Stinger-Hunter Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Let me share this story about myself last Sunday. i wasn't going to post it but everytime I remember something else that I did and tell my wife, she laughs even harder. First time hunting this location - I took a tour of the 35 acres with a friend the day before and it was pretty straight forward, found a good tree - no problem, right? As soon as I got there I made a wrong turn on a trail that I was going to park on, so I parked in the wrong spot. It took forever to get my gear ready, leafy camo pants and top on, and must have banged my flashlight 3 or 4 times. Then I'm all ready to go I shut the back door of my pathfinder and realize that the door won't shut completely unless I slam it. I slam the door shut and then realize that my keys are in the car, so I have to open the door again, slam it again and then when I go to lock it with the remote, I hit the car alarm button on accident. Since I got turned around, I'm walking in the woods only about 30 yards from my car and after 15 minutes realize that I'm in the wrong patch of woods (climber stand on my back breaking small dried samplings the whole time). I finally get to the patch of woods and my flashlight isn't bright enough to make out the tree that I picked the day before so I'm swearing at myself (silently) that I didn't mark it with orange flagging tape. I finally find the tree and I put the tree stand down (didn't put silencing tape on it) so the top and bottom are banging on each other. I get the cables wrapped around the tree but the end of the cable doesn't go in the slot it is supposed to and it takes me literally 15 minutes to get it back out so that I can reinsert it. Now the sun is coming up. I get up the tree and realize that I didn't allow enough slack for the upper part of the tree trunk and now I'm only 8 feet up because the bottom platform is angling about 30 degrees downward but the cable is as high as it can go. I have no sure footing and I'm sweating profusely. I stay up there about 2 hours without seeing or hearing a single deer. I shimmie (sp) down the tree about 8:30 am, reset the stand and finally I am perfect. So now, I made as much noise as an anti-hunter could make if he/she were trying to mess up someone's hunt, I'm sweating like crazy, and I'm only 8 feet up a tree that has no foilage. That is why you haven't seen a post of me with my deer yet. Haven't even seen any. Not bad for a guy who prides himself on being quiet and invisible and scent free, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived Sounds like that was a day you should have stayed in bed! If it wasn't like experiences you had it wouldn't be hunting! Plus things like that make us better hunters! Here's to hoping next time it goes flawless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived ROFLMBO!!! Definitely sounds like a day you should've hit the snooze button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterbucks1 Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived wow, very bad morning. Ahhhh we all had days like that and if you say you didn't your lying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived What can a guy say...Some days are like that...learn from that experience and move on..things will get better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deepwoods1 Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived Sounds like my opening morning hunt! Bad luck happens to all of us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchback29A1 Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived It's like the the yipps in golf...they just come out of nowhere for no reason. Bad mornings are gonna come and go, you just have to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived I've been hunting long enough that when those days happen for me I'm almost happy about it. You see I know for a fact that I'll have 2 maybe 3 of those kind of days each year. So when they happen it makes me hopeful that the amount they will happen again in the future is down I have one left to go this year and I'll be good ...I've had 2 already this season I also keep telling myself that everytime I go out and dont see anything it tips the scales in my favor for the next time out...so far thats working in keeping my spirits up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived Think we have all had days like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntrman Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived That is seriously one of the funniest posts I've read in awhile, cheers to you for making me laugh out loud(which is pretty hard in fact). I agree, we all have days like that, don't sweat it, just go after it harder next time. Good luck to ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy617 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived i have not been deer hunting very long but it has already happened to me, but i keep on huntin'. good luck,jared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived Hey it happens from time to time.... trust me I know...... lol I found this story quite funny....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingduckhunter Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived man that stinks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived I was wondering what all that racket was coming from your direction... LOL It only gets better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived i feel your pain, seems like my whole season is going like that, seems like to me everything that can go wrong has, flash light falls out of pocket half way up the tree, pack falls from hook on tree, cant find stand stand through brush, stepping over log foot gets caught in wire loop of stand fall to the ground, and thinking all the time what an idiot i am and that i know better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived I've had most of those things and many other similar things happen, but never all at once. Maybe you're getting all this hard luck over with in one season....lol. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wildotter Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Loudest Deer Hunter Who Ever Lived LOL. Now that was funny. But only because I've been there myself! I think anyone who has hunted for very long has experienced something very similar. Bad days come every now and then, whether it's when your hunting or not. At least you're able to find the humor in it and move on. Now that your bad day is out of the way, good luck for the rest of the season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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