Funny hunting story's

[Pine]

Let's tell some funny stories that happened to you or someone else while bow hunting.
I'll start.

This was in the late 1990s First week of November, and I was hunting my Sister and Brother-in-law's property.
Now they had horses, big Draft Horses, Belgians to be exact.
Two mares with a sense of humor. They liked to walk next to me one on each side and put the squeeze on me.
Ok, get to the story, I showed up about an hour before first light and had to cross the horse pasture ( about 75 yards across ) got to the electric fence, scanned the pasture with my flashlight and seen both horses over 50 yards to my right. They looked like they were sleeping so over the fence, started walking across the pasture watching every step so I wouldn't trip.
I was almost to the other side when.......
Hot breath hit the back of my neck with the loud sound PPPPPPPPPTTTTHH
One of the horses had snuck up behind me and with its nose almost on my neck blew a horses snort scaring me about out of my boots.
Woke me up better than  16 cups of coffee.

[Pine]

Another time on the same property, I showed up early afternoon and both of my niece's were home alone.
I told the girls that I was there and headed out back to bow hunt.
Was a crisp day, no breeze and crunchy leaves.
The Rut was well underway and it was one of those hunts that you can just feel the success for the day soon approaching.
The sun had gone below the tree line and I was watching a fox squirrel jumping branch to branch.
All of a sudden that squirrel jumped to a larger branch and laid flat and didn't move.
Something is coming through the wood. Crunching leaves, and then, I see a hand waving.
It was the youngest niece and when she got to where I was,  she told me "Thought you might be cold and hungry so I heated up some mushroom soup for you."
Gee, thanks, sure does taste good.
It is the thought that counts, isn't it?

[Wudstix]

You can't make these up!!!
 

[awry]

Great stories.

[toddster]

That's funny.  I got one to share, cann't remember if told it here before or not.  My daughter family lived in Colorado.  My Grandson uncle took him hunting a lot for Elk and Mules, when I couldn't come out, living in midwest.  We few years ago, we all met in Oklahoma to hunt whitetail and hogs.  It was one of those rare times get to spend hunting time together, before graduating High School.  Okay, it's coming, the lead adds to it.  After few days of hunting, getting to know the property, I took my grandson to a place no one had been, and by the map looked to me like great whitetail place.  The rest chased hogs.  Well, I got him all situated and explained how the deer I thought would come in.  I sent few hundred yards away, so not to spoil his chance.  There was 4 Does that came 10 yards past me across a creek.  They fed around and headed to where grandson was, so I did not shoot.  I sat, as the light was fading, waiting and waiting to hear a shot or the deer come running back, Nothing.
After, sunset and seeing grandson walking to car, I got my things and met him there.  I said, "Let me see your quiver?"  All the arrows still there.  "Did you shoot at one of those deer?"  He replied, "No, those deer are to small, I am not going to shoot a baby".  I then laughed, and explained to him that they was fully grown whitetail Does.  I forgot he never seen anything but Elk and turkeys.
The next morning, though he got to know as he harvested one, and as he was going to quarter it.  I giggled, and showed him how to dress it out, then we drug it out.  Great memories for all of us.

[soap creek]

This was back in the 90's. My fiend Danny and I were elk hunting in Colorado. We had sat a water hole that evening till dark and were on our way back to the road. We were an hour's walk back to the road. Walking the trail back, Danny was staying just ahead of me maybe 20 feet or so. We would pass through a few openings, meadow like areas. Danny stopped and shining his flashlight in the trees. I stopped and said, "what are you doing". He said I heard something. I lifted my light up scanning the trees looking for what ever Danny thought he heard. I said I don't see anything lets go. Danny said, well I heard something. Danny has always been a little skidish. We continued walking on in the same manner, with Danny in the lead by maybe 20 feet or so. Well the next opening we were walking through, was 300 yards long and 200 yards wide. I waited till we right in the middle of that meadow, coming from behind Danny running as fast as I could yelling 'BEAR' I went past Danny. Now I'm past him running, but not for long. He blew past me like I was stand still. I busted out laughing and couln't run anymore. Danny realized what was going on and stopped, laughing and heavily panting. I said why did run, you know your not suppose to run from a bear? Still laughing He said 'all I have to do is out run you.

[Pat B]

From 1978 to 1990 my wife, daughter and myself lived in Bluffton, SC. Our 1000ac hunting club, Foot Point(now Colleton River Plantation) was right next door to Victoria Bluff WMA. Victoria Bluff during deer season was bow hunting only but only on 3 or 4 long weekends. When open it was our go to hunt. One Saturday morning my buddy, Richard and I were hunting there on the far end of the WMA. Next door on that side was private land owned by an old codger named J.B. Johnson. My friend Richard decided he wanted to try rattling for the first time. Back then rattling was a rarity in our area. So Richard set up an hour before daylight. As the day came on Richard took out his rattling horns and tickled them at first then worked up to a full out fight sequence. After a few minutes he heard some movement from behind and got ready for some action. To his surprised here comes old JB slipping quietly into the WMA from his property with a 12ga pump shotgun thinking he would catch the fighting bucks off guard but instead Richard startled him by calling out JB's name. Neither of us were surprised that JB would do this but it did catch Richard off guard.
 I have another funny Richard and Pat Victoria Bluff WMA story that I will post a little later.