Ok I bite, what the heck is snipe fishing lol.ripjack13 said:We used to snipe fishing in Cali. You could only catch em by hand when they swam ashore to spawn.
Well I appreciate that but I am planning on taking care of not haveing a shotgun here in a few days. There is a place in coppell that has layaway and I been looking at a weatherby PA-08 they have for about 320.00 brand new. I think they take trade-ins so I have a savage axis 308 with scope I am going to use as a down payment I only had for a few months.Kadelic said:Funny you should ask. Back in, oh I'd say was about ought five, I bagged me a whole bag of snipe in one night. Must of been three or four half dozens if there was one. Good eatin' too!
Where did my manners go? You're more than welcome to borrow my Mossy!
ripjack13 said:We used to snipe fishing in Cali. You could only catch em by hand when they swam ashore to spawn.
OhioArcher said:A snipe hunt is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The snipe hunt may be assigned to a target as part of a process of hazing.
The origin of the term is a practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises such as banging rocks together. Real snipe (a family of shorebirds) are difficult to catch for experienced hunters, so much so that the word "sniper" is derived from it to refer to anyone skilled enough to shoot one.
Examples
In the pizza-making business, newcomers are told to look in the fridge for the dough repair kit.
Another variation includes being sent to procure a "long weight" or "long stand," the idea being that the dupe will reach the shop (or equivalent source of the mythical object) and place the request. The target is then left waiting by the shop keeper (who is presumably familiar with the trick) and thus receives a long wait.
Other common restaurant practical jokes of the like are sending the new employee to another restaurant to borrow the "bacon stretcher", or a can of steam.
In construction, a "board stretcher" is the analogous prank.
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OhioArcher said:A snipe hunt is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The snipe hunt may be assigned to a target as part of a process of hazing.
The origin of the term is a practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises such as banging rocks together. Real snipe (a family of shorebirds) are difficult to catch for experienced hunters, so much so that the word "sniper" is derived from it to refer to anyone skilled enough to shoot one.
Examples
In the pizza-making business, newcomers are told to look in the fridge for the dough repair kit.
Another variation includes being sent to procure a "long weight" or "long stand," the idea being that the dupe will reach the shop (or equivalent source of the mythical object) and place the request. The target is then left waiting by the shop keeper (who is presumably familiar with the trick) and thus receives a long wait.
Other common restaurant practical jokes of the like are sending the new employee to another restaurant to borrow the "bacon stretcher", or a can of steam.
In construction, a "board stretcher" is the analogous prank.
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