what's everyones hunt'n pet peeves?

one of mine is hunters who spend money on camo when they hunt in a condo/box style stand. i mean you are completely secluded behind wood or plastic that is not transparent so the game can not see you no matter what you are wearing. it cracks me up to watch hunt'n shows when they do this. they never stalk or shoot deer when walking to or from the stand but they are always camo'd out inside a non transparent box. if i hunted out of one of these stands, i wouldn't waste money on camo.

I have too many to list.

-People "stealing" your spot on public land.
-Deer have antlers, not horns.
-People who don't scout and wonder why they aren't seeing any game.
-Road hunters.
-People who say that "meat hunt" but let doe after doe walk by just to shoot a 2yr old 4pt.

man. I will be here all night.[:@]

i love road hunters, less competition for me

The guy in the video that shoots a deer, the deer is laying on the ground dead within view, yet they sit in the blind for 45 minutes and whisper discussing the need to wait before you go to the deer.

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.

Mine is people who try and tell other people how to hunt, or that their preferred method of hunting is wrong/unethical, even though it maybe legal. Hunting is largely individual preference. Show me a dead deer...and to me....its just that...a dead deer. I don't care if you snuck up and stabbed it while it slept or if you hit it with a truck while drunk and spotlighting....its a dead deer to me. What matters is how you did it....and only you will ever know that.

Other big time pet peeve is tresspassing, or running deer dogs during spring turkey season, early archery, or ML seasons.

Oh yeah...and people who encroach waterfowl blinds (which is illegal in eastern VA). And then try and call ducks off you, or shoot at the birds you have been working when they swing down wind of you. Common courtesy people.....

I'm with SwampCollie. I cant stand when people tell you how to hunt or that your methods are wrong or unethical.

Others include the following:

-People who shoot deer at 350-400 yards and say they "hunted" the deer.
-People who underestimate a deers nose. I know people who say i waste my money on Scent Killer and stuff when they say deer dont care.
-People who critisize someone for shooting a certain size deer. Or shooting a doe.
-Poachers
-PETA or anything like it.
-People who dont take time to practice or sight in and then wound a deer or require 5 shots to take it down because they cant hit it right.
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Guys who don't do their share around camp!

But...to them...that is hunting.

See what I'm gettin' at....its easy to do.

If someone wants to shoot a deer at 400 yards....heck I don't care. Do whatever you want. Just be safe about it, and hopefully you will have practiced at that range and be proficient with your firearm. Most of the guys who are shooting in these long range hunting things practice year round, and have thousands of dollars in their rigs. Which is just fine. Good for them. Long as they are having fun and being safe...do what you want. I feel the same way about crossbows. I don't care. You want to shoot a deer with a crossbow...good for you... get to it. I like to hunt my way.... so good for me.