Fish for an entire week for salmon and halibut in Alaska with your wife and a good friend plus his girlfriend?
Lease and trip cost are equal.
This isn't hypothetical. It's a real decision I had to make.
No Way, No How!!
Turkeys come first!
That's a no brainer, that's a once in a life time trip with your friend, turkey season will come again.
I can see the once in a lifetime aspect of it so i understand why somebody would do it..personally I cant stand the thought of missing even one turkey season. But hey im also the guy that would pick a turkey hunt over a once in a lifetime elk hunt or caribou or anything else
I say go fishing. This may be your only opportunity to go and see those sights. Turkey season will come again.
no way
At first glance I though you said your wife and girlfriend and I'm thinking "no-brainer" ;D
Yes, go! It's Alaska!
Why give up the whole turkey season? It's just one week, you can still squeeze in a few hunts.
Nope, not even a topic of discussion for me...
mudhen
Absolutely not. Desperate times call for desperate means. If I'm you, I'm figuring out a way to pay for both.
Fishing? Nope, I wouldn't be going. Now if they all wanted to go turkey hunting somewhere I'd be all in.
Surely you could find some public land or some private land to squeeze a few weeks of turkey hunting in if you cant afford the trip and lease. Go on the trip. Take losts of pictures and enjoy the sights and friendship.
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That's a tough one, it depends on how much you like to fish! I like fishing a lot but if I had to choose I would hunt over fish any day, especially turkey hunt! Good luck
Quote from: WW on June 19, 2013, 01:17:20 PM
No Way, No How!! Turkeys come first!
Quote from: Dirt nap on June 19, 2013, 01:41:36 PM
no way
Quote from: mudhen on June 19, 2013, 01:50:01 PM
Nope, not even a topic of discussion for me...
mudhen
Quote from: Tommy Strutsalot on June 19, 2013, 01:51:54 PM
Absolutely not. Desperate times call for desperate means. If I'm you, I'm figuring out a way to pay for both.
Quote from: guesswho on June 19, 2013, 01:55:31 PM
Fishing? Nope, I wouldn't be going. Now if they all wanted to go turkey hunting somewhere I'd be all in.
x2!!!!! :icon_thumright:
For a week? Maybe. For an entire season? Nope.
If the trip was that important to my wife, I would take her on it,....but I would also be finding some public land to hunt turkeys on for the year. The thought that I couldn't do both would never enter my mind, regardless of the situation.
Quote from: GobbleNut on June 19, 2013, 03:21:47 PM
If the trip was that important to my wife, I would take her on it,....but I would also be finding some public land to hunt turkeys on for the year. The thought that I couldn't do both would never enter my mind, regardless of the situation.
This :icon_thumright:
No way. Why do you have to give up turkey hunting for the season? The fishing trip is one week. Schedule it for sometime in June. And turkey hunt likes it's your last season. What's your wife gonna do? Be mad at you? She'll get over it.
No way no how never. Nope. Not a chance. Not in this lifetime. Don't matter with who and where too. . . not missing a turkey season.
Never,ever!
take the trip with your wife and friends.
your wife fishes, your lucky to have her! She willing to go to Alaska, lucky to have her!
Turkey hunting 3 to 6 weeks, most states. Public and walk in ground all over midwest and west.
Find a way to do both, save scrimp,cut out hbo. and cinemax. make your own coffee.Order water with meals.
Shoot lead if ya absolutely have to.
Missed a few seasons in the land of the sand,ya it sucked.You get over it. many missed this year giving the rest of us the freedom to go .
Good luck.
No way! Turkey hunting is my favorite hunting season.
Quote from: owlhoot on June 19, 2013, 07:38:31 PM
take the trip with your wife and friends.
your wife fishes, your lucky to have her! She willing to go to Alaska, lucky to have her!
Turkey hunting 3 to 6 weeks, most states. Public and walk in ground all over midwest and west.
Find a way to do both, save scrimp,cut out hbo. and cinemax. make your own coffee.Order water with meals.
Shoot lead if ya absolutely have to.
Missed a few seasons in the land of the sand,ya it sucked.You get over it. many missed this year giving the rest of us the freedom to go .
Good luck.
Thank you for your service and our freedom to go. I hope you won't have to miss any more.
Quote from: Deputy 14 on June 19, 2013, 01:40:18 PM
I say go fishing. This may be your only opportunity to go and see those sights. Turkey season will come again.
I agree
Change it from Alaska to the west coast, during a turkey season, and hunt in the morning, be ready by the time everyone wakes up and go fishing. But best advice I can give is 'Stay away from his GF!!!' It may make for a very short trip if you don't!!! ( no pun intended) :happy0064:
I've had to make similar decisions in my lifetime. Turkey hunting always won. Only thing that's ever came close was archery elk hunting during the bugle.
Nope. The only things that come before turkeys are work and family obligations.
As much as I love to fish Alaska isn't my cup of tea, so I'm going to say no. Also the other way to look at it is..... If you have a wife who is willing to take an outdoor sporting trip, you need to do something with her. Last but not least. I don't know your situation, but if you drop your lease membership for a year so you can do this, will you have the chance to renew your membership the year after? In my area most hunting clubs would fill your spot ASAP. Good luck with which ever you decide to do, and congrats for having a wife who wants to spend time outdoors with you.
Nope--no brainer for me.
Like others have said, I wouldn't give up turkey hunting to fish. BUT, if my wife wanted to go on this trip, I would likely make an exception to go. If she wasn't into it, then no way!!! If you have public land nearby, then why would turkey season be a complete loss? Another important thing to consider...if you have a great lease, those are sometimes very hard to come by. If you relinquish your membership you will regret it down the road. One week fishing trip wouldn't justify giving that up. If at all possible, do you have time to try and save $ for both?
Id never give up turkey hunting but I think it's important to be multi-dimensional as a person and as a hunter.
Continually traveling to new places and seeking the challenges, sights and sounds they offer are an essential part of that process.
I would not have this problem for a couple reasons: 1) My wife knows how much turkey season means to me. 2) She likes to turkey hunt too! 3) She's scared to fly!
Maybe that's the reason you're having to give up the whole season......you're driving
Would I? No.
What I might do if it meant that much would be save up and go another year...sometime other than turkey season.
Couldn't give it up for fishing.
Heck Naw I wouldn't trade it for no fishing trip or anything else for that matter!!! Your sick you need to check yourself into a hospital quick ur running out of time!! As for the girlfriend she's gotta make decision to stay or go turkey season always always trumps the girlfriend now a kids event well that's different!! The friends well you can make new friends that turkey hunt problem solved!! Get well soon!! :icon_thumright: :toothy9:
hell no
I had to make a similar type of decision once and regret that i was with my wife that is the only turkey season i have missed in 28yrs of hunting and still wish i didn't skip killing turkeys.
What? I just got started :z-guntootsmiley:
But the wife would love me to get over my newly founded hobby :toothy12:
Quote from: Cove on June 19, 2013, 06:33:18 PM
No way no how never. Nope. Not a chance. Not in this lifetime. Don't matter with who and where too. . . not missing a turkey season.
Exactly!
Are you kidding me......that would be a Nooooooooooo !!!!!!!!
Yeah, if it meant skipping an entire season then absolutely not. It would be like a kick in the gut just to miss a week. I get hacked off when family members plan weddings, etc. during the spring....the nerve of some folks!!!
That would be a big "Hell nah"
Hell no!
Quote from: TheTwistedOne on June 19, 2013, 01:11:45 PM
Fish for an entire week for salmon and halibut in Alaska with your wife and a girlfriend?
Lease and trip cost are equal.
This isn't hypothetical. It's a real decision I had to make.
I fixed it for you ;D
I could miss a season to do that. Even the way you stated. I've been to AK but didn't have a chance to fish. Would love to go back there to salmon and halibut fish.
I'd take the trip in a heartbeat, if it ment that much to you and your wife, chances like that don't come along every day. You may also find your wasting a lot of money on the least and turkey hunts? There are ways to turkey hunt for a lot less, and you may find you enjoy that a lot more that just staying on one lease area? Turkey seasons run all spring so you should be able to find a place to hunt somewhere in your state or another state for less money than what your paying for the lease?
Not going to happen.
I've always wanted to go to Alaska and fish for halibut and salmon, but there's ZERO chance that I'd ever miss a turkey season. A fish tugging on my line, no matter how big it is or how hard it's fighting wouldn't be nearly as exciting as hunting spring gobblers to me, personally.
I wouldn't give up turkey season to do anything.
And yes, I mean ANYTHING!
Quote from: stone road turkey calls on June 19, 2013, 01:23:38 PM
That's a no brainer, that's a once in a life time trip with your friend, turkey season will come again.
Considering you only get one tag here in Michigan I could give it up once in awhile. Alaska is on my bucket list.
no problem for me,no missing turkey season,don't care for fishing anyway.
If the $$ is the issue I would sell firewood! get a part time job! sell something to do both!
Quote from: 1tiogabowhunter on June 24, 2013, 09:31:41 PM
If the $$ is the issue I would sell firewood! get a part time job! sell something to do both!
I've always sold firewood. Couple years ago I made a few thousand in just a couple short months. It ain't bad unless you get into some knotty hickory or elm.
Nope. I love fishing but I would never give up a turkey season to fish.
Quote from: TRKYHTR on June 20, 2013, 12:56:09 AM
I've had to make similar decisions in my lifetime. Turkey hunting always won. Only thing that's ever came close was archery elk hunting during the bugle.
I agree with you about the archery elk but then again I have elk in my backyard and hunt them even when I don't have a tag.
I would not even give it a second thought it would be turkey hunting over fishing any day, and I have to travel out of state to do most of my turkey hunting.