7. Hunters that don't appreciate just being out hunting even if they don't harvest a deer.
ORIGINAL: whitetaildreamer
Just thought I would steal (borrow) an idea from Letterman. Top 10 Deer Hunting Pet Peeves:
10. Guys that are upland game hunting during ML season and don't wear blaze orange.
9. The guy who wants to go hunting with you so bad then cancels the night before because the wife has something for him to do.
8. Big game hunters who shoot a Bambi, then pose for pictures.
7. Hunters that don't appreciate just being out hunting even if they don't harvest a deer.
6. Setting up well before sun up and then having a goofball walk in on you and set up 50 yards in front of you an hour after sun up. (hey buddy my blaze orange isn't a clue)
5. Hunting bush all morning in -30 weather and coming back to the truck for lunch to find 5 or 6 sets of fresh track 10 yards from the truck.
4. Swirling wind.
3. Finding a headless carcas left by a trophy hunter.
2. POACHERS!!!!
1. All those that knock and call down hunting (peta members at the top of the list), and have no idea about the social, economical, and environmental benefits that hunting provides for a community.
Re: #6 I had 7 hunters walk within 50 yards of my spot on public land on opening day of shotgun season, 3 of which got within 20 yards and suddenly realized the 6ft blob of bright orange in the brown woods.
My biggest pet peeves would be the following:
1. Hunters who go out to their stand before first light and walk back through talking to their buddy past other hunters loud as hell a half hour after sunlight.
2. Hunters who feel the need to wrap a buck's boy parts around a tree branch after they field dress it.
3. Hunters who either can't shoot or who don't sight in their guns. Nothing more annoying than hearing 4-5 shots in a row rattle off from the same area followed by a barrage of 4-5 more a half hour later.
4. Hunters who try to call in bucks but have no idea what a buck call sounds like. 2 years in a row I've hunted within earshot of a guy who calls bucks and sounds like a wounded cow.
5. Guys who spend hundreds on scent cover-up and then smoke or chew in the stand. Not really a pet peeve, just kind of funny. If I can smell it, I know the deer can.
6. Hunters who get upset when a kid (of appropriate age, maturity and safety training) is out hunting. They're the future of the sport and every one of us had ot learn how to hunt at one point in time too!
I'm sure I embody a lot of people's pet peeve's including dropping a 13pt buck on opening morning on public land I'd scouted once before.