Annoying hunters in blinds!

[Bullydog]

Deer are pretty darn tolerant.

Most of our blinds are close enough for bow. If I have a loud hunter, I tend to try to take them to the old Texas Hunter blinds made of plywood… they rattle like hell in the wind and the deer are used to it… He can make almost any noise he wants.

When got on our place in Throckmorton 10 years ago, we were scouting locations to set up our stands and feeders. Knowing I had three kids and a wife who would all be hunting with me sometimes, I picked the perfect spot.

I put my stand about 50 feet from a working pump jack, and my feeder 110 yards away. That was the best stand EVER. My kids could cry, sneeze, fart, hit binos on window, kick the heater over, kill wasps with their hats, sleep on the floor. Not a single deer ever spooked from us in that blind. All my kids killed their first deer from that very stand.

[Tx.Fisher]

My dad shuffles to the stand. I don't think his feet ever leave the ground when he walks. If there is a hole or a stump to trip over, he will find it. Once in the stand he always has to eat his snacks and crumple up the wrappers. Oh well, I still love hunting with him.

[rbertman]

So..would you come back if you never ever see anything every trip out or would you like to learn how to hunt?

Be hunting for forty years never had issue been doing guided hunts for awhile guess we all have our quirks

[doublearrow]

My dad and i hunt together whenever we can. We laugh, cut up, and have a great time. For the last several years we were mld and we killed deer every time. I wouldnt change a thing about it.
If its someone else though itd prolly drive me nuts lol.

[sprayn2]

i never hunt alone, everytime i go its a different kids turn or my wifes turn. been that for the last 11 years. matter of fact my wife never hunted until after our 3rd child was born. first deer she killed we had all five of us in 1 stand. you ever try to get 3 little kids to be quit at once, lol

[hellbndr23]

heck, i almost stole 2nd twice!!

lol

[huntingfanatic]

I used to guide a guy every year because the other guides wouldn't hunt with him. We would go out to the blind and every time a deer would come in he would stick his hand out and snap his fingers as loud as he could. First time he ever did it I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I asked him why in the world was he doing that and he told me he just wanted to see what the deer would do. I told him I could have answered that question without him snapping his fingers. He would do this almost every time we would get in a blind. Drove me crazy but after about the 4th or 5th sit I figured out he just wasn't too serious about killing a deer so I let him have at it. Guided him for four years and it always ticked the other guides off cause their guys were killing good bucks but I always got the biggest tip. Lol We did kill a few decent bucks from the high rack but I learned early on figure out want your clients want and try to give it too them. He just liked being outdoors and socializing.

[SouthTX1911]

The first time I took my son on a hunt, he was 7. We get settled into a ground brush blind under a tree 100 yards from the feeder. The deer will funnel by close to the blind on occasion so I stressed how important it was to be quiet. We are somewhat budled up, but I can hear him shifting around in his chair. I'd whisper, "if you want to see deer, you need to be still and quiet." I had told him that deer were Ninjas and that they'd just appear without making a sound. Sure enough, this doe pops out down near the feeder. We watch and she eventually walks off. My son looks at me and asks why I didn't shoot her since I only had doe tags left. I thought he'd want to see more deer, just turns out he just wanted to watch me shoot a deer. Well that doe comes back and I ask him again if he wants to wait until more deer come out. He says he thinks we should shoot it and reminds me that I can't shoot a buck anyways

Well, its now when I realize I didn't bring ear protection for either of us. So I tell him that he needs to cover his ears and that I am going to take the shot. Well I get her lined up perfectly broadside and she steps to a quartering position so I have to wait. I about nearly jumped when the next thing I hear is my son shouting "DAD!, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SHOOT HER!" I thank God that I had taken my finger off the trigger as I had waited for her to move back into position. I looked at him, I shusssshed him as quietly as I could, looked back and that doe was still standing there. I shot her, and that was that.

Still laugh to this day about it.

Lol. Sounds exactly like my son. We went hunting last night. His first time to not sit in a blind and he loved it!

[jase82]

This is a funny thread! lol Ive had these same experiences. Yeah hunting should be fun, but man it sure does suck to drive several hours and get up early just to have it be wasted and you know its wasted. So I get it when you get there and you're stuck with the loudest human on the planet. Gun blinds, hell you can watch tv almost in them, but bow blinds not so much. Ive hunted with my wife, my 7 yr old, 12 yr old and a couple of friends. Seen better and more deer with the wife. Went with a buddy one time who I think wore a paper bag as a jacket, every movement was loud as hell. His butt hurt at several points so he got up and moved, when walking to the blind I'm being quiet and he's hitting everything in the woods, he got hungry at a point (we had breakfast already) and starts munching on his granola or whatever... I was like dude we are 25 yards from the feeder. can you shut the hell up? lol. best was at the end he decided to get out of the popup ahead of me, gets stuck in the door and takes the blind down with us... i can't even explain how that went down

[kumathebear]

I only hunt me to a spot. We used to carry 2 way radios in case someone needed help but with mute cell phones and texting, problem solved.

[hchunter]

This is a funny thread! lol Ive had these same experiences. Yeah hunting should be fun, but man it sure does suck to drive several hours and get up early just to have it be wasted and you know its wasted. So I get it when you get there and you're stuck with the loudest human on the planet. Gun blinds, hell you can watch tv almost in them, but bow blinds not so much. Ive hunted with my wife, my 7 yr old, 12 yr old and a couple of friends. Seen better and more deer with the wife. Went with a buddy one time who I think wore a paper bag as a jacket, every movement was loud as hell. His butt hurt at several points so he got up and moved, when walking to the blind I'm being quiet and he's hitting everything in the woods, he got hungry at a point (we had breakfast already) and starts munching on his granola or whatever... I was like dude we are 25 yards from the feeder. can you shut the hell up? lol. best was at the end he decided to get out of the popup ahead of me, gets stuck in the door and takes the blind down with us... i can't even explain how that went down

the end cracked me up!!!

[Rockstar Chevy]

Tell me about it! Like when you have the spot light just right and you're looking through the scope and your buddy keeps feathering the gas pedal. Makes everything shaky...

I laughed out loud when I read this, very nice!

[perfectstorm]

I think the worst is guiding someone & having them show up smelling like an ash tray.

[Iansumrall]

I love spending time with my dad in the woods. It's the only time we really talk and I wouldn't trade it for anything but the one thing that annoys me to no end is he will light up a cigarette And smoke in the stand. The worst part about it is I take all the precautions and quiet as a church mouse and he still kills deer! Haha but what can you do that's my pops and he has hunted that way his whole life.

[TxDispatcher]

My wife has her own bow hunting set up and she usually hunts alone out of a ladder stand. I set up another ladder about 20 yards away in order to better play the wind. Well, she said she keeps getting busted by deer before they get into bow range. I decided to hunt with her the other morning and see what was going on. I swear that woman reached up and touched her face and adjusted her hair every 45 seconds. It was like she was a 3rd base coach calling plays. Heck, I almost stole 2nd twice!!

HAHAHA...now that's funny!