Common hunting colloquialisms

[Dos Perros]

I've got my 40's well within view, so young for this forum sub group, but folks who know me say I'm an "old soul" because I'm always saying weird stuff they've never heard of. To me, my sayings are pretty common. "There's more than one way to skin a cat." Seems pretty benign but the Gen Z's of the world think it's antiquated or even archaic.

What are some of your favorite colloquialisms? Give examples of usage and context. I'd like to up my game as I try to age gracefully.

 

[Moserkr]

Im just about 37, so young for the sub as well, but Ive been saving this one for a few days haha. Opened the thread to learn what a colloquialism is… lol. If the shoe fits


I saved a blank copy of that meme pic too for future use lol.

 

[JPD350]

I am not sure if this is a colloquialism but I use this phrase a lot.

"Always go with your gut"

 

[Zdub02]

"Slicker than deer guts on a door knob"

 

[Still Hunter]

My grandpa had his share wish I had written them all down, he was brutal

..well lets get going we are "Burning Daylight"
..looks like you don't have a pot to pee in"
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard"
"Reaching high keeps a man on his toes"
"what wrong boy, cat got your tongue"
"nip it in the bud" ( that was when you were about to get a whuppin)
" dropping like flies"
"aren't you feeling all bright eyed and busy tailed"
" whoa now, just hold your horses!"
"don't be gettin too big for your britches "
"Come sit a spell"
"well butter my butt and call me a biscuit"

 

[willfrye027]

“You can’t eat the tracks”

—Opah

 

[elkguide]

"Everyone's queer except for me and thee and I worry about thee!"

 

[Bull_n_heat]

A few from the older guys that I have generationally appropriated:

-Luckier than a two-peckered billy goat

-grinning like a crow eating $hit

-If my wife was a horse, I'd have to shoot her

-If brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose

 

[JPD350]

That $hit don't burn
That $hit won't fly

 

[rtkbowhunter]

Finer than frog hair.

Damn Skippy!

 

[Throwin Darts]

raining like a cow pissin on a flat rock

 

[Drenalin]

Handier than a shirt pocket.

 

[NEWHunter]

I was born at night, but it wasn’t last night.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Just a few i learned on the farm from GPA & DAD
-worthless like t*ts on a boar pig
-gotta make hay when suns shining
-we were so broke we didn't have a pot to piss in or window to throw it out of
-slicker than goose shit
-i may have been born at night but it wasn't last night
- u born in the barn- shut the damn door

 

[cod007]

"Everyone's queer except for me and thee and I worry about thee!"

You, my friend, have been hanging out with a ‘funny’ crowd lately.

 

[elkguide]

^ ^^^ ^
After my older friend would say that, he would quickly add, "but that was before they stole the language."
And I would reply, "Yes Tom. I know what queer means."

 

[Rick M.]

"Sweating like a whore in church"

Treestand hunting in Florida.

 

[Mischief209]

"Get your dick skinners off that"

 

[nodakian]

Fits like a thumb in your bung.

 

[bluesulphur]

An old friend of mine had taken a "smoke" break at work and when he got back I asked him, "How ya feeling bud?" He smiled real wide and replied, "Man, I'm higher than elephant pussy." I still laugh just thinking about it.