Hunted with some guys from Mississippi years ago, and this was a prank they pulled with an unforeseen ending.
They did a lot of business with a customer from New York City.
After a few years, the customer said he wanted to come hunt with them.
As he was a good customer, against their better judgment, they said ok.
The New Yorker acted like a New Yorker and after a couple of days everyone was sick of him and so decided to have some fun.
The made a scarecrow and put it in a ground blind one night.
The next morning while they were driving out to the stand to drop him off, they started talking about problems with poachers and how they hated poachers.
They turn the corner and the lights shine on the scarecrow in the blind.
The driver and buddy shout, "There's one. Get the !!!!!!!!'er. They jump out and unload their rifles into the blind.
The New Yorker jumps out of the truck screaming and runs off into the woods.
They cannot find him for the rest of the day.
That night a small army of law enforcement rolls up around the camp and surrounds the camp house with search lights, guns drawn, and bullhorns instructing them to come out with their hands up.
Turns out the highway patrol had picked up the New Yorker on the highway, his clothes shredded from running through the brush, screaming and flagging them down to report a murder.
After explaining what happened and showing the officers the blind, everyone broke out howling in laughter and they let them go.
The fun cost them a customer and a few tense moments, but they still told the story with a smile and a laugh.