What is the dumbest thing that someone has ever asked/said while you were hunting?

[drexal]

"Did you catch one?"

But really... I was whitetail hunting a river bottom and while walking back I ran into a guy who asked if there were "any oak trees around here". Practically every tree within eyeshot was an oak and the dude was literally standing on acorns.

 

[nhenry]

a coworker of mine said he hunts with 3 different kinds of ammo in his 243 at the same time, all with very different POIs. I stay to myself most of the time though

 

[RyGuy]

“Seen any elk?”

 

[S-3 Ranch]

Can I borrow some bullets , I left mine @ home in Texas?
” sure but how will your 7mm handle these .300 WM ?”
oh I didn’t think about that! You should shoot a 7mm

 

[rwc101]

"I'm marking my territory"

Said by my uncle (a non-hunter) while peeing on the tree I just put a stand in.

 

[Hammsolo]

Can I borrow some bullets , I left mine @ home in Texas?
” sure but how will your 7mm handle these .300 WM ?”
oh I didn’t think about that! You should shoot a 7mm

I’ve had a very similar question…

 

[RobG]

Summary of conversation of a friend who met another hunter in his spot:

“How did you learn about this place?”
“You’re ex-wife told me about it.”

 

[TwistedSage]

“Seen any elk?”

Got that a few times last year. After an awkward conversation and a good luck you leave knowing good and well you just lied to each other.

 

[deer_shooter]

Have you caught anything?

 

[Nick87]

We took one of my sisters dumbass boyfriend's deer hunting once. He asked if we ever get totally wasted then go? That guy was a real piece of work.

 

[Nick87]

"I'm marking my territory"

Said by my uncle (a non-hunter) while peeing on the tree I just put a stand in.

Did he at least make a scrape first?

 

[RyGuy]

Got that a few times last year. After an awkward conversation and a good luck you leave knowing good and well you just lied to each other.

I always chuckle at the interactions we, as hunters have with each other. We both know damn well that neither of us is going to tell the other $#it but we still ask. I do it too.
My wife doesn’t get it. She always asks “why bother talking if you’re just going to lie to each other?” I’m like, I don’t know why, we just have to

 

[deer_shooter]

Well I will say that it’s great he was trying to be informed. The game check stations around Anaconda had crazy stories back in the day. I’d always ask and they would be jacked to share stories of cattle and even a mule coming through. The mule was mistaken for a moose!!!

My neighbor had a Holstein heifer shot on the first day of deer season here many years ago. Not sure how you mistake a 600lb black and white cow for a whitetail but someone did.

 

[glass eye]

"How do I take a dump"
I shit you not !

 

[glass eye]

Not really dumb but it was entertaining.
Three friends and I were at the airport check-in line with our bow cases. We were going to Maui and the lady behind us says "You guys must be musicians, what type of instruments are those ?
To which I replied "Stringed instruments "
Her husband chuckled and said "I know what those are"

 

[morley.tyler]

what elevation do deer become elk

4782'. Strange, but true.

 

[DWarcher]

"wow the topo map really doesn't do this hill justice". Maybe said by me. Maybe by my hunting partner.

"Did you shoot that?" some hunter on public land in Missouri as I was standing over a damn near 300 pound 10 pointer about to field dress it. "no actually I gave him a force choke". was my reply.

Here's your sign.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

Feels like the old Jeff Foxworthy "Here's Your Sign" jokes

Guy asked me at the trailhead if I'd seen anything - while I had a nice buck on my pack. Was too tired to give him the response he deserved.

 

[trb]

I would kill for a transcript of ol' Rusty's dialogue during this incident, it would be a strong contender.

A Trophy Llama? Priceless!

You've probably seen the television commercials for Southwest Airlines, where someone does something incredibly bone-headed, and the announcer asks, "Wanna get away?" We figure that's probably how Rusty Saunders of Fort Edward, N.Y. felt after he shot--and tagged--what he thought was an elk...

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[hank4elk]

“Seen any elk?”

..asks the guys in the truck that just pulled up. I'm literally ,looking at a herd of elk...