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What's outdoor quirks y'all see around y'all that are kinda a regional thing or something y'all have seen much or as much outside of your area ? Seems about every county region town ect has some .Down here ( my area specifically) some ive noticed are

* never field dress deer

*Freezing fish whole, like don't gut then or anything was them off when you get one toss them in a bag and thaw them out and process them when your wanting to eat. At least with small fish like bream

* About any semi serious fisherman will be rocking red cigar floats on their rods. 

* taking neck shots whenever possible

* black and milds when fishing in the summer

* just about all deer and wild hog meat gets ground into sausage of some sort not a ton of butcher cuts or anything

* Getting permission usually requires you know someone the property owner knows

* Eveyone seems to know and use the same two or three knots fishing but know on knows the names

* people hate hogs ...but also like them to where if they know they have them in their property they will complain but not let you hunt them....it's weird...

* if there cows.....good luck.....just good luck

* just about eveyone calls a spinning reel a open face ..but will also call call a bait caster an open face ...an no one seems to know what a spin cast is

* people think your weird if you don't use a snap swivel ( only ever brass it seems) to your hook or you use a midline swivel.....wire leaders are more acceptable though for some reason

 

Anyhow that's some of mine what about yall

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Well their is that thing that Norfolk lads do with their sisters , but we don't really like to talk about it 😳.

Wolfy has asked a serious question about the outdoors and sports in an effort to generate conversation and learn about each others outdoor culture....... and the best we can come up with is fckin crea

Regional tendencies from round here... Dont see many garden heaters, other than a burning barrel. Everyone is friendly and welcoming, the gate is always open, except for on the back alley th

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20 hours ago, Arry said:

I don't mind as long as theres loads of cream.

Cheers Arry

Definitely! To be honest, that's the main reason I prefer the Cornish way, as I find it easier to spread the clotted cream on top of the jam rather than the other way around. 

Though I am part Cornish too.

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Wolfy has asked a serious question about the outdoors and sports in an effort to generate conversation and learn about each others outdoor culture....... and the best we can come up with is fckin cream on scones 🙄🤣

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4 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Wolfy has asked a serious question about the outdoors and sports in an effort to generate conversation and learn about each others outdoor culture....... and the best we can come up with is fckin cream on scones 🙄🤣

Better than nothing Dave.

Cheers Arry

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On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

What's outdoor quirks y'all see around y'all that are kinda a regional thing or something y'all have seen much or as much outside of your area ? Seems about every county region town ect has some .Down here ( my area specifically) some ive noticed are

* never field dress deer

Gut it in the field but that's it 

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

*Freezing fish whole, like don't gut then or anything was them off when you get one toss them in a bag and thaw them out and process them when your wanting to eat. At least with small fish like bream

Generallycook em fresh, do t freeze them and if they do get frozen its just the fillets.

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* About any semi serious fisherman will be rocking red cigar floats on their rods. 

and semi serious fisherman only uses floats about once a year for gar in sea fishing 

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* taking neck shots whenever possible

* black and milds when fishing in the summer

Mild is a type of bitter(beer)

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* just about all deer and wild hog meat gets ground into sausage of some sort not a ton of butcher cuts or anything

hardly anyone makes sausages, use actual cuts 

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* Getting permission usually requires you know someone the property owner knows

snap

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* Eveyone seems to know and use the same two or three knots fishing but know on knows the names

most anglers know the names and know alot of knots 

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* people hate hogs ...but also like them to where if they know they have them in their property they will complain but not let you hunt them....it's weird...

* if there cows.....good luck.....just good luck

* just about eveyone calls a spinning reel a open face ..but will also call call a bait caster an open face ...an no one seems to know what a spin cast is

We called reels by what they are and then give their size. A spinning reel is normally a 4/5000 size fixed spool and a bait caster is a shit little multi

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

* people think your weird if you don't use a snap swivel ( only ever brass it seems) to your hook or you use a midline swivel.....wire leaders are more acceptable though for some reason

We just tie hooks on properly, we also make proper rigs and worry about bait presentation 

 

On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

Anyhow that's some of mine what about yall

 

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Saying like "Only harvest shell fish when theres a R in the month" apply I suppose.

"Only harvest Rabbits when theres a R in the month" but the season is shorter these days well it is down here.

Don't know if old sayings like "Don't cast a clout till May is out" apply.

"When the wind is in the East the rabbits bolt the least when the wind is in the West rabbits bolt the best" heard it said about fishing "when the wind is in the East the fish bite the least" But have known many good Bass and Cod caught when its all stirred up by an Easterly.

Personally I don't like ferreting in an East wind alway seem to end up with trouble.

Cheers Arry

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On 26/01/2024 at 22:52, mel b said:

Well their is that thing that Norfolk lads do with their sisters , but we don't really like to talk about it 😳.

oohhh its so much fun....i doth giggle all day

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On 26/01/2024 at 22:26, Wolfdog91 said:

What's outdoor quirks y'all see around y'all that are kinda a regional thing or something y'all have seen much or as much outside of your area ? Seems about every county region town ect has some .Down here ( my area specifically) some ive noticed are

* never field dress deer

*Freezing fish whole, like don't gut then or anything was them off when you get one toss them in a bag and thaw them out and process them when your wanting to eat. At least with small fish like bream

* About any semi serious fisherman will be rocking red cigar floats on their rods

* taking neck shots whenever possible

 

* just about all deer and wild hog meat gets ground into sausage of some sort not a ton of butcher cuts or anything

* Getting permission usually requires you know someone the property owner knows

* Eveyone seems to know and use the same two or three knots fishing but know on knows the 

* just about eveyone calls a spinning reel a open face ..but will also call call a bait caster an open face ...an no one seems to know what a spin cast is

* people think your weird if you don't use a snap swivel ( only ever brass it seems) to your hook or you use a midline swivel.....wire leaders are more acceptable though for some reason

 

Anyhow that's some of mine what about yall

Getting legit hunting permission is pretty much the same over here. It's  either through knowing the right people or earning trust. 

Fishing floats over here are a pretty varied lot. They range from the  cigar sized bobbers you describe - used for sea and pike fishing- down to tiny things no bigger than a cocktail stick - for delicate biting fish.  In between these extremes  there are some weird and wonderful designs with equally weird names.

I grabbed a handful of reels for a photo shoot .20240128_083102.jpg.894025f25e71eccbbc2323bcb82ed9e9.jpgThe two on the left would be known as "multiplier reels" ,though small ones as in the photo are often called   "bait- casters".  

The bottom drum reel is known as a " centre pin ".

The three reels to the right are generally known as "fixed spool " reels  . Though they are sometimes called "spinning reels" , and a really outdated name for them is a "threadline".

Wire leaders ,we call them "traces" are the norm for anything with teeth.

Over here where most  fishing is catch and release some fish are inevitably  caught repeatedly . Some  anglers actually come to recognise the fish and even give them  names .

Even more weird is that these anglers then apply antiseptic to the hook wound before releasing the fish into the water. This is quirky.

One local thing round here in Sussex is calling every rubbishy, cobbled-up , run- down ,wired- up gateway a Hampshire Gate.

 And the people of the county of Hampshire call it a Sussex Gate .

 

 

 

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In the south:

Liquor on your pie & mash, NOT gravy !

Fish & Chips come WITHOUT mushy peas ! 

Young southerners never used to sport that barely visible tash that looks like a stiff breeze would blow it off 

No business close for lunch

Rest of the British isles:

You only get spice bags from the chinky in Ireland

They put anything in a pie in Scotland !

In Sunderland it’s 1983

People are friendlier as you go further north 

You hunt packs of dogs on foot in the fell & hill country as opposed to mounted in the south for fox, but you hunt on foot everywhere for mink

The midlands don’t exist…..it’s like a twilight zone between north and south 

Black Country people ain’t brummies 

Anything north of Watford gap is “up north” and anything below Manchester is “down south” 

Nobody can understand a word people from Birmingham are saying 

……..got to go football now, more later !

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17 minutes ago, Arry said:

Saying like "Only harvest shell fish when theres a R in the month" apply I suppose.

"Only harvest Rabbits when theres a R in the month" but the season is shorter these days well it is down here.

Don't know if old sayings like "Don't cast a clout till May is out" apply.

"When the wind is in the East the rabbits bolt the least when the wind is in the West rabbits bolt the best" heard it said about fishing "when the wind is in the East the fish bite the least" But have known many good Bass and Cod caught when its all stirred up by an Easterly.

Personally I don't like ferreting in an East wind alway seem to end up with trouble.

Cheers Arry

East wind carries the souls of the dead ,apparently. 

Don't  know if its that's true,  but l'm with you on not liking it for ferreting

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