keithafernandezjr
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Born and raised in South Florida. Grew up hunting, spearfishing and fishing all over Florida and the Bahamas. We had a French Brittany growing up, so most of my early hunting was quail, plus grouse and woodcock on our old property in Vermont, along with some preserve pheasant and chukar hunts.
After graduating college in 2020, I moved back to Florida. Our dog passed around then, and my focus shifted more towards waterfowl, snipe, pigs and gators. Reverse migrated to NYC for work in 2023. My brother and I now lease ~5000 acres in Southern Tier/Hudson Valley NY, Northeast PA, and Northwest NJ, where we hunt deer, black bear and turkey. I also hunt waterfowl on South Shore Long Island. On top of my local hunting, every year a buddy and I head out West to chase upland birds on public land with his GSP, and I still make a few trips back to Florida annually to hunt waterfowl, pigs, and gators and do some spearfishing. I've also been accumulating preference points for a variety of hunts over the last 3 years.
I'm mainly a gun hunter, but picked up archery this past season. I mostly hunt public or leased land. I really enjoy the DIY aspect and putting in the work to learn new places. I also really enjoy processing my own game.
I'd definitely be interested in trading hunts with anyone who's open to it. I've done it a few times already - helped a guy take his first black bear last year, put a few guys on gators and pigs in FL, and helped some guys cross off some unique waterfowl species like Fulvous and Blackbelly Whistlers, Mottled Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, and Egyptian Geese in FL.
Outside of the outdoors, I'm into cooking, reading and writing poetry, photography, taxidermy, brown liquor and wine, and eating shellfish.
After graduating college in 2020, I moved back to Florida. Our dog passed around then, and my focus shifted more towards waterfowl, snipe, pigs and gators. Reverse migrated to NYC for work in 2023. My brother and I now lease ~5000 acres in Southern Tier/Hudson Valley NY, Northeast PA, and Northwest NJ, where we hunt deer, black bear and turkey. I also hunt waterfowl on South Shore Long Island. On top of my local hunting, every year a buddy and I head out West to chase upland birds on public land with his GSP, and I still make a few trips back to Florida annually to hunt waterfowl, pigs, and gators and do some spearfishing. I've also been accumulating preference points for a variety of hunts over the last 3 years.
I'm mainly a gun hunter, but picked up archery this past season. I mostly hunt public or leased land. I really enjoy the DIY aspect and putting in the work to learn new places. I also really enjoy processing my own game.
I'd definitely be interested in trading hunts with anyone who's open to it. I've done it a few times already - helped a guy take his first black bear last year, put a few guys on gators and pigs in FL, and helped some guys cross off some unique waterfowl species like Fulvous and Blackbelly Whistlers, Mottled Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, and Egyptian Geese in FL.
Outside of the outdoors, I'm into cooking, reading and writing poetry, photography, taxidermy, brown liquor and wine, and eating shellfish.
