Have you had any funny hunting fails???

[BIKER13]

Got to deer property and realized bolt to rifle was on the table at home.Also did not attach rope to pull up pack one time,put a treble hook on stand with tape after that.Could tie treble to pull up cord and snag the bag if I forgot again.Dropped foot piece from climber,yep hug the tree back down.and tied paracord on both pcs after that episode.Sure there are more been hunting deer 40 years.

 

[atljetmech]

Had a textbook 15-20yd shot on a sizeable pig once (angling down broadside from my 20ft stand) and sent it right above it's back!
Really hate admitting that one...

 

[swampbuck62]

Got to deer property and realized bolt to rifle was on the table at home. .

was it a 308? lol

 

[linebacker]

I bought a used TomCat II climber years ago. I had never used this type of climber before. It didn't have any straps that attached to bottom part to the top part. The first time that I used it I climbed about 25ft or so up a tree and sat for a few hours. When it was time to come down the lower climbing part (where you put your feet) slid down the tree about 10 feet out of reach. I had to bear hug the tree, sliding the seat part down all in the same motion. After about 20 minutes or so, I finally got down far enough to reach the lower part of the climber with my feet. I tried for about 10 minutes to hook at least one foot in it, but only managed to keep knocking it further down the tree. I finally just continued bear hugging the tree until I reached the ground and kicked the bottom part of the climber down as I went. As soon as I got home, after doctoring my wounds, I attached 2 straps that connected the top and bottom parts and a 1/4 rope (as an extra safety feature) to the climber. A valuable lesson was learned that day.

 

[Bushhawg]

I had a tooth pulled one day and went hunting that evening. I felt just fine at the time so headed out to my favorite stand of hardwood and climbed up about 25-30'. The wind started to blow and the oak started swaying. Before long I was turned toward the tree bear hugging the heck out of it scared out of my mind. Just before dark the wind died down and i was able to compose myself enough to get down.
Hind sight being 20/20. Not a good idea to climb high in an oak tree after a pulled tooth and pain pill.

 

[semi-pro]

more fails than wins, but that's why it's called hunting not killin

 

[howl]

My dad took my brother and me deer hunting back when we were kids. Breakfast was Mountain Dew and stale Krispy Kreme. Daddy would leave us on stand before dawn and call us to the car by honking the horn when he was ready to go home. When I got back to the car I saw Daddy standing by the car trying not to laugh. He said my brother was in the bushes trying to get cleaned up. Apparently he got excited thinking a deer was coming out of some bushes and tried to "hold it" too long. He lost the battle and had to walk back in the cold with his clothes completely messed. Daddy told him he couldn't ride in the car like that and would have to wait until we went to get some clothes. My brother didn't want that. I guess being about 12 and left in the woods and cold with no dry clothes did not appeal to him. So they settled on him trying to wash up enough for the ride.
Having no water, the only thing to wash off with was Mountain Dew.

I will never forget the sight of him walking out of the bushes nekkid, holding that coat tied around his waist with one hand and that half a six pack of Mountain Dew in the other. Daddy asked him how he was. All he said was, "Sticky." We made him ride in the back with the windows rolled down. Being the youngest that was about the only time I got to ride shotgun.

About the time we got out to the main road, I saw a freshly road killed deer lying just off the edge of the property. Daddy said, "Look Mike. There's that deer you saw." I looked over and told him, "That deer must have been laughing so hard after he saw you **** your britches he didn't even see the car coming!" Being Daddy was laughing so hard, that was about the only time I got to cuss without getting whopped for it.

 

[jdh4376]

Hunting about 95% of the time at night I have more fails than I care to remember it gets better the more you hunt at night ,but you learn important lessons each time ,and not make the same one twice ,but if anything can go wrong it will go wrong at night.

 

[BIKER13]

was it a 308? lol

you know damn well it was.....but I have a 243 for this year.

 

[ForestGnome]

Went squirrel hunting when I had a cold. Due to the cold virus my breathing sounded a lot like distant squirrel barks. That had me going in circles.