Funny Quotes From Hunting Trips

[tim tarras]

Out duck hunting with a buddy before work. All set up and we had a drake canvasback fly within 20 yards of us. 6 shots fired and the duck never veered. Buddy turns to me and says "Blanks"

 

[jwhit]

Regarding elk just out side of the national park “oh those? Those are peanut butter elk”

 

[kitandace77]

Duck hunting in North Dakota with a big group and a few of us had swan tags. The guys that didnt have tags kept messing with the guys that had tags saying swans were coming when they weren’t so we started ignoring them. Towards the end of the hunt one of the guys says “swans to the left.” Thinking it was BS I glance back, say oh $hit and barely get one BB shell in my gun before they’re in front of us. I pulled up then said damnit they’re too far. The guy next to me said “dude, you gotta try” so I pull up, take my shot at the swan that is now easily 80-100 yards out, it folds, and we all went crazy. Upon recovery it had a single BB right in the head.

Definitely shouldn’t have taken that long of a shot, but it was wild. Now whenever we see an animal way outta range, we joke “dude, you gotta try!”

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I was deer hunting out in MT a few years back and stopped at this tavern that I remembered had really good pizza. I ordered one and when she brought it out I asked her for a fork and knife. She says "What, are you from Wisconsin?" And I had to say "Why yes, I am". I still don't know how or why that transpired.

 

[BrokenArrow]

As we were packing out a good early rifle muley I shot, I let my buddy (disabled vet) lead out packing the front quarters. I caught up as he sent a crossbow bolt and saw it sink in a buck. He turned around and said, "Well, hell yeah. I've never shot a deer with another deer on my back before!"
Just 45 mins before he debated on "packing" his crossbow. I looked at him and said, "how many times have we seen deer when we weren't supposed too?"
It was a great day.

 

[nphunter]

Back when I was in my early 20's my dad, his buddy and myself were sitting on top of a steep knob under a tree waiting to see if any elk would pass through the area. For a little context my dad is 5'3" /240ish and is a pretty serious person and he shoots a very nice browing BAR.

After sitting for a while we decided to get up to move down the ridge. When we stood up my dad kind of staggered, myself and his buddy looked at him and in a serious tone he said "WELL F@#K ME!!" and proceeded to fall down and roll 20' down the hillside. Apparently, his legs had fallen asleep while sitting there and he couldn't get them to cooperate on the steep hillside. I'll never forget him tumbling down the hill rifle and all, we were crying laughing at him after he told us his legs had fallen asleep and we realized he was OK

 

[CMF]

Can’t believe we are 4 pages in and no one has shared a story about walking out with one sock or minus a shirt sleeve.

Lent a buddy a pair of gloves one morning while we were deer hunting. Get back to the truck, and he hands me one glove. I'm like, where's the other one? him: I had to "use" it. me: Wtf I'm going to do with one glove...

 

[nphunter]

One time my hunting partner and me had hiked in like 2-3 miles back into a closed area and ran into a guy on a quad, we talked with him for a few, reminded him about the closure and started some small talk. The guy said he was unaware of the closure. He had just started hunting the area because and said "I'm sick of chasing cookie-cutter 330,340 bulls" on the other side of the mtn. LOL, in 20+ years hunting this OTC unit I've maybe seen a half dozen 330+ bulls.

 

[kfili]

Not hunting but a buddy and I set up camping one time, he had a cheap Hammock and rigged with paracord from Walmart as the anchor. I'm giving him a hard time about it and as he finishes setting it up he jumps in and says 'oh yea that'll hold real good' and before the next breath his rope snaps sending him on his @ss. I can barley breathe I was laughing so hard but still managed to grab my phone and snap a pic of him on the ground before he got up.

 

[WoodDuck]

I’m fortunate to hunt with 2 cousins and a brother for archery elk most years. We get along well and a lot of laughs are had. There are a few sayings that come up every year.

1) Any time a climb is kicking our butt someone will say “it only looks steep on the map”.

2) 5 or 6 years ago I was the shooter and we had a bull answer a locate ~300 yards away. My brother looks at me dead serious and says “nock a f***ing arrow”. This gets repeated frequently any time we hear a bugle in the distance.

3) Elk Nut deserves the credit for this one from a podcast a few years back. If we’re working toward a bull and get a response to a locate or cow call someone will say “might as well punch your tag, that’s a dead bull”. I don’t remember which podcast, but this one stuck with us.

 

[bullnose]

Some years ago at deer camp we were eating dinner when someone asked if anyone had seen a very large doe leading a group of smaller does and button bucks that afternoon. My wife's then 15 or 16 year old younger brother blurted out excitedly "Yes, that doe has a NICE body!" The rest of that season and the next few, every hunt concluded with someone asking if he'd seen any does with NICE bodies while he was on stand. If someone else saw a big doe, they'd say they didn't shoot it because it wouldn't be nice to kill Mike's girlfriend.