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Embarrassing / Humorous Hunting / Fishing Stories
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:36 pm
I am sure I am not the only one with a few stories that make you either 
or 
. It's good for all of us to have a laugh every now and then at our own expense. When I was 14, I decided I wanted to bow hunt for the first time, since bow season opens earlier than gun season in North Louisiana where I hunt. Well, being a fairly small guy, I practiced long and hard with my cousins' bow to feel comfortable with it. I became decent with it and picked out a weekend to go. Well, the weekend rolls around and all of the sudden he decides he wants to go, so I am stuck with my uncle's bow, which is much too big for me at the time. I get up in the stand, and about an hour later 3 deer walk out, a beautiful 6 point with 2 does following. I wait for them to walk out a little further, take a deep breath, aim, pull back as hard as I can, and let it fly. The deer stumbles about ten feet and falls, pretty good shot, except it wasn't the deer I was aiming at, or anywhere near the deer I was aiming at, it was one of the does about 10-15 feet behind and to the left of the 6 point. Needless to say, I figured if I was that bad with a bow, I had no business in a stand with one, my first and last bow hunt. Feel free to make fun of the terrible archer / share your own stories.
or . It's good for all of us to have a laugh every now and then at our own expense. When I was 14, I decided I wanted to bow hunt for the first time, since bow season opens earlier than gun season in North Louisiana where I hunt. Well, being a fairly small guy, I practiced long and hard with my cousins' bow to feel comfortable with it. I became decent with it and picked out a weekend to go. Well, the weekend rolls around and all of the sudden he decides he wants to go, so I am stuck with my uncle's bow, which is much too big for me at the time. I get up in the stand, and about an hour later 3 deer walk out, a beautiful 6 point with 2 does following. I wait for them to walk out a little further, take a deep breath, aim, pull back as hard as I can, and let it fly. The deer stumbles about ten feet and falls, pretty good shot, except it wasn't the deer I was aiming at, or anywhere near the deer I was aiming at, it was one of the does about 10-15 feet behind and to the left of the 6 point. Needless to say, I figured if I was that bad with a bow, I had no business in a stand with one, my first and last bow hunt. Feel free to make fun of the terrible archer / share your own stories.
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Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:42 pm to notanalt
haha, thats awesome.
I was launching my boat at Cocodrie once and couldn't figure out why it wasn't floating off the trailer. Took me about 5 min and my bumper almost in the water to figure out i left the tiedowns on. There was a line at the launch so i was in a hurry and forgot. Embarrassing
I was launching my boat at Cocodrie once and couldn't figure out why it wasn't floating off the trailer. Took me about 5 min and my bumper almost in the water to figure out i left the tiedowns on. There was a line at the launch so i was in a hurry and forgot. Embarrassing
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:47 pm to Lil Man
I used to have a ski boat. One day I launched it at cross lake in Shreveport. I got about 100 yds off the bank and realized I hadn't put the plug in. By the time I got it to the bank, it was almost under water.
When I was about 7, my dad took me on my first squirrel hunt with my own gun. I had a little crack barrel single shot .410.
He was videoing me loading my gun, narrating the whole thing. I put the gun between my legs, cocked the hammer back (not far enough, unfortunately), and you know the rest.
When I was about 7, my dad took me on my first squirrel hunt with my own gun. I had a little crack barrel single shot .410.
He was videoing me loading my gun, narrating the whole thing. I put the gun between my legs, cocked the hammer back (not far enough, unfortunately), and you know the rest.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:55 pm to NicoBlues
one day i had driven all night to get to the camp and was exhausted
i took my buddy's son with me hunting the next morning because he was taking his other son and the younger son wanted someone to hunt with, he wasn't old enough to shoot so he was just helping look out
i told him i was going to take a little snooze and to keep an eye out.....about 20 minutes later, he nudges me and whispers, "there's a deer, it's a buck"
i woke up and glanced over in the food plot to see a nice 8 pt. with about 18 in spread
i shot it, dropped it and we went back to the camp
that little fricker made sure to tell everyone that he had to wake me up to shoot it and that was about 6 years ago and i still hear about it from someone at least once every year
i took my buddy's son with me hunting the next morning because he was taking his other son and the younger son wanted someone to hunt with, he wasn't old enough to shoot so he was just helping look out
i told him i was going to take a little snooze and to keep an eye out.....about 20 minutes later, he nudges me and whispers, "there's a deer, it's a buck"
i woke up and glanced over in the food plot to see a nice 8 pt. with about 18 in spread
i shot it, dropped it and we went back to the camp
that little fricker made sure to tell everyone that he had to wake me up to shoot it and that was about 6 years ago and i still hear about it from someone at least once every year
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:58 pm to notanalt
I was redfishing in Leeville a couple of summers ago with a friend. We were in a badass hole and tearing them up using cocahoes and popping corks. My friend wasn't paying attention and a big red pulled his rod out of his hand and took off. Without missing a beat my friend dives in after the rod. Every time he got close to it the fish would take off. After about ten minutes he got the rod and the red was still on it.
When I was about 14 I was hunting at my grandpaw's place. It was a Sunday morning and we had to leave that evening and drive back home. It was cold and raining and I really didn't want to go, but it was the last day of the season and I hadn't killed shite that year.
I decided I was shooting the first deer I saw, unless it was a spike or yearling. Walking into the woods a doe pops out and stops about 40 yards down the road. I scope it out and pop it. My Dad and Grandpaw come to help find her. My grandpaw asks me if I shot a doe. I told him "yes," and he says "we'll you missed the doe, but you killed this 6 point". I was pretty embarrassed. It was still pretty dark and I didn't see the antlers. Pretty nice buck though.
When I was about 14 I was hunting at my grandpaw's place. It was a Sunday morning and we had to leave that evening and drive back home. It was cold and raining and I really didn't want to go, but it was the last day of the season and I hadn't killed shite that year.
I decided I was shooting the first deer I saw, unless it was a spike or yearling. Walking into the woods a doe pops out and stops about 40 yards down the road. I scope it out and pop it. My Dad and Grandpaw come to help find her. My grandpaw asks me if I shot a doe. I told him "yes," and he says "we'll you missed the doe, but you killed this 6 point". I was pretty embarrassed. It was still pretty dark and I didn't see the antlers. Pretty nice buck though.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:58 pm to Croacka
But that deer ended up in your freezer right? Ends justify the means!
That's how I squirrel hunt. Pick a tree and fall asleep..wake up...kill 3 or 4 tree rats. Repeat.
Problem is early in the season...damn moccasins are still active. Nothing worst than waking up with one crawling across your legs. NOT good.
That's how I squirrel hunt. Pick a tree and fall asleep..wake up...kill 3 or 4 tree rats. Repeat.
Problem is early in the season...damn moccasins are still active. Nothing worst than waking up with one crawling across your legs. NOT good.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:59 pm to NicoBlues
quote:
I used to have a ski boat. One day I launched it at cross lake in Shreveport. I got about 100 yds off the bank and realized I hadn't put the plug in. By the time I got it to the bank, it was almost under water.
Happened to me once on Toledo Bend, and I was much farther from the shore. It was a double hulled boat which helped.
Got my beard stuck to my car ice fishing once. Went back to the car for some of my gear and couldn't get my key in the lock. I started blowing on the lock and my beard, and lips stuck to the car. Friend came and took photos.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 12:59 pm to NicoBlues
Crack barrel .410 reminds me of a story my pawpaw loves to tell to anyone that will listen. When I was around 6-7, I was going on one of my first deer hunts with him and my .410. We were hunting in the bottoms near bayou Dorcheat and the people with the lease next to us had dogs. They would let them run wild and they would run deer all over the lease. Well, we are sitting with our backs up against a tree when we hear the dogs raising all kinds of hell and coming closer and closer. He says to me, "Get your gun ready, when they come through here we'll have a quick shot." I nodded okay and then proceded to reach in my hunting bag for a shell. I paused, looked up at him, and asked, completely serious, "Pawpaw, what kind of shot do you shoot a dog with?"
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:00 pm to NASA_ISS_Tiger
One time I was banging this broad in a deer box and her dad came up to clean it out. You wanna talk embarrassing.
J/J
J/J
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:03 pm to Croacka
Left the tie downs on the boat once, left the plug out of the boat once, fell into the water once, got hooks stuck in me more than once, stuck hooks in other people more than once. You name it in a boat and I have probably had the pleasure or displeasure of experencing it.
There was the day when I was young brim fishing that I got my line wrapped around a cypress limb....little ol green limb that wouldn't break for anything. So after many shakes and my dad looking at me like when are you going to learn to cast he stuck the boat under the tree and began to pull on branches and shake the tree trying to get get the line undone. Neither of us saw the softball sized wasp nest until they got tired of being shaken....
There was the day when I was young brim fishing that I got my line wrapped around a cypress limb....little ol green limb that wouldn't break for anything. So after many shakes and my dad looking at me like when are you going to learn to cast he stuck the boat under the tree and began to pull on branches and shake the tree trying to get get the line undone. Neither of us saw the softball sized wasp nest until they got tired of being shaken....
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:04 pm to Bushwackers
OUCH!
Did he have his gun?
Did he have his gun?
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:05 pm to notanalt
I pull a couple of Goober stunts every year.. The last one happened a few weeks ago when I shot a deer with my bow, but it hit kinda far back. I put the bow back on the hanger and noticed that I had forgotten to untie my "pullup" rope about 2 hours earlier.. Arrows tend to fly different when you have a 25 ft. rope attached to one of the limbs...
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:23 pm to Ole Geauxt
We were running traps on the Red River a few years back, it was late in the season. Middle of Feburary, 36*. I had on my coveralls and waders riding in the front of the boat. Dads in the back driving and some friends are with us in their boat. We put in at the Bossier boat launch on the Parkway and head south checking traps on the caddo side of the river. We get just north of the port and pull up on this beaver set on a particually steep part of the bank. I go to hop out of the boat and just as my first foot hits the bank dad says "Dont fall in the...." He didnt get to finish the sentence, or maybe he did but I couldnt hear him seeing how I was underwater. My left foot landed on solid bank, my right foot never found bottom two inches off the bank. We had to run traps to the Lock on the Caddo side and back up the Bossier side to the launch. I've never been so cold.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:28 pm to Ole Geauxt
hunting on a pipeline, my
dad came up and wanted to know why I didn't shoot that doe that was smelling my feet?
sound asleep
dad came up and wanted to know why I didn't shoot that doe that was smelling my feet?
sound asleep
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:29 pm to Ole Geauxt
i put about a 4 inch crack in my dads boat trying to keep a tarpon on the line in a tourney in florida, hit a piling during a tide change, then was so pissed at myself that i wasnt paying attention and ran the bitch aground. luckily i didnt rip the lower unit off. oh and this was all on my birthday. i was scared to bring the boat back to him
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:34 pm to notanalt
One deer season I was a day late to get to the camp due to a wedding. I got to camp late Saturday morning on opening day in North Louisiana. I climbed into my stand even though it was raining pretty hard. Not 3 minutes into my hunt I spot a huge buck not 100 yards in front of me poking his head out of a pine thicket. My balls dropped as I noticed it was at least a 10 pt, maybe 12. Problem was, when I saw him, I knew he had seen me cause he was frozen and looking in my direction. After about a minute (which you know feels like 5 hours) of being absolutely still, he doesn't move. I'm fraking out but then I start to get suspicious. So I say screw it and slowly pit him in the scope. He doesn't move. I don't know why, but I don't pull the trigger. Something isn't right. So I do a horrible impersonation of a bleet since I wanted to keep him in the scope. Doesn't move. WTF? So I climb down from my stand with my eye on him the whole time and yelp every now and then to see if he will run. I get up to the deer and noticed he was a 12 point! A freaking 12 point mounted deer that my uncle put there as a joke. I grabbed it from the tree and dragged it to the camp behind me. There everyone was waiting with cameras. I never got pissed cause they executed it so damn good. My uncle was a bit pissed cause he thought for sure I would shoot, but I didn't.
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:40 pm to deaconjones35
We did that to a guy at one of our old camps. He shot the frick out of it though.
We told him to make sure he's ready when we drop him off because we always jump deer walking to the stand. We dropped him off and not 30 seconds later, "BANG."
We told him to make sure he's ready when we drop him off because we always jump deer walking to the stand. We dropped him off and not 30 seconds later, "BANG."
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:41 pm to deaconjones35
quote:
My uncle was a bit pissed cause he thought for sure I would shoot, but I didn't.
Your uncle walked through the woods with a mount during rifle season or put it out there before your hunt?
ETA: i've had a buddy walk up on me with a grunt call shaking bushes and stomping around trying to get me excited. I told him how dumb that was but he thought it was funny. I told him it's a good way to get shot.
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:43 pm to Lil Man
No, it was the day before opening day. Thats the way I read it anyway. Either that or it was really early that morning which was still not legal shooting times
This post was edited on 12/2/10 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 12/2/10 at 1:46 pm to Lil Man
quote:
Your uncle walked through the woods with a mount during rifle season or put it out there before your hunt?
the day before. it's private property and he and my other uncle was hanging it and my dad was in my stand checking it out to see how real it looked.
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