Hunting Colloquialism's

[wollelybugger]

What uins up to, goin down to the crick and wash up for supper.

[tuscarawasbowman]

Jigger bushes/sticker bushes- Briar bushes
Goat path- Oil pump road
Perididdle or pine squirrel- Red squirrel
P*** oak or stink oak- A pin oak tree
Bottom- Any low lying area, usually swampy
Dog or dogs- The guy(s) who get in the brush to jump rabbits when hunting without real dogs

That's all I got. Neat thread.

[Hoyt]

Got to get shed of this cold.

[Over&Under]

"Beat cheeks" - Hurried fast..."we beat cheeks around the point to cut off the buck"

[LimBender]

Oh, and in the South if you say "what are some of yous guys hunting colloquialisms," people will probably run away, someting like "y'all got any good huntin sayins or expressions" would probably work better.

[jim ratcliff]

the one i remember best is "hornin"! its been 20 yrs. or better but i was hunting with a old timer and after a day or two he ask if id saw any "hornin"? i replied no but i saw where a buck had rubbed some big trees!

 hornin=rub
 bust him= shoot him
 smoke pole= muzzleloader
 howitzer= anything over a 243!
 slick head=doe
 bullwinkle=big buck

[Randy Koleno]

I'll meet you at 6AM--means I'll be there between 6:30 and 10 o'clock.

What time you headin' back out?-- means how long of a nap do you need and should we put some food on.

[KSdan]

-Hit behind the "front shoulder"  Does a deer have a back shoulder?

-Goofiest one to me:  "toboggan".  In the south I guess that's a hat.  To the rest of the world it is a sled!

- Use of "stick and string" when a guy carries a compound really bugs me! (And I am not a compound hater!)

[Winterhawk1960]

Fairy Diddle = a true red squirrel (not a fox squirrel)

Orda = Ought to

I'll think of some more later......I'm sure.

Winterhawk1960

[huskyarcher]

Originally posted by KSdan:
-Hit behind the "front shoulder"  Does a deer have a back shoulder?

-Goofiest one to me:  "toboggan".  In the south I guess that's a hat.  To the rest of the world it is a sled!

- Use of "stick and string" when a guy carries a compound really bugs me! (And I am not a compound hater!)

I have never understood the " front shoulder" funny you mention it i asked a guy about it yesterday, And about the Toe-boggon, I've never heard of it being a sled??

Funny thread!    

[joe ashton]

Great thread!
I heard a TXan tell his son to stay away from the holler.  we were up at the Royal Gorge. The RG is a canyon that is 1053 feet deep!

rag horn = young bull elk
'a good hit but a little fall back' = gut shot.

[Bladepeek]

Another thing about Michigan - when you stop to pick up a can of cold soda, you really want "a cold pop".

[Mudd]

In Tenn if you ask for a coke, they'll ask you what kind... I know!...lol

That good ole boy in the country store had me about as baffled as they come...lol

God bless, Mudd

[calgarychef]

Swamp Donkey---moose

Speed goat---antelope

Boots...as in my truck needs new boots---tires

galoshes, gumboots, wellies---rubber boots

Got any documents?----got any rolling papers?

blueberry blonde---native girl

sled---ski-doo

raghorn---small elk, which incidentally is my specialty!

banana horn---small sheep

[centaur]

Since I just got back from a trip to the Grand Canyon, all these terms about hollers, draws, etc., got me to thinking. Now THIS is a holler!
 

[Flingblade]

Michigan 11 point = spike
Michigan 12 point = spike on one side fork on the other
split tail = doe
Muy Grande = a very big buck me and a buddy hunted in Oklahoma for 3 years and never had a shot
Here in Michigan the yoopers (those that live in the upper peninsula) call those of us that live in the lower peninsula "trolls" because we live below the bridge.  The yoopers sing a song about a "tirdy point buck"... you guessed it; 3 on one side, broke off on the other.
fun stuff here!

[Butchie]

"Blowdown".  Some folks don't know that's the term used for a fallen tree.  Jeeesh!    

[Thumper Dunker]

A couple more. Squeeks- ground squirrels. To chill-calm down after you shoot or see a good one. A good one-any thing thats leagal.In the rocks -above the tree line.Toy poodle,Chawawa ect.- Coyote bait.Kitty-bobcat. Big kitty moutain lion. long ears -jack rabbits. O dark thirty some time before day break.

[kykiller]

Anything big, ie, fish, deer, turkey, or whatever. = "Moo-con"

Act of shooting a animal until dead = "Putt'in the quadhedous on'em"

First one came from an old friend and the second is all mine.  Neither can figure out orgin, but still use to this day.

[psychmonky]

When we turkey hunt we go out and get "buried up next to a log."

If we only have a couple of guys deer hunting, one of us goes and gets "buried up" and "gets quiet" and the other one "makes a circle." This involves "sneaking" through the property in a zig zag pattern in sort of a two person deer drive.

My grandfather refers to any centerfire cartridge smaller than. 243 as a "needle blower."