Did you think he was dead....

[3rdShot]

Ever have a squirrel come back alive in the back pouch of a vest? Not fun.

No squirrels, but one time on a pheasant trip with a buddy in S.Dakota, I had kicked up a rooster, folded it with a clean shot on the flush and it landed stone dead, didn't even twitch. 20 minutes later it started kicking the crap out of my back through a game vest.

[jerp]

It happened with the first deer I ever shot at and it haunts me still. I did not deer hunt for the first time until I ws 21. I was at a friend's ranch near Bracketville hunting from a tall tower with a borrowed Weatherby .300. I shot a nice buck and he went down in his tracks. First of all, I did not give it enough time. Second, when I walked up on it I did not notice it's eyes were closed. I grabbed a leg to roll it over and the SOB jumped to it's feet and took off running. The bullet had creased it's back - not deep enough to break spine but enough to knock it down. It even gave me another shot when it stopped 50 yards away broadside but I was so rattled (and not used to shooting freehand) I missed it clean!!!

[GR5]

I shot the biggest Bull elk ever in Colorado earily one morning. The shot looked perfect and was a complete pass through. I heard him fall about 60 yards away. I walked up to this giant sucker and he jumped up and ran to the top of a mountain where i lost all sign. Never found him

[ByronB]

I used to work for Enterprise Rent-A-Car a long time ago. We had a young man call our Clear Lake office and say that he had hit a deer on Genoa Red Bluff near Bay Area Blvd. For those of you who know the area there are plenty of deer around there. Well, he hit the deer and it went through the passengers side of the wind shield. He was able to stop the car and get out. The deer was stunned. Just like The Crippler said in his last post.....that deer got its wits back about it and tore the heck out of the inside of that vehicle trying to get out of there. An officer was called and he opened the door to let the deer out. The car was in bad shape!!! I could not believe the guy did not have a scratch on him. The drivers side of the windshield was wrapped in to the car. They said the deer limped off quickly in to the woods. I am sure our insurance dept had plenty of questions.

[thebomb6_99]

I had a "dead" coyote blink at me a couple years ago.....not cool. It didn't end well for him...

What would of been a good ending for him . I agree with Blake its not real

[Death from Above]

seems like I want to put another arrow in critters just because now..... thanks yall

gonna have tailgate ldps looking like a porcipine

[k9trainer]

That is funny. I read a story once where a guy shot an elk and went to pose with it afterwards when something funny happened. This guy killed an elk, or so he thought, and proceeds to pose with the animal with his rifle laid accross its rack. The elk came to and started running down the mountain with the rifle still hooked to his rack by the sling. There was a video of this somewhere I believe, but I cannot find it. Too funny!!

I've heard the variations of that story a hundred times. Pretty sure it's a folk tale

[Randy Sr.]

I used to work for Enterprise Rent-A-Car a long time ago. We had a young man call our Clear Lake office and say that he had hit a deer on Genoa Red Bluff near Bay Area Blvd. For those of you who know the area there are plenty of deer around there. Well, he hit the deer and it went through the passengers side of the wind shield. He was able to stop the car and get out. The deer was stunned. Just like The Crippler said in his last post.....that deer got its wits back about it and tore the heck out of the inside of that vehicle trying to get out of there. An officer was called and he opened the door to let the deer out. The car was in bad shape!!! I could not believe the guy did not have a scratch on him. The drivers side of the windshield was wrapped in to the car. They said the deer limped off quickly in to the woods. I am sure our insurance dept had plenty of questions.

No SLP or CDW? LOL!

[JHT]

One time my friend and I were driving around the Midwest trying to sell as many auto parts as we could because there was a major auto parts distributor from Chicago who was trying to put my friend's family's auto parts factory out of business. We were driving along singing along with the radio and didn't see this whitetail buck standing in the middle of the road until we hit it. We were running late, but I got really sad and decided to put the deer in the backseat of my blue convertible until we could lay him to rest. Later that night I was driving along when all of the sudden I looked in my rearview mirror and the buck was staring right back at me! I slammed on the brakes and me and my buddy ran out of the car. The deer started freaking out, kicked the glass out of all the windows, tore up all of the upholstery and stuck a huge gash in the convertible top. He finally thrashed his way through the convertible top, jumped out onto the hood of my car and ran off into the woods. My friend and I couldn't believe what just happened!

True story, there were a lot of other crazy hijinks on that road trip, someday I'll share the rest of the stories...

Scared of bees?

[APDBrad]

Ever have a squirrel come back alive in the back pouch of a vest? Not fun.

Hahahahahahahaha never a squirrel, but a dove or two

[jbird77]

Two years we were unloading some of the "dead" gators at the boatramp when I turned around only to see one of em walking across the parking lot! I tie the mouth shut now

[quickstrike]

Yea I have heard horror story's about the gators and ricochet bullets off there head.

[Speedgoat]

I've heard the variations of that story a hundred times. Pretty sure it's a folk tale

Yeah, it would be a pretty good show.

[SolocamShooter]

We had some pigs in the trap and after we shot them my cousin and I crawled in to drag them out and one of em came alive! Scared the heck outa me!!!

[b.latiolais]

Dad went to Del Rio a couple of years ago and shot a nice Audad. The first shot he missed. He couldn't believe he missed. The audad took off and ended up coming out behind him in a Sendero. He took another shot and drilled the dude in his neck. The audad fell straight to the ground. He went out to get him and make sure everything was good because it was getting dark and he was curuous about his first shot. When he got to the animal he saw where his first shot just clipped the top of his neck. Anyways, he starts dragging this dude by the horns in order to get him closer to the road. All of sudden he's having a hard time dragging him when he turns around the dang audad is standing on all fours. Dad quickly grabs his horns with both hands and wrestles him to the ground like a steer, then sends another round into his heart.


You should hear him tell the story. It was pretty comical the first time I heard it..... and every time after that as well.