Alcohol & Elk Hunters

[SHANE(WA)]

Take a drive to ID rifle season elk, hell any season. That explains it all.

[billythekidrock]

Do you live up to this description, off of another forum?

"Beware, elk hunting season is the ultimate, sometimes drunken, clown show."

Or this one?

"You wouldnt catch me anywhere, I say again, anywhere near elk hunters during elk season.  Deer dont bring out the numbers elk season does.  Deer dont bring out the idiots that elk season does.  During elk season cows (moo) get shot.  Horses get shot. Ive heard of horses getting shot from underneath their riders!!!  It has something to do with the size of the animal.  Elk simply drive men (hunters) nutzo and deer do not."

Well, what about it?  Do you know anybody who contributes to this kind of stereotype?

Do you?

I don't know anyone personally, but I see the above described actions every year.

[Dslayer]

Hunters of all types in this state need to remember that we are under intense scrutiny by a large number of people who can't and won't ever 'get it,' and act accordingly.  Individual hunters are not out there to be the police but we need to be aware of the perception that others have us and try to have a positive impact on those we hunt with and those we have the opportunity to effect, kids, etc.  Perception is reality, deal with it.  I like my beer as much if not more than the next guy, but never while hunting, it's that simple.  I'm out to hunt, not drink, there's a time and place for everything. 

[ChrisInAKmtns]

Hunters of all types in this state need to remember that we are under intense scrutiny by a large number of people who can't and won't ever 'get it,' and act accordingly.  Individual hunters are not out there to be the police but we need to be aware of the perception that others have us and try to have a positive impact on those we hunt with and those we have the opportunity to effect, kids, etc.  Perception is reality, deal with it.  I like my beer as much if not more than the next guy, but never while hunting, it's that simple.  I'm out to hunt, not drink, there's a time and place for everything. 

[huntnphool]

I hunt archery but went with a friend that had a tag several years ago. I could not stop laughing and he had no idea why I don't think there is a comedian out there that could make me laugh as much as I did just driving up 410 outside of Enumclaw, it reminded me of the keggers we used to have in high school

[WDFW-SUX]

I stopped at an elk camp to visit someone I knew that was hunting in that area and they needed an entire picnic table for all of the bottles of whiskey that had shown up at camp for the weekend.  I could not believe my eye's.......total booze fest.

[6x6in6]

Hunters of all types in this state need to remember that we are under intense scrutiny by a large number of people who can't and won't ever 'get it,' and act accordingly.  Individual hunters are not out there to be the police but we need to be aware of the perception that others have us and try to have a positive impact on those we hunt with and those we have the opportunity to effect, kids, etc.  Perception is reality, deal with it.  I like my beer as much if not more than the next guy, but never while hunting, it's that simple.  I'm out to hunt, not drink, there's a time and place for everything. 

Well said and thank you!!!!!!!

[Dave Workman]

So far, so good, I guess.
Interesting remarks. Thank you all.

I know lots of guys that party hard because its the only weekend they are are alloud away from the ole lady and Deer or elk camp is a convenient excuse.

Seems to me there are better ways to have a drunken party for a weekend than to do it out in the wilds, with thousands of other people you might be annoying, and everybody has a gun.

I opened this thread because in my younger days, I spent time in wild drunken elk camps, and didn't really care for it. A lot of people being *censored*s, hunting with hangovers...and because of the remarks on another forum that frankly were not meant to flatter or glorify the average elk hunter.

[TeacherMan]

When do you have time to drink, we leave camp at 3:30 in the morning and dont return until around 9pm to fall right into bed...

[tabynn]

Oddly, I had this very conversation at work this afternoon with my boss. He had just returned from CO(shutout) and I said, but you probably had fun hanging with the Brothers and Dad around the campfire having drinks and reminiscing. He could not have agreed with me more. I furthered it by saying, in our Elk camp, whenever we get back to camp, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, whatever, the rifles and ammo are put away for the night, period. Its an unwritten rule. Stoke the fire, debate whats for dinner, and get to the beer. Dont even think about hunting after that. We have alot of things to talk about!!!

NEVER have we had an elk camp that would resemble the initial posting on this forum.

[big_bucks]

Gotta agree with Tabynn

I never hunt the circus season, I mean rifle season.  I went up to the Clockum once, and swore I'd NEVER go back.  An absolute joke with drunkfest camps and people everywhere.  Not hunting to me at all.  I'll stick with Archery.

[saylean]

Said it before, but in our camp, we dont have any alchohol period. But, thats just us.

[deaddog]

rifle season is the worst for that kind of behavor but it is not just gun season. those kind of asses shoot bows and frontstuffers too. My camp has no booze. i was at a camp years ago with some friends and one guy i didnt know,lots of booze, before long the new guy had a loaded gun out waving it around like a maniac. when he was told to put it away he pointed it at me and said , well its not loaded. I got behind a tree and told him my side arm was loaded. when the gun was out of his hands, he got the asswhooping of his life. not a good elk season at all. NO BOOZE= NO PROBLEMS!

[runningboard]

One of my relatives says of his in-laws that they just go out to get drunk and don't ever really hunt. Like was said earlier they go out to avoid their women and get sloshed. makes the rest of us look bad since they're camped right on the road, they sure as hell ain't gonna hike in to drink where they won't be seen.
Last week while looking for mulies, I met 2 guys on quads who had a cooler strapped on and were drinking in the middle of the day and obviously planned on continuing to ride and "hunt" that afternoon.
I also ran into others who returned to camp and had a few, didn't know if they planned on going back out that evening or not. but like others have said what about being hung over? or the alchohol smell while sweating it out? I could smell these dudes while crossing the ridge above their camp, never mind the animals who depend on their noses to survive.

but in our camp, we dont have any alchohol period.

yep me too.

NO BOOZE= NO PROBLEMS!

for sure, good hunting folks.

[Gutpile]

Im to tired to drink. It'd knock me out. Beer doesn`t appeal to me when its cold out. Coffee and stogies do.