Forums46
Topics546,103
Posts9,831,253
Members87,691
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#4442566
08/02/13 08:55 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,154
KWood_TSU
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 9,154 |
I once caught a turkey with a dip net. I let it go.
I once shot a bird out of the air mid flight with a Benjamin .22 caliber pellet gun when I was about 10 years old. lol, those benjamins are bad arse guns. a buddy of mines dad had some goats that would get over the fence and stand on top of his car. he kept a Crossman pump bb gun to shoot them and scare them off, he shot one behind the shoulder with a BB and it hopped off, stood still then started coughing up blood. it keeled over about a min later. he stopped shooting them and took to chunking rocks. a week later he threw a rock and it hit a goat in the knee and broke his leg, which had to be amputated. I also know a guy who killed a wounded goose with a pair of channel locks that he sidearmed into its kneck while it was hobbling down the road. Goat stories cracked me up, hate them dang things
Amat Victoria Curam - Victory Loves Preparation
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: AB Joint Outfitters]
#4442948
08/02/13 11:44 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 12,547
chital_shikari
Minor in training
|
Minor in training
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 12,547 |
Ok.. that's not the end of the story. The clients heard us talking about running hogs with dogs and decided it was crazy, and exactly what they wanted to do. We caught a nice boar which I had to carry a pretty good distance out of the woods. That go me so covered in mud and hog goo that I had to remove my shirt and continue with the hunt topless.
Where things really went wrong was later in the night when we had a small hog caught in some mud on the side of an almost dry tank. The way we approached the hog and dogs put us coming up and over the dam. For some dumb reason I decided to just jump off the back of the dam and land beside the dogs and hog.. it was only a 5ft drop what could go wrong? It was like jumping into a bowl of sticky oatmeal. I hit the mud and my momentum drove me up to my chest into the sticky stuff. I panicked and tried to get free but I was as stuck as stuck could be. Good news was that I really wasn't sinking anymore, bad news was there was no way I was getting out alone. Everyone was laughing their tails off at my expense and the clients asked in all seriousness if this was a normal thing that happened. The rest of the guys were able to easily get to the dogs and hog by going around the drop off I had jumped from, and then get over to where I was.
In the process of extracting yours truly from the mud I lost both of my boots, my pants and my boxers...but thankfully I still had my socks on! It was a choice of coming out of the mud without my pants, or staying there all night.
How far were we from the truck?... about a mile. But walking naked in socks through cactus and mesquite scrub I would have told you it was at least ten miles.
Where there women with us? Yes. Client's wife. I walked at the back of the group.
Did I at least get a big tip? Don't remember....it was so overshadowed by the other events of the evening.
Everyone had a good time (except me) and a great laugh at my expense...... And that is the last time that I: A. Jumped into mud from a elevated location B. Forgot to wear a belt on my pants C. Was ever so afraid of cactus spines E. Was naked with another man's wife in the dark F. Loved a pair of socks so much..they were better than bare feet
Thus ends the story of finishing a hog hunt naked and the strangest thing (thank god) on my hunting resume!
AWESOME STORY
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: AB Joint Outfitters]
#4443031
08/03/13 12:09 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 12,379
Simple Searcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 12,379 |
I aint even going to try and top that.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Simple Searcher]
#4444434
08/03/13 04:59 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 731
AB Joint Outfitters
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 731 |
I aint even going to try and top that. You should thank your lucky stars that you can't. It's by far and away the most ridiculous thing that has ever happened to me in the woods and I am very hopeful that when I die it is still the title holder. AB
I have two little girls; which means if GI Joe ever got to take a vacation he should come to my house...Ahhh, Estrogen Land! Where lonely barbies abound without a single man in site.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: AB Joint Outfitters]
#4445020
08/03/13 10:37 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,901
kry226
The General
|
The General
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,901 |
Two pretty weird things: 1. An article was written about me and a deer I shot that appeared in the November 2005 issue of Buckmasters magazine. 2. I have a log of every deer I've shot that includes date, time, location, weapon, weight, and any other special remarks worth remembering.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: AB Joint Outfitters]
#4445271
08/04/13 12:13 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,048
Eland Slayer
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,048 |
Ok.. that's not the end of the story. The clients heard us talking about running hogs with dogs and decided it was crazy, and exactly what they wanted to do. We caught a nice boar which I had to carry a pretty good distance out of the woods. That go me so covered in mud and hog goo that I had to remove my shirt and continue with the hunt topless.
Where things really went wrong was later in the night when we had a small hog caught in some mud on the side of an almost dry tank. The way we approached the hog and dogs put us coming up and over the dam. For some dumb reason I decided to just jump off the back of the dam and land beside the dogs and hog.. it was only a 5ft drop what could go wrong? It was like jumping into a bowl of sticky oatmeal. I hit the mud and my momentum drove me up to my chest into the sticky stuff. I panicked and tried to get free but I was as stuck as stuck could be. Good news was that I really wasn't sinking anymore, bad news was there was no way I was getting out alone. Everyone was laughing their tails off at my expense and the clients asked in all seriousness if this was a normal thing that happened. The rest of the guys were able to easily get to the dogs and hog by going around the drop off I had jumped from, and then get over to where I was.
In the process of extracting yours truly from the mud I lost both of my boots, my pants and my boxers...but thankfully I still had my socks on! It was a choice of coming out of the mud without my pants, or staying there all night.
How far were we from the truck?... about a mile. But walking naked in socks through cactus and mesquite scrub I would have told you it was at least ten miles.
Where there women with us? Yes. Client's wife. I walked at the back of the group.
Did I at least get a big tip? Don't remember....it was so overshadowed by the other events of the evening.
Everyone had a good time (except me) and a great laugh at my expense...... And that is the last time that I: A. Jumped into mud from a elevated location B. Forgot to wear a belt on my pants C. Was ever so afraid of cactus spines E. Was naked with another man's wife in the dark F. Loved a pair of socks so much..they were better than bare feet
Thus ends the story of finishing a hog hunt naked and the strangest thing (thank god) on my hunting resume!
Thanks bud, I needed that!! Great story.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Eland Slayer]
#4445344
08/04/13 12:43 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 6,579
Wburke2010
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 6,579 |
My weird story would be that for the two or three years I was on a lease I never saw a hog when I was in a stand but we trapped them all the time.
Now on my land I have killed pigs from the stand and see a lot of them but I can not trap any of them in any of the three traps me and the neighbor have set.
Walter
MW Ranch Services 903-303-4523 Metal buildings, welding, equipment repair, dirt work
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Wburke2010]
#4445444
08/04/13 01:34 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 8,400
Stompy
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 8,400 |
I killed 2 10" beard Toms at 150 yards with a 300 win mag with one shot. Hit the one I was aiming at in the neck, a piece of the bullet hit the 2nd Tom behind and off to the right of the first Tom in the temple.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Stompy]
#4445601
08/04/13 03:13 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,998
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,998 |
I killed 2 10" beard Toms at 150 yards with a 300 win mag with one shot. Hit the one I was aiming at in the neck, a piece of the bullet hit the 2nd Tom behind and off to the right of the first Tom in the temple. You were lucky. A .300 win mag is a little on the light side for turkey hunting
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: LandPirate]
#4445818
08/04/13 05:08 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 237
kmartinusa
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 237 |
As a kid, I killed a dove as it sat in an elm tree, by chunking a flat, sharp piece of flint rock. Took it's head right off. I was the neighborhood hero and bad arse for a week or two afterward.
I once attempted to kill a turkey by chunking a 4-way tire iron at it. I hit it in the head and knocked it out. Thinking it was dead, I threw it into the bed of the truck. By the time we got back to camp, it had come to. We kept it as a pet for several months until it got run over by a truck. Then we ate him.
Me and some friends once caught a bunch of jackrabbits by hand. We took to the hunting cabin and turned them loose inside. Yes, we were drunk.
I've never choked a catfish.
And finally, if I had to choose, I pick offshore fishing over hunting.
...that's the funniest story I've read in a very long time. I think there's at least one signature line worthy quote there...maybe " We kept it as a pet for several months until it got run over by a truck. Then we ate him."
We kept it as a pet for several months until it got run over by a truck. Then we ate him.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: kmartinusa]
#4446032
08/04/13 01:12 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 731
AB Joint Outfitters
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 731 |
I couldn't agree more.... Had to leave the catfish part in as well... it makes me laugh so hard!
Last edited by AB Joint Outfitters; 08/04/13 01:13 PM.
I have two little girls; which means if GI Joe ever got to take a vacation he should come to my house...Ahhh, Estrogen Land! Where lonely barbies abound without a single man in site.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: AB Joint Outfitters]
#4446362
08/04/13 04:25 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 405
Bobby-Catfishing
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 405 |
I've never killed a squirrel, but have shot 3 coyotes and a bobcat with my bow. The 3 coyotes came from one sit. Dropped the first one in its tracks. Second and third didn't get too far. Shot at a 4th with my last arrow, but he jumped the string and I missed. Found out that day a dead coyote 15 yards from a tree stand makes a great decoy. I debated shooting that last arrow, but thought this would NEVER happen again in my lifetime so why not and let it fly.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#4446631
08/04/13 06:57 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 8,400
Stompy
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 8,400 |
I killed 2 10" beard Toms at 150 yards with a 300 win mag with one shot. Hit the one I was aiming at in the neck, a piece of the bullet hit the 2nd Tom behind and off to the right of the first Tom in the temple. You were lucky. A .300 win mag is a little on the light side for turkey hunting It's a tack driving custom gun. I was aiming for the neck on the first one. That way if I missed no harm no Fowl..
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Stompy]
#4446792
08/04/13 08:14 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 731
AB Joint Outfitters
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 731 |
That way if I missed no harm no Fowl..
I have two little girls; which means if GI Joe ever got to take a vacation he should come to my house...Ahhh, Estrogen Land! Where lonely barbies abound without a single man in site.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: AB Joint Outfitters]
#4446990
08/04/13 09:23 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 30,202
Sneaky
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 30,202 |
I'm way too late to this party. I just thought I did some dumb things.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Sneaky]
#4447311
08/04/13 11:21 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 11
Chrisfromlumberton
Light Foot
|
Light Foot
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 11 |
The oddest thing about mine?
I don't have one...yet. I'm 18 and never been hunting. This'll be my first season ever
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Chrisfromlumberton]
#4447321
08/04/13 11:23 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,998
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,998 |
The oddest thing about mine?
I don't have one...yet. I'm 18 and never been hunting. This'll be my first season ever welcome to the fold. what got you interested in our sport?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#4447468
08/04/13 11:59 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 11
Chrisfromlumberton
Light Foot
|
Light Foot
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 11 |
The oddest thing about mine?
I don't have one...yet. I'm 18 and never been hunting. This'll be my first season ever welcome to the fold. what got you interested in our sport? Eating deer sausage gumbo that my friends dad shot when I stayed at his house during hunting season
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: Chrisfromlumberton]
#4448228
08/05/13 04:47 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,138
DeerTamales
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,138 |
I print out every hunting pic I receive from friends and family and put in my camo album.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: DeerTamales]
#4448718
08/05/13 02:47 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,998
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,998 |
I print out every hunting pic I receive from friends and family and put in my camo album. that's a pretty cool idea
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#4449022
08/05/13 04:41 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,262
jlbain94
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,262 |
Ive never killed a deer in Texas. Killed 2 in Florida though, and dont even live there.
A man can never have enough guns.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
#4449049
08/05/13 04:53 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 274
FLTXduck
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 274 |
First kill ever were two teal that unbeknownest to us, paddled out into our decoy spread from who knows where while we were looking skyward for birds to come in. when i looked down, i thought our decoys were drifting away...they were not decoys. Skillet shot got me 2. Last year i hunted deer for the fist time on a buddy's farm in Illinois. I had zero experience with deer at all and was hunting with 6 other experienced deer guys. First day, first sit, i rattled in an 8 point to within 25 yards and dropped him dead in his tracks with a slug out of my scopeless shotgun. No other hunters killed, much less fired a shot that day. Very next morning as i am getting ready to pack it in after a cold sit, i hear 2 other hunters in the party behind me fire off shots successively. I turn around to see a large buck running down a drainage towards me. Thought he must be shot so i waited for him to fall. He didnt fall but just kept running towards my tree. He stopped at 50 yards out and turned to look in the direction he came. I put the bead on his shoulder (still scopeless) and took a shot. Dropped dead in his tracks. Found out later that 2 of the other guys had shot at the deer and missed. 2 bucks, 2 days, first deer hunt.....none of the other guys killed a deer. Luck? I dont know...we'll find out in October when i am back in that tree.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: FLTXduck]
#4449211
08/05/13 05:51 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 66,357
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 66,357 |
I killed 3 deer with vehicle before I shot one.
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
#4449225
08/05/13 05:57 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 8,641
DiverTexas
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 8,641 |
Didn't shoot a hog until I was in my 40's. Never been duck hunting. Killed two deer with one shot on 3 different occasions. Skipped a close relatives wedding because it was on opening day.
|
|
|
Re: What is odd about your hunting resume'?
[Re: DiverTexas]
#4449374
08/05/13 06:53 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 349
Jordan A
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 349 |
Killed one dove, handful of ducks (20 or so, maybe less), 2 hogs, one rabbit, that's all.
Have my own place to deer hunt this year and already have it all set up. Also on a duck lease plus dove season in Fannin county for this season. I am young so I have plenty of time to add to my resume. I am on this forum a lot, know a good bit, and have harvested little.
“If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.” -William Maxwell
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|