Who has had a hunt runied by critters this year?

[TEXAS 10PT]

Typically we hunt the morning hunt until all the action has stopped and then go out and wait for the feeder to go off for the evening hunt. I recently did just that. However I had pulled the card from one of my cameras only to see a huge 10 point with a kicker on his right G2 had started coming in so of course I wanted to start hunting him. After seeing all the pictures I see he is coming only mornings between some huge hogs that are also showing at this feeder. It gets to dark to see so hunts over and I decide to leave my bow in the pop-up blind over night so I can walk in, in the morning with my pistol in case the big hogs are around. Well I get there and no hogs so I commence to putting out hand corn then head for my blind. I unzip it and Wham wth is wrong with my bow???? I hit it with my green light head lamp and see that a rodent had got into my blind and chewed my bowstring in half. So no hunting there this morning. Good thing I always bring a back-ip bow and its back at camp I don't think he'll ever go in there again after the pop he took from a bow string under pull pressure at brace slapping the chit out of him. Never thought in a million years that this would happen. How about y'all? Has Murphy's Law visitied any of ya this season?

[Shinesintx]

I thought I lost my bow, then I thought it was stolen. Turns out, I left it in my cabin...so I never really lost it, just forgot where I left it. Wait, that ain't got nothing to do with critters does it?

To make it thread related, I left a flashlight sitting by my TC for a week and the rats/squirrels left it dang near unrecognizable.

[Thumper]

The deer have disappeared for the most part. Date and time are off.

[BigThicketBoy]

I had a turtle come out of a mud puddle just about the time a buck was fixing to walk through it. He jumped back like somebody said boo and he was gone I started to shoot that Turtle

[Bisch]

It gets to dark to see so hunts over and I decide to leave my bow in the pop-up blind over night so I can walk in, in the morning with my pistol in case the big hogs are around. Well I get there and no hogs so I commence to putting out hand corn then head for my blind. I unzip it and Wham wth is wrong with my bow???? I hit it with my green light head lamp and see that a rodent had got into my blind and chewed my bowstring in half. ?

I have thought about leaving my bow in the ground blind overnight several times, and decided against it for fear of this very thing happening! At leadt I know I made the right decision now!

Bisch

[TEXAS 10PT]

I have thought about leaving my bow in the ground blind overnight several times, and decided against it for fear of this very thing happening! At leadt I know I made the right decision now!

Bisch

You certainly did. This is the first time in all my years of bowhunting that I left my bow in the blind. Never happen again.

[tex4k]

It wasn't this year, but did have a rat try to drag me back to its nest one night while waiting for pigs at brushy hill. I was wearing some crepe sole boots and sitting behind a brush pile on the corn route, figured it was a gimme spot, had found an old metal folding chair close by earlier in the day, full moon, everything was just right. About 30 min. into the sit, I felt something kind pull on my foot, looked down and this rat looked like a dog playing tug-of-war with my foot, I shooed him off and didn't think any more of it, about 5-10 min. later he's back at it, this happened 2 more times, so I moved about 20' down to the other end of the brush, little sucker found me down there too. I finally climbed up and sat on the back of the chair, should've shot the rat cause no hogs showed.

[buckmastertexas]

I had a squirrel try to assassinate me by dropping a hickory nut on me. His aim was off and he hit me in my arm, but luckily no injuries was sustained. He scolded me for being his tree and then left.

[Chew]

Crows
Cows
Blackbuck
Turkey
Dogs
Hogs
Blackbirds
Ants
Wasps
Snakes
Mosquitoes
Illegals
Lease Members
Trespassers
Game Wardens
Sandhill Cranes


All of those critters have interrupted my hunts at some point.

[Jcoder]

Mountain lion and lose Dogs messed up two back to back days of hunting this year.

[BowTech2010]

Had a rat chew my string n half after I left it in ground blind overnight. Wasn't happy that morning. Also had a squirrel chew my release strap off after leaving it strapped to my bow in the tree overnight. **** rodents.

[popknott]

I had a squirrel try to assassinate me by dropping a hickory nut on me. His aim was off and he hit me in my arm, but luckily no injuries was sustained. He scolded me for being his tree and then left.

I think I read your original write up on this incident. Funny.

[amcalister04]

Had a cow give birth at the foot of my ladder stand last year.

[Bowtech38]

Cows.

[flywise]

I have from time to time left my bow hanging on the hook over night on my ladder and tree stands. As of now, i guess i have been lucky. I always have this feeling in the back of my mind that i should just take it with me. The feeling might just be Murphy's law giving me a warning