So at the NRA Con I was talking with the very cool Chris about redneck culture. We were comparing Southern Rednecks with Northern Backwoods Rednecks, and Chris has a theory that outside of the East Coast Megalopolis the Rednecks are pretty much the same. Southern Rednecks may not have Snowmobiles, and Applejack, as well as Ice Fishing. Northern Rednecks don’t have Alagator hunting or Frog Gigging.
Chris was telling me about “Frog Gigs”, which I’d never heard of before. He mentioned that every Wal Mart and Hardware store sold them. Doing a Google Search, indeed I found that yes indeed Frog Gigs are both real AND common implements.
Wow, that looks like a LOT of fun! Thanks Chris, for opening such a wonderful door for me!
I think western rednecks are mostly just obsessed with elk.
WEER’D I believe the difference between people is NOT North/South
A better analogy would be City folks and Country folks
Paul in Texas
I don’t know about that. I’m 100% city folk but I was already familiar with frog gigging. Big city Kentucky is still Kentucky.
I have lived in the city all my life but growung up in South LA (the state) have known about gator huntin’, froggin’, marsh fishin’, shrimpin’, … all my life. I think it is a mindset more that where you’re from. Each region has it’s specialty based on the natural resources available but they all have equivalents. Are there differences between a city boy like me and someone from the farm? absolutely but the differences are jgreater between me and a died in the wool city boy who has never set foot off of the pavement.
Yeah same with me. Portland Maine is a city (tho not a very big one), and everybody in that city knows about fishing and lobstering and clam digging.
Also a large portion of these city folk have eaten road-kill deer.
Hey if that bastard fucks up your car, you might as well get some payback!
In defense of my portion of the Midwest, my mother does know how to gig frogs…and we are a far cry from rednecks!
Yea man! You and I gigging frogs with Poseiden like mini tridents! Sounds like fun 🙂
OMG what an awesome time that would be!