lead for the manbearpigs)

Offline mathews4ever

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5'11"
I hunt anything that moves and I do it with a bow. You can kill(or scare really bad) anything with an arrow.
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Offline thunderpout

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Unless its got a gun... ;D

Offline GRIZ

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1/2" shy of 6'

Anything with anything. Actually my weapon of choice would be a trap in any shape or form.
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