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Although i am embarrassed about this and hate to admit it i once accidentally fired my rifle off in the woods. I was so mad at myself for being so careless and was very glad no one was near me at the time. I always prided myself on being very careful and still ended up doing something that could have harmed some one else.

Also we all joke about this but its not really funny for him , but my brother in law once ran over (or backed over) his own bow with his 4-wheeler. He is kinda like myself considered as accident prone. He really messed up his bow so it wasnt funny to him but he sure gets a lot of ribbing about it.

any one else brave enough to admit a silly error or a mistake they`ve made?

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A few weeks ago I forgot my boots. Had to hunt wearing my sandles! It was kinda comfy actually. :)

Another time I got to my treestand and decided to walk down the trail a little farther to check a tree I scoped out. Left my bow back by the stand and sure enough, a nice buck walked out into a perfect shooting lane. On the same hunt, I found out that I had lost my release while walking to my stand. Wouldn't have been able to shoot that deer anyways!

-Mike

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Last season, after a long and unsuccessful hunt, me and a buddy got back to my truck and put our gear away and started unloading our rifles. I was standing by the drivers door of my truck and he was on the passenger side and fired off a round that damn near shot me, and did shoot the truck .the round went through my seat, lower cab, and hit the gas tank (full). we were about 16 miles from anyone or anyplace. I had to drive like a bat out of hell to a gas station. when we got there, we were out of gas and on fumes. so, before putting gas in the truck ,I had to fix both holes so the tank would hold gas well enough to get us home .(it still poured gas) and we were 80 miles from home .I wrapped a stick with duct tape and we had to stop at every gas station on the way home and fill up just so we wouldnt be walking .it cost about 80$ in gas and 34$ to have the tank repaired and yes ,I was praying to the good Lord that I was not shot.

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a few years ago I lost my release. i was done hunting for the night and putting my bow away. I always put my release in the case with the bow, but for some reason i left it on the ground. not thinking about it, when i came to hunt the next week, as i was getting my stuff together, i see part of my release on the ground, after the landowner had accidentally mowed over it.

i've had rubber peep sight tubing break and hit me in the face when i was drawn up on a nice buck.

back before i was carrying a gun, and just walking along with my dad, in his rush to get me dressed in the morning, he actually forgot his gun at home, 20 minutes away.

my uncle had his 12 gauge go off while it was slung over his shoulder. it was early in the morning, like he had just got there, way to early to even see. he's just standing in his stand, gun on it's sling, waiting for daylight. he had a fixed blade knife on his belt, and somehow it tripped the safety on his 870, and fired the gun, right by his face. he was shaken, but uninjured, and the knife found it's way to a creek.

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Last season I took my stand up about 20ft and as I was getting comfortable my foot rest wedge broke loose fell to the ground. I forgot to hook the safty strap on, or rather I didn't double check it.

KEEP HUNTING THE GREAT OUTDOORS & GOD ALIVE, PASS IT ON!

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When i was young(13) i dropped my dads 12 gauge out of the tree into the mud below...he wasn't happy......he also forgot his screw in choke tube for turkey hunting and he was set up and light before he realized...two big toms walked by him right after dawn...funny!!!!

Buck or doe big or small they all taste the same and are a trophy in my book.

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Ate a big breakfast and didnt take any toilet paper with me.

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Was hunting a large swamp edge after a good snow a few years back and as I was slow walkin thru some thick scrub pines I noticed an antler about 35yds away, all I could see was 1 antler so I froze and slowly raised my gun, eased off safe and pulled back the hammer and waited, and waited, and waited but the damn thing would not move out into the open for a clean shot. I stood there for what must have been 5 minutes with my heart pounding in my throat making my almost deaf with the noise. Finally I could not hold the gun steady anymore and thought I have to make the first move so I stepped through a gap in the pines for a better vantage point and coughed............. Still not a budge, so I started inching my way forward with the gun still at the ready (damn they sure do get heavy) as I got sloser I see this lone shed hanging in a tree about 3 feet off the ground. Felt like an idiot and all I could think of was a Far Side cartoon with a bunch of deer siting on an adjacent hill waiting for the next dumb a$$ hunter to entertain them. The shed is now a nice centerpiece/candleholder for our xmas dinner table.

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Dumbest thing in the woods?

Well well, lessee. There are so many...

First major sized buck I down, I'm shaking like a leaf. The buck runs off a bit, I see it topple over about 50 yards or so away. My legs are wobbly. Put gun down and ruuuuuun run run over to the deer, not paying attention to a thing. Look at deer for a moment. Too excited. Dress deer and start draggin'. By now its dark. Look for gun... c'est la vie.

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I did some more dumb stuff before this but I get crap from my cousin and his friends about this one sometimes. It was youth season last year so I was gun hunting and my cousin was bow hunting. I found my cousin to help me find my deer (nice 7pt) cause he ran into a thicket. We followed a trail and sure enough there he was we were walking up to the deer and my cousin was about to be pointing out how good the rack was and the deer jumped up and took off. Now my dumb a$$ only loads one shell in my gun for some unknown reason. I eject it with my lever action deer never seen again.

I also have heard stories about people messing all over the back of their coveralls. I have never had that happen but I am always careful.

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Along the same lines as RET3006, except I had to much bad coffee at camp. About an hour into my walk, the rumble started...I know it now or I am squirting all over my suit. I ran off the trail and found a nice log to lay my deposit, finished up, grabbed my pack and search for the supply of TP...but no TP. I was thinking what the heck happened to my TP (it is like Amex, don't leave home without it!!!)and what the heck am I going to do now! Snow on the ground, no leaves...just FUBARed. I did what I had to do, I used my gloves, now it is pretty cold to have no hand wear...but it would have been worse to have the rest of the week with sheeet streaks and that bad coffee deposit.

I find out later that my so called buddies while having a few after dinner mints, decide it would be funny to remove my TP. Oh I got back at the ring leader, I went and picked up the soiled gloves and placed them in his pack for future reminders not to play with fire....you may get burned!!!!

I know rotten to the core. Had I been really rotten I would have done what I planned to do and that was make his sandie's with the gloves placed in them...but I thought the dumba$$ might actually take a bite and that would be really wrong.



Edited by - Skeeter 7mm on 10/02/2002 22:11:20

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Skeeter - It might have been wrong... but it sure woulda be funny. hehe....

Houston, TX

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The funniest thing that happened to me actually happened to someone esle, and I was just standing there along the campfire with some friends and we were all BS's, talking about what we saw and the events of the day and Walter was standing over the camp fire and said that when he dropped his drawers to take a crape that he had fell back into it as he was squatting. You imagine. I told Walter that I am not surprized you did that, but I can't believe you came back here and told everyone,later Bobby

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About the worst thing that happened to me was driving 78 miles to go hunt, and never even gave it a thought, until I reached my destination, to pick up the bow and put it in the Jeep before I left.


But, the funniest thing I ever heard, happened to a buddy of mine, or his brother I should say.

A friend of mine, Steve, and his brother were out pheasant hunting some properties they had. As they were driving from place to place in Steve's car, they both had to take a &quot;nature break&quot;. So, Steve pulls over on the side of the gravel road, and both men get out to do their thing. Steve's brother, had put his gun in his leather guncase, and kept it in the front seat next to him. Somehow, he removed the gun from the guncase when they came to a stop, to check if a new glow-worm sight had stayed on the muzzle of the shotgun, before he took care of business. Well, conversation changed, business was taken care of, and both men got back in the car to resume their journey.

When they arrived at their next area to hunt a few miles away at the end of a dead end gravel road, they noticed that some buddies had already been their that morning to hunt, and decided to go elsewhere to another property, thus turning around to drive back out.

A few miles back the opposite direction, they both noticed something in the road. As they got closer to the object, they realized that it was a shotgun. Steve immediately new what it was. But, his brother, not being one to be accused of being bright, sat up in the seat and yelled, &quot;Hey!!! Some idiot left a shotgun in the middle of the road!!! AND IT IS JUST LIKE THE ONE I HAVE!!!&quot;



.........My buddy Steve just shook his head.......................

true story.

Edited by - richie3 on 10/03/2002 07:41:52

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A friend of mine who is a bit excitable was moose hunting and saw a big bull on an old logging trail. He jumped out of the truck, braced his rifle on the back fender and fired. The bull didn't move so he fired again, and again. Emptied his clip, loaded another clip and emptied it as well. The moose finally had enough of all the noise and walked away. When my friend stood up he saw the problem. While the scope was centered on the moose, the muzzle was centered on the opposite fender of the truck. Nice large hole for the body shop to repair. I don't hunt with this guy - he makes me nervous!!

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them are some great stories. i can't think of anything real stupid that i've done during hunting. now fishing that's a whole nother story

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Kicked a dang armadillo many years ago as hard as I could. Dang near broke my foot......turned a nice shade of purple......

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Some years back in Huntsville Al. I was hunting on the side of our mountain, looking over two corn fields. Make the story short, I noticed a nice six pointer and poped off a hole clip!

I noticed the deer not moving at first then after my last few rounds I changed the clip, when I looked up, it was gone?!

I decended the mountain and entered into the field that I was shooting into. Being that I was shooting from a long distance about 200yrds. and I was elivated I figured the may be I was no hitting the deer.

Any way, while double checking the location, I spotted a downed deer about 45yrds. away very excited I quickly ran over to the spot finding that I had landed 4 shots into a, DECOY!

TOP THAT FOR JACKASS OF THE MONTH. NEVER DID FIND OUT WHO THE DECOY BELONGED TO?

KEEP HUNTING THE GREAT OUTDOORS & GOD ALIVE, PASS IT ON!

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You know being an old man I had to think a long time on this one, I have been very lucky and somewhat anal about double checking stuff so my dumbness is not due to forgetting something. Well I was 13 and my dad had just bought me a new 12 gauge, well everyone knows it must be shot as soon as possible or the gun will catch on fire and burn down the house! So I immediatly went out to shoot something, of course nothing was in season that was edible so my choice of prey was very limited. At last I saw my prey, Mr. Crow flying straight towards me at about an altitude of 30 yards max, I swung the gun higher and higher and then slapped the trigger, I saw stars and felt great pain right below my eye and my shoulder and it felt like my index finger was torn off!!!! Of course when you shoot a 12 gauge when it is about 6 inches off your shoulder things like they happen. Black eye, bruised shoulder and a sprained cut finger, yea that was dumb!

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

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hey guys these stories are pretty good, i hope theres some more yet to come. im not feeling quite so bad now about letting my gun go off accidentally . even though it was a dumb thing to do, thanks for the replys, annie.

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Timbercruiser that is funny reminds me of the time when I was hunting at Bull Creek in Fla. and came a cross an armadillo that was rooting in the grass as I and my friends was going to our stands, I stalked up to the little critter and then urinated on it, I swear thats the thruth, its just a guy thing, kinda like writing your name in yellow in the snow. True story. :)

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121553 you have heard the old saying it is better to be pi$$ed off than pi$$ed on!!!!

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

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Me and my dad were going hunting one year it was a 150 mile drive two the place we were hunting so we got there satyed the night and got up early we went to our spots we had our guns camo and everything but i got into the stand went to load my gun no ammo end of story

James Jedlicka

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Annie, that was a pretty brave thing you did. Admitting to a mistake made while hunting. Like some of the others, it could've been disastrous but thankfully it was not. I'd almost bet that for every one honest person admitting to mistakes or accidents here, there are 30 that won't admit it or are too afraid to. Actually, some of these incidents scare the hell out of me, especially after having been shot in the back accidently on opening day last year with a 12 guage slug. Even under the best conditions, and having taken every precaution, accidents happen. I know for a fact they do now and I'm wondering if I'll ever be able to gun hunt again without whincing or wanting to hit the dirt every time I hear several shots in the woods. As long as we learn from our mistakes and don't make them again, we can be thankful no one was injured and laugh about it later.
Hope everyone has a safe and successful hunt this season.

Ciao,
Vinny

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walking on logs after dad told me that wasnt to smart...i found out the hard way and the rifle left a goose egg on the back of my head...few years later i did the same thing and the results were the same...only i havent walked on another log i didint have to agian!

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Y'all might want to ask TxCowboy about this one.

I'll have to say I am always forgetting my toilet paper also. Talk about a case of the Red A*&!LOL

****I'd rather be a fence post in Texas than a corn boy in Ohio****

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I would have to say my dumbest move was one time I was still hunting and came up on some does and a monster buck. I was bow hunting and out of range. I worked my way around to flank them. I went to a bluff that was where I had assumed they would be crossing at. I waited for a long time. As I was waiting I started needing to relieve my self. I held it as long as I could. I finally came to the conclusion that I had judged the deers movements wrong, so I went ahead and took a wizz off of the bluff. To my dismay I found my self with my pants half down and the does and monster buck right under me. The bluff was indented and the deer were in the shade right under me. I didnt get to take a shot, but if my urine was a bullet I would have been extreamly close to bagging one of the best bucks I had ever seen.

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On another occasion I had went hunting and forgot a knife. I shot a buck and had to field dress it with a broad head. It wasnt the easiest thing to do.

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My brother and I woke up in the cabin one night while we were on a deer hunt and we both were about to bust to pee. We went outside and started to let it fly. I looked over and saw the land owner's Airdale dog walk up behind my brother in the moonlight, hike his leg and start peeing on my brothers leg. He jumped, hollered, turned around, and said you SOB to the dog. He asked me why I didn't warn him. I was laughing so hard I was spraying every where. I wasn't about to warn him.

Another time in the same cabin when it was very cold we stoked up the old potbelly stove with fire wood and cut the lights out and went to sleep. I woke up about to sweat to death and looked over to see the old stove glowing red in the dark. I opened up the door and everybody woke up from all the heat and commotion I was making. We were all scared to go to sleep then. We were afraid we would burn the building down.

I was trying to learn my nephew how to deer hunt one year. We got out of the truck and I was busy trying to help him load his gun and get his tree stand up on his back. We were running late that morning and it was fixing to break day. I threw my stand on my back and we took off. When I got to my stand I noticed I didn't have my rifle. I threw my stand on the ground and flew back to the truck to find that my rifle was still leaning against my truck. This was on a paved road and I was scared someone would ride by, see my rifle and pull over and drive off with it. I didn't tell my nephew about this until the next deer season. LOL

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was hunting on my uncle's property and had set up a stand, the next morning we got out there and on the way to my stand my flash light quit so i figured i knew were my way well got turned around and decided to just sit by a tree until it got a lil lite out, I fell asleep when i woke it was about 9:30 am well into mornin and when i looked around low and behold the tree with my stand was right across from where i was sitting,needless to say when i got back to the truck i told everyone i didn't see a thing

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I was in my tree stand when the doe came in to range. The gun was resting of the edge of the wall of the deer watch and I used it as a brace when firing. After the BANG I heard my clip fall to the ground as apparently the gun was resting on the clip and the clip was not locked in. Sadly, and foolishly, I had no other ammunition with me as I was hunting only a few hundred yards from my car and thought I'd never need more ammo. The deer stood there just looking around,not even moving. Finally it backed off and lay down. Plenty of second shots were available if only I had a cartridge for my .270. I started to slowly get down but the deer would have none of it and she was off. I looked hard that night and the next day but no blood or hair. To this day I cringe about the incident.

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Crowpecker, thanks for the reply. I did`nt like to admit i was dumb enough to do that--letting my gun go off by accident, mostly because i was always prideful on being so careful. I guess it goes to show even when we think were careful maybe we are`nt. I really thought about not going hunting agin, i sure did`nt want to ever hurt someone. But i decided to keep hunting, only to be darn sure i was more careful than before and to always recheck everything. I hate to hear about you being shot ,i hope it did`nt hurt you too bad, but understand you must be frightened to hear shots near you in the woods now. I hope you can eventually overcome that fear and be able to fully enjoy the hunt agin some day . Good luck and safe hunting, Annie.

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I've done more stupid things than I can remember. The worst I've done is drove an hour and a half to hunt and left my bow at home. Yes, I know...I'm a dumbass.

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I got a funny one, but its not about me.
We were sitting around camp after a day of deer hunting and one of the guys had to go get rid of that mornings breakfast. He has had surgery on both his knees and can't squat (and leaning on a cactus is not an option either) so he grabs a shovel, digs a hole in the ground and sits over the hole.
So everyone else is sitting around BS'ing and we hear him scream and come running from behind some bushes pants still around his ankles. Apparrently, while sitting on the ground a giant Tarantula ran right across his legs.

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Annie, no problem. I'm glad to see you're still hunting. I know as well as anyone that accidents happen, I just never gave it much thought that I'd ever be on the receiving end until last yr. I hunted over 30 yrs without incident and all it takes is to have what happened to me, spoil everything. The slug is still in my shoulder, laying right on top of my lung, near the backside and they can't take it out because of possible nerve damage to my arm. Everyone makes mistakes. Like I said, it's ok as long as you learn from them. I think you've learned your lesson well and would be what I would call a seasoned and safe hunter. Good luck this year and hope you bag the buck of your dreams.

Vinny

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This just happened to me a couple weeks ago. My dad and I were riding my 4 wheeler 3 miles back to our hunting spot. A tree had fallen down on the trail so I decided to climb the bank on the side of the trail. I hit it in 2nd gear with my dad and our gear on with me. I was almost to the top when he told me to &quot;gas it.&quot; So I did and it wheelied straight up and we almost went back down the bank. I managed to get it on all 4 wheels but in doing so I hit my chin on the handlebars and bit my tounge and smashed my teeth together. My dad told me it was good that I brought tiolet paper along.lol. Even with the pain I couldn't stop laughing.

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The funnist/worst thing that I did that was absolutely stupid. Three years ago I replaced my sights on my bow in the early part of the summer. Well I took the bow out every day and shot at least 30 times per day until I was sure that I could hit the little dot on the paper plates I as using as targets. About 5 weeks before the season started I tuned my broadheads up, and had them hitting the same spot every time(had refletch several arrows and retune them). Opening day came and I had gotten a late start, just coming home from work getting ready and all. Got into the woods after daybreak was walking to the spot were I was going to hunt and saw a magnifiant doe walk out and stop broadside to me, 15 yds away. I froze, she did'nt see me. Great I pull the string back settling the 20yd pin just above her right shoulder, I release, the arrow goes about five foot over her back and clatters through the trees. What I forgot to do was turn the sites back around after I took the bow from the case. They are Pse Nova 3 pin dovetail sights.

Misplaced Buckeye

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My dumbest thing was more silly childhood exuberance than anything else. When I was 13 or 14 I was hunting squirrel and rabbit with my Dad and uncle. We were breaking for lunch and driving down the old logging road from camp when we spot two squirrels chasing each other like they do, over in a small patch of trees. I bailed out of the truck, grabbed my twenty gauge and bagged one of the squirrels. I hopped the fence with all the energy and excitement of a 14 year old and took off to collect my prize. You would have thought it was a 12 point buck! Well, about ten strides into the field I was knee deep in mud and muck. As I tried to get unstuck I realized my boots had quit following me somewhere around stride number eight. My dad and uncle were out of the truck by now and were laughing so hard they actually had to sit down against the truck. I’m still hearing about that incident 22 years later. If I had the money and foreknowledge then, I would have had that dang squirrel mounted.

-Brad
Eastern Nebraska Bowhunter