Fly hunting, anybody?

[oldgoat]

I just try to grin 'em down like Davy Crockett. (yeah, that's a pretty old reference but someone might actually get it)

Old enough they probably have gray hair on the hang downs! :-(

 

[bowieknife50]

Wives will expect full carcass extraction.


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[5MilesBack]

Back in college, my room mate and I would shoot beer bottle caps at them. You put the cap between your thumb and middle finger and "snap" your finger just like you normally would do a snap, and fire the cap across the room. Every now and then, we'd take one of those big blow flies out mid flight.

 

[BluMtn]

So I have acouple questions, I need to know what camo pattern will work the best hunting fly's and can I get away only using a day pack or will I have to upgrade to a 10,000 L mega hauler and what is the ideal frame size I will need. Also what type of boot are you wearing, can I get by with a lightweight or do I need to go to a mountaineering boot. I would like to try this but my wife does not like me hunting fly's alone, she worries I may get lost. Do you guys carry sat phones during your hunts. I just need some help in getting started. Thanks.

 

[svivian]

Is there an outfitter anyone can recommend out here in CO. Preferably with horses that all 6 of us can get flies.

 

[5MilesBack]

Is there an outfitter anyone can recommend out here in CO. Preferably with horses that all 6 of us can get flies.

Yes, having horses will definitely help on a fly hunt. But I wonder if they would be considered as baiting?

At my base camps I always put up one of those fly bait traps where you just add water to them, and by the time I leave they are completely full of flies.

 

[darcytribe]

I know this is counter-cultural here and this comment may get me kicked-out of the Rokslide forum community but: I'm all for hunting this species to extinction!

 

[Northernpiker]

So I have acouple questions, I need to know what camo pattern will work the best hunting fly's and can I get away only using a day pack or will I have to upgrade to a 10,000 L mega hauler and what is the ideal frame size I will need. Also what type of boot are you wearing, can I get by with a lightweight or do I need to go to a mountaineering boot. I would like to try this but my wife does not like me hunting fly's alone, she worries I may get lost. Do you guys carry sat phones during your hunts. I just need some help in getting started. Thanks.

No camo is needed...just sit in your living room and crap your pants...draws them in like fly's! Get use to hunting solo!

 

[Trial153]

If you don’t eat them don’t hunt them. Me personally I like flies, baked, mashed or fried

 

[ArrowForester]

Trial brings up a good point...lets hear some of your favorite recipes!

I have never been very good at processing my own game so I just grind everything. Put them in the dehydrator for a few hours, then a few quick pulses in a spice grinder, and into the pepper shaker they go.

 

[Northernpiker]

Raisin Bread!

 

[bowieknife50]

I prefer lantern broiled


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[neverquit]

I’ll just leave this here

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[Dos Perros]

I know it may be legal, but don’t y’all sort of think baiting for flies is unethical? That’s not really an application of skill, IMO.


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