One of those strange but true moments

[Fdh]

I’m in the upper peninsula of Michigan deer huntin. Walked out to my blind pitch black. Got in and settled down. after about 30 minutes decided to move my pack to the opposite corner. Noticed it was sitting funny and went to adjust it. Got stung/pricked thru my glove, damn that is strange. Finally turned on my headlamp to see what had pricked me. damn porcupine. Had to move my chair, backpack and myself out of the blind. he would not leave. Finalily stuck my gun thru the shooting window and started tapping him. He finally decided to waddle out. Needless to say there weren’t any deer rest of the morning. Removed about 15 quills from my jacket and 4 from my glove. Boot was right next to him for 30 minutes. Glad none got on me!!

 

[*zap*]

Thats a sticky situation.

 

[G_Tacoma]

I cant stand porcupines!

 

[03mossy]

That’s crazy and will make for a good story forever!

 

[beginner]

I have only seen a few in the woods and only 1 that close. I was expecting a snake at first. Good story.

 

[Customweld]

Porkys are strange little guys. The town I grew up in has an annual porcupine race for the 4th of July festivities. It used to be a good time driving around all night, spotlighting field looking for them!

 

[Nosferatu]

What a prick.

 

[11boo]

Wassup bro.

 

[Rich M]

A big oopsie for OP. Quick scan with a light when you get there….

I grew up around porcupines and find em interesting. Harmless critters until they start stripping bark.

 

[drra]

That is not normal behavior, sounds like a sick critter.

 

[Justin Crossley]

A big oopsie for OP. Quick scan with a light when you get there….

I grew up around porcupines and find em interesting. Harmless critters until they start stripping bark.

Harmless unless you have bird dogs. Then they are evil as the devil himself.

 

[Ferrulewax]

They ate the hipbelt off of my pack and the mesh off of a helinox chair this summer on a backpacking trip. Had to wake up every 20 minutes to scare the stupid thing off.

 

[Rich M]

Harmless unless you have bird dogs. Then they are evil as the devil himself.

We used to run a brittany and some setters in areas with porcupines without any incidents - knock on wood. Gotta be a bitch to hold a dog down, snip the quills and pull em.

 

[WeiserBucks]

OP, be thankful it wasn't a badger.

 

[260madman]

My friend‘s pit bulls have tangled with porcupines 3 times. Porky ends up dead but trips to the vet for quill removal are required.

 

[Voyageur]

I always feel a bit sheepish carefully checking my ground blind for skunks, coons, etc. before crawling in, but no more. Your story reaffirms my caution.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mountain Ash]

Two years ago one November evening a buck came by my stand and I have to say caught me by surprise (was looking at my phone, classic). The wind wasn't great and he knew something was wrong. He was real fidgetty, my rifle was down and he kept looking and sniffing my way. I was pinned down and expected him to turn around any second and leave at full sprint when I hear a shuffling noise from my left. Here comes a porcupine plodding along slowly but directly heading towards the deer. The buck was immediately distracted by the incoming but unimpressive threat.

The shot went off just minutes before the end of shooting lights and he fell in his tracks. Got a great assist from Porky on this one. Thanks buddy!

 

[ewade07]

We used to run a brittany and some setters in areas with porcupines without any incidents - knock on wood. Gotta be a bitch to hold a dog down, snip the quills and pull em.

I run a lab/wirehair and a full wirehair. The cross hasnt had any run ins yet but the 10 month old wirehair got his first taste of one about a month ago. Thankfully the quills were mostly in his muzzle, only a few in his mouth. Pinned him in between my legs and pulled all the quills out in about 15 min. About 2 min later he goes on point again on some brush, another whistle pig. Came away unscathed from that one. Well, the dog did atleast...

 

[Boch5473]

Just got back from South Dakota pheasant hunting and had my 2 gsp's tangle with a porcupine. Dogs wouldn't back off the thing. Finally getting them away from it both dogs were full of quills. A trip to the vet and over night stay more than 500 quills were removed from muzzle and inside their mouths.

 

[S.Clancy]

We had a chocolate lab try to eat one once, at least that's what it seemed like. At one point I remember a large chunk of porkie flesh dangling from the spines that were driven into his face. Most labs are kinda dumb, but that dog was so dumb he didn't feel pain. And he had a mouth like a bear trap, if it entered alive it left dead.