Note to self

[Nick87]

Not as bad as some of these, but I always love climbing a tree in my climber, hooking up safety harness, putting on bibs, boot blankets, etc and then grabbing my bow rope only to find I didn’t hook the bow up.

Ain't that a bitch

 

[Trailsend]

Forgot my Federal duck stamp at home on opening day, realized it about 10 miles down the road.

 

[JLDemo]

Met a buddy of mine to go walk a tree row, an entire mile section long, for quail. Took two trucks and parked my truck at the end and drove his around to start. Got to my truck and I'll be damned if those keys didn't jump out of my pocket and land in his center console drink holder and stayed there. Oh well, we shot a pile of quail both ways. Thankfully he just laughed and called me a few obscene names.

 

[Treeshark]

I hiked up and down a ridge for 3-5 miles in trail runners this year

Agreed, in most terrain it really isn’t bad at all. For warmer, dry weather hunts without crazy amounts of side-hill trail shoes are my go-to.

 

[Chad Gus]

Went to work 3 times this year, wearing my crocs. Not the best footwear for construction site

 

[fmnjr]

Got to our speed goat spot well before light, only to realize I couldn't find my tag!?

Hauled butt 50 miles back to the hole in the wall we slept at, only to realize the tag was tucked away in the bottom console of the truck where I had put it!!!

 

[Treeshark]

JL, my dad has a similar story involving a canoe trip of several miles with my mom and her sister.

He wisely planned the point-to-point trip both downstream and downwind. My aunt unwisely left her keys (return vehicle) in his truck…

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

Agreed, in most terrain it really isn’t bad at all. For warmer, dry weather hunts without crazy amounts of side-hill trail shoes are my go-to.

Yep. I’m really looking at investing in some waterproof mids again as sort of a do all.

 

[Bullshot]

Woke up and got dressed in the dark in my tent on CO rifle elk hunt opening day. Hiked out and up to my spot, excited for elk to be parading into range. waited for sunrise and all of a sudden noticed I was wearing all camo! Had to make the hike of shame back to the tent to grab my orange and missed the bulk of the morning hunt.

 

[fmnjr]

Sometimes check lists don't help. My son and I went on mountain hike, half way up I needed to do my business. Where is the mountain money, says I? Well, the boy says, I needed room in my pack so I took it out and left it home!!

 

[RobertD]

The other day my friend's teenage son shot a buck. His dad scolded him during the tracking job because he noticed his safety was off. Kid said that's okay, I only brought the one round and I already used it on the deer. He had forgotten his ammunition but had a spare in his jacket pocket. Worked out pretty well for him... this time.

 

[steveshuntn1]

I’ve had so many things I’ve forgotten on hunts from ammo, clips, quiver, orange vest, etc. I have to say though the time I drove halfway home and left my wife standing in the woods waiting on me to pick her up was the one that will never be forgotten. Mostly because every damn time we drive by that spot she reminds me that I left her there!
Lucky for me it’s only a 20 minute ride to the house up to the National Forest. So she waited maybe 15 minutes….or as she says about an hour!

 

[Pucky Freak]

Backpacking w/ 2 buddies in college we broke camp and I realized I forgot to take my antibiotic pill that AM for my foot infection. I could not find the film canister anywhere so they begrudgingly dumped their packs trying to locate it. About 20 mins later and no luck yet I finally turned it up…was in my front pants pocket the whole time.

 

[Henry22]

Fishing on a fairly big lake in Ontario and ran 45 minutes to a spot for the evening bite. My brother and I forgot the net in the fish shack and our old man was furious. My brother then proceeds to snag something on the bottom… reels up a perfectly good net. I think we used up a lifetime of luck that day.

 

[Caseknife]

Yep, done the forget the release thing, clear across the field one morning, oops, missing something pretty critical.

Buddy hiked out of elk camp one afternoon to go visit his in-law's camp. Got back after dark to the trailhead, forgot his flashlight. Had to hike in to camp in the dark timber with no moon. He made it, but it wasn't a fun trip.

 

[Beignet]

Realized I forgot my bow 40 minutes and $14 in tolls into upper Manhattan headed out of Brooklyn a few years ago. Seem to forget a fly reel once every two years or so. Usually realized once I’m stream side and ready to fish.

 

[duckhunt]

I’ve had so many things I’ve forgotten on hunts from ammo, clips, quiver, orange vest, etc. I have to say though the time I drove halfway home and left my wife standing in the woods waiting on me to pick her up was the one that will never be forgotten. Mostly because every damn time we drive by that spot she reminds me that I left her there!
Lucky for me it’s only a 20 minute ride to the house up to the National Forest. So she waited maybe 15 minutes….or as she says about an hour!

Now that is classic.

 

[fmnjr]

I’ve had so many things I’ve forgotten on hunts from ammo, clips, quiver, orange vest, etc. I have to say though the time I drove halfway home and left my wife standing in the woods waiting on me to pick her up was the one that will never be forgotten. Mostly because every damn time we drive by that spot she reminds me that I left her there!
Lucky for me it’s only a 20 minute ride to the house up to the National Forest. So she waited maybe 15 minutes….or as she says about an hour!

Grams and Gramps were married 56 years. Knew each other since birth, basically. She never let him forget the time she fell on her bupkiss while skating and Gramps let another guy get her back on feet!!

 

[fmnjr]

This is a great thread! I could go on and on about things forgotten when needed. I've forgotten so many things so many times, I forget what I've forgotten.

 

[RealMuddyboots]

The best "Oh no" was many years ago hunting the Catskills with couple buds. We were waiting for last one to get to truck and well after dark. FINALLY! As we were loading his pack, I pulled out his rifle case and asked him where is his rifle? Oh oh! He had that deer in headlights look. He left it against a tree when he packed up! His stand was pretty far up mountain so now another long wait while he heads back in for it. As we sat on my tailgate, it was obvious he couldn't find his way back to where he sat. Leaves were down and we could see his light bouncing around the mountain like a video game. It was so damn ludicrous to watch we started laughing so hard, we had tears in our eyes. All of sudden we see light go like bee line then stop and start back down. He damn near jogged all the way down! When he got to truck, he was so damn flustered he was easy pickings to ask him where his pack was. He forgot it was already in truck and he said "F' it!!" I ain't going back for it!! Which started another round of laughing which pissed him off so bad he got into truck and wouldn't talk to us all the way home 11/2 hour drive. Of course many questions what to do to help our buddy to remember rifle.