I was reading another post about packing for deer camp and it brought back some memories of years past. Please share your most memorable "oopses and don'ts" so the rest of us don't make them (and possibly get a chuckle while reading).

OOPS: Arriving at the cabin the night before firearm season opening day and realizing I had my rifle and ammunition. The rifle I brought, however, was my 30-06... the ammunition was for my 308. Luckily I found a 24 hour gas station that had a couple boxes of 30-06. If my rifle was of more exotic caliber, the situation would have proven even more interesting.

DON'T: Don't go into the woods without at least a couple of singles in your wallet. I got 'turned around' several years ago and before long found myself walking a 2-track on some camp property used in the summer time but vacant during deer season. There was about 6" of snow on the ground and it was still coming down hard - I couldn't follow my tracks back as they were covered within minutes of making them. I was dying of thirst, having walked several miles, and had brought nothing to drink with me. Low and behold, a pavillion appears in the middle of nowhere (nothing too special, yet). Power had been run to the pavillion and there was a working vending machine and pop machine - both of which accepted singles (Ureka... I don't carry change in the woods). When I pulled out my wallet, I had nothing smaller than a $5 bill. What are the chances??? A little ways down the 2-track, I got picked up by a gentleman in an old pickup, who drove me back to mine... only about 1-2 miles as the crow flies but nearly 10 miles by vehicle.