His main hobby was hunting (not yet banned at that time in Taiwan) and in 1962 he was on a hunting trip when a friend suggested a new hobby.
閒暇之餘的愛好是到野外打獵（當時國內尚未禁獵）。由陸上到海中「打獵」民國五十一年，有次他到宜蘭礁溪打獵，結識了也愛好打獵的當時駐台美軍鮑連德少校，往後兩人便常偕同出遊。