Stories of hunting partners that quit

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

WHAT?

Yup, I’m real careful now who I hunt with, usually ends up being just me.
I only agreed to hunt with you because your meme game is strong. Figure if we are dying, you could at least have a sense of humor about it

 

[S.Clancy]

I usually hunt with my brother or a select few individuals. I take a decent amount of people hunting their tags, so if they quit, it's annoying, but I don't really have a huge investment in it. Basically all of my out of state hunts are solo. If I am going to be hunting with someone on a hunt I also have a tag, I have a few rules:

1. We will not be reliant on the same vehicle. I have mine, they have theirs. If they want to leave, goodbye.
2. I am not reliant on gear they bring. I have the gear to self-support.
3. I have a 1 strike policy. If you quit, or some other abhorrent behavior, that is the last time I will hunt with you.

One recent near miss was a coworker and friend that drew a Mtn Goat tag in a wilderness unit here in MT. I am familiar with the unit and its challenges (remote-ness and high G-Unit populations). He asked me multiple times to go with, I refused. He ended up roping in another buddy and his horses. They packed in on a Saturday, supposedly coming out on that next Sunday (8 days). I saw his Teams light up Monday morning. I was stoked cause I thought he killed a goat. They bailed Sunday afternoon, about 30 hr in to the hunt.....

 

[mad_angler]

@Cliff Gray is a member here - see post #2 on this thread....

I know (and I think it is very funny that he is a "Lil Rokslider"). I still thought the video added more detail and would help guys plan on their buddies quitting...

 

[voltage]

I had a Wyoming deer hunt planned for 2022 with a buddy. Before the draw, he decided he couldn't go in 2022, but he could go in 2023.

I delayed the trip a year. 2022 winter happened. Once again, he couldn't go in 2023. I decided to go solo. Great hiking trip with very few deer seen. I am still mad that I didn't go in 2022.

 

[rclouse79]

I will start off by saying I don't hold this against my buddy at all, as my wife pretty much talked him into going on an elk hunt with me so I wouldn't be solo. He started out bright eyed and bushy tailed saying he was in for the entire hunt through Friday. After a couple days he said he might have to leave on Wednesday for work stuff. On Monday morning he told me if I shot something down in this hell hole, I was on my own. We listened to Monday Night Football in his car that evening and he overserved himself wine. I woke up in the morning to see a burgundy stain in the snow from projectile vomit out his car window. He left Tuesday morning and felt so crappy he had to stay in a hotel before he could drive the rest of the way home.
Nowadays, If I can't find someone who loves hunting as much as me, I would rather just go by myself.