I hope you enjoyed your trip!
Congratulations on catching something besides talapia lol. Those are about all I would see down town.
Did some hunting these last couple weeks.....
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I hope you enjoyed your trip!
Congratulations on catching something besides talapia lol. Those are about all I would see down town.
troy fairweather
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They taste pretty good for poop eaters lol.
If you can get your hands on any Niles give those guys a try. Don't know if they've ever been imported to New York, but a clean Nile tilapia is one of my favorite freshwater fishes.
Need a bunch of special permitting to have them here So I can't get them anymore since my wife doesn't Work for the school anymore lol.
troy fairweather
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I actually know a place to get tilapia fry, can get blue tilapia for less then $1 each. I can get nile there usually a bit more like $70 for 20. Tho N.Y. Is weird with bait fish don't think there's any problem with fish to eat. The history of why tilapia became a poplar eating fish in the US is pretty funny, believe they were first used in catfish ponds here in the US.
Lucky!
There's not many things I like better than about a two or three pounds properly purged Nile.
The Hawaiian gold is pretty good too, though I like the flavor of the Nile better.
I'm not actually familiar with the history of the tilapia's cultivation, grown multiple metric. Tons of them though.
troy fairweather
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They have the hybrid one to, think it's a mix with your gold and a nile. Wabi or something like that forget the name, there's a orange one to.
For at least in the USA the tilapia were first used as pond cleaners, they would put them in a pond to eat up all the poo. At first they would just drain the water or not feed them to die off. They they realized there tasty and could sell them, I can't bring myself to eat store bought tilapia.
Nope, it's almost always nasty lol.
Purging them is important, and takes time and energy which most commercial farms aren't willing to spare for a fish that never sells for very much.
I used to catch them out of the ditch and throw them in my mom's hatchery tanks for a week or so. Feeding them shrimp food before eating them.....
Hadn't thought about any of this in a long time lol
troy fairweather
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Think they would eat more shrimp then fish food lol, I'd rather have a pound of shrimp then a pound of tilapia lol.
Speedo66
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Great trip, thanks! Got in some hiking up to waterfalls, swimming, snorkeling, a ride on a catamaran, fishing, and seeing my family. What's not to like? Came home to snow, so even better.
The canals we were fishing are used to contain overflow, so no eating the catch. My granddaughter loves to fish, caught her tilapia on bread balls, I got the barracuda with a shiny spoon.
They allow hunting in places on Oahu, but I've yet to hear a shot after several trips. Hope to hunt HI someday.
Lots of wild chickens in Honolulu, supposed to be good eating.
Speedo66
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Yeah, chickens everywhere, same for homeless people.
But I never saw them cooking chicken....
I shot a bunch a bush chickens, things are amazingly difficult to kill.
They do taste pretty good, but they're also chewy as hell, better to make stew/soup and throw out the chicken, or sub in store-bought chicken thighs after making the broth.
Shanghai McCoy
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About 55+ years ago my grandpa "invented" free range chickens. It was a couple flocks of bantam hens,and roosters, that had escaped the pen that he built at our place, and roamed the rural neighborhood at will. They slept in trees and propagated. and were as wild as quail.
I wonder if they are still around there..?
I wonder if they are still around there..?
Wouldn't surprise me lol.About 55+ years ago my grandpa "invented" free range chickens. It was a couple flocks of bantam hens,and roosters, that had escaped the pen that he built at our place, and roamed the rural neighborhood at will. They slept in trees and propagated. and were as wild as quail.
I wonder if they are still around there..?
I'd guess it would really depend on the predator population.
Wouldn't targeting the younger ones be better eating?
No coyotes there to control them I guess. My daughter there saw on in the lobby of her apartment building.
Bottom Gun
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Great story and terrific photos. Thanks for sharing.
I dunno actually, probably tho. Ive generally only shot them when they make a nuisance out of themselves.
Might put that theory to the test some time tho.
Glad you guys enjoyed the pictures and stories! Hope to make more before too long, but life being what it is, im not gonna hold my breath lol.
troy fairweather
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Any plans getting your dad out hunting or he just sticks to shooting rocks.
Went hunting on Saturday.....all I caught was a nap.
We did see a few early, but couldnt get set up quick enough, and Jack and Autumn found some while i was sleeping but also couldn't get a shot off.
We checked some other areas that I've never walked down to, which was kind of cool.
We did see a few early, but couldnt get set up quick enough, and Jack and Autumn found some while i was sleeping but also couldn't get a shot off.
We checked some other areas that I've never walked down to, which was kind of cool.
troy fairweather
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That's a funny looking orange lava rock in the 3rd picture lol. Looks like moss makes for a nice bed. At least it doesn't look like to much vertical walking, once your up there it's fairly flat.
WestKentucky
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I keep telling my wife that I need to build a Hawaii rifle. She disagrees. Says I won’t have time to hunt when I fly over next summer for a great college friends wedding. I still think I need a Hawaii rifle even if I don’t take it to Hawaii. For some reason I feel like it should be a 257 Roberts.
Lava not hard yet, still jiggly.......the secret is to not sleep on the moss in the shade, it never fully dries......
Yeah its not as vertical as some of the places we hunt, specially if you stay on the road like we usually do. This time we added some up and down to the walk.
I happen to think a fastish .25 is nearly the perfect hawaii rifle. I also think everyone should have a hawaii rifle.....cause ya never know.....
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