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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: bsmith5913 on September 13, 2012, 07:13:13 AM

Title: Hunting partner fell asleep
Post by: bsmith5913 on September 13, 2012, 07:13:13 AM: This was taken during a calling session yesterday afternoon. We had just been calling for about 30 minutes and decided to wait on our spot for a little bit, 5 minutes later I hear some heavy breathing and look over and he's asleep face down on his rifle. He thought the picture was hilarious and I know he'll see it on here later today.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 13, 2012, 07:19:30 AM: Just as well--that big red face would have scared the game away anyway... :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: quadrafire on September 13, 2012, 07:36:26 AM: :chuckle:
I have done that many times, just never been caught
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Post by: ghosthunter on September 13, 2012, 07:46:50 AM: Heck that is a big part of my hunting plan when I go.
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Post by: h20hunter on September 13, 2012, 07:48:01 AM: Awesome. That is one for the wall of shame. Been there and done it, will do it again.
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Post by: bsmith5913 on September 13, 2012, 07:50:15 AM: Haha, like I told Heredoggydoggy, I was fighting it off too. That grass get's pretty comfy on a hot afternoon!
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Post by: saylean on September 13, 2012, 07:54:47 AM: Thats usually a sure fire way to see bear. Take a nap. :tup: :chuckle:

great pic.
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Post by: turkeyfeather on September 13, 2012, 07:55:18 AM: Isn't that the whole point of hunting? To go outside and sleep under a tree somewhere.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 13, 2012, 07:56:40 AM: It's amazing how heavy your eyelids can get when you try to stay alert! :chuckle:
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Post by: CedarPants on September 13, 2012, 08:02:17 AM: I've been caught in that EXACT pose before. I brushed it off and claimed I was making meticulous adjustments to my scope to account for wind and elevation.
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Post by: quadrafire on September 13, 2012, 08:03:26 AM: Quote from: ghosthunter on September 13, 2012, 07:46:50 AM
Heck that is a big part of my hunting plan when I go.
:tup:
That is how I killed my first turkey. Sound asleep, woke up and was surrounded by a flock of fall birds.
I snore too much now to make it a very effective hunting style :chuckle:
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Post by: CedarPants on September 13, 2012, 08:05:00 AM: Quote from: quadrafire on September 13, 2012, 08:03:26 AM
Quote from: ghosthunter on September 13, 2012, 07:46:50 AM
Heck that is a big part of my hunting plan when I go.
:tup:
That is how I killed my first turkey. Sound asleep, woke up and was surrounded by a flock of fall birds.
I snore too much now to make it a very effective hunting style :chuckle:

I'm convinced ..... thoroughly convinced ..... that snoring is hands down one of the best go to calls when things are slow in the turkey woods. It's worked for me more times than I'd like to admit
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Post by: Johnb317 on September 13, 2012, 08:28:33 AM: Hmmmm. Whatever happened to hunting partner confidentiality? :chuckle:
Only reportable if the game walked across his legs.

I'd say his only error was in snoring.
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Post by: farmin4u_98948 on September 13, 2012, 08:31:37 AM: Are you sure he wasn't sharpening his listening skills by keeping his eyes closed......
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Post by: denali on September 13, 2012, 08:32:47 AM: you better check for a pulse....he dose not look OK :chuckle:
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Post by: ctwiggs1 on September 13, 2012, 08:35:31 AM: In Basic Training I learned the very tedious skill of closing my eyes will staying in a perfect prone position.

Well done sir, but try to make it so you're at least looking down range! ;-)

Curtis
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Post by: sebek556 on September 13, 2012, 09:08:01 AM: pre rut is on... maybe he was trying snoring as a new grunt call? :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Kioti on September 13, 2012, 12:14:15 PM: Ruff day out hunting. It can do that to ya sometimes.
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Post by: jackmaster on September 13, 2012, 12:19:11 PM: Quote from: turkeyfeather on September 13, 2012, 07:55:18 AM
Isn't that the whole point of hunting? To go outside and sleep under a tree somewhere.
nothin better than a nice long nap on the side of some mountain, ya just wanna wake the hell up before it gets dark.... done that
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Post by: Woodchuck on September 13, 2012, 12:34:47 PM: Could have been worse :chuckle:
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Post by: KFhunter on September 13, 2012, 04:49:10 PM: I totally get falling asleep hunting deer, but where you calling predators?

You wouldn't find me sleeping on a predator hunt :yike:

but then again I'm by myself all the time, I grow eyes in the back of my head :chuckle:
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Post by: Tacomahunter on September 13, 2012, 05:05:56 PM: I got caught too!
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Post by: runamuk on September 13, 2012, 05:08:50 PM: I dunno I swore I would not fall asleep then one day I had been out trying to find that darn bear I was after my first season and had set up against a stump and been calling, the sun came out and I fell asleep for a little while some bugs woke me up :dunno: it happens
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Post by: Jason on September 13, 2012, 05:43:54 PM: Back in 03 I caught my hunting partner sleeping on a rocky bluff while Elk hunting, I snuck out and grabbed his rifle, snuck back to the tree's and let out a few cow mews :chuckle: you should have seen his face, he popped up and looked dumb founded when he couldn't find his rifle.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 13, 2012, 07:18:03 PM: Quote from: Jason on September 13, 2012, 05:43:54 PM
Back in 03 I caught my hunting partner sleeping on a rocky bluff while Elk hunting, I snuck out and grabbed his rifle, snuck back to the tree's and let out a few cow mews :chuckle: you should have seen his face, he popped up and looked dumb founded when he couldn't find his rifle.

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Your'e still here, so I assume that you unloaded his rifle before you gave it back! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: bearpaw on September 13, 2012, 07:25:16 PM: priceless photo... :chuckle:
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Post by: RadSav on September 13, 2012, 07:31:47 PM: Quote from: Jason on September 13, 2012, 05:43:54 PM
Back in 03 I caught my hunting partner sleeping on a rocky bluff while Elk hunting, I snuck out and grabbed his rifle, snuck back to the tree's and let out a few cow mews :chuckle: you should have seen his face, he popped up and looked dumb founded when he couldn't find his rifle.

We had a guy fall sound asleep while bear hunting. I was with his hunting partner about 200 yards away and we could hear him snoring. We snuck up on him and carefully placed a huge pile of bear poop just inches from his head. Then backed off about fifty yards and started yelling and running at him. "Jim! Jim! Are you ok?". He woke up in a startled fog asking us what the deal was. I said, "Wholly crap! I thought that bear had killed you. From our angle it looked like he was sitting on your chest eating you!" Then his buddy and I stopped talking, pointed at the poo and started to laugh. "Dude, that bear tried to poop on your head!"

We never did fess up to placing it there. If his hunting partner has not spilled the beans he is still telling the story of the day a bear tried to poop on his head while he slept.
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Post by: Ripper on September 13, 2012, 09:41:16 PM: Great pic! I fall asleep all the time, luckily no one ever caught it on film. :chuckle:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 13, 2012, 09:51:06 PM: That's funny :tup:
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 13, 2012, 09:51:37 PM: I knew there was a reason I like to hunt alone...I can nap unmolested! :chuckle:
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Post by: runamuk on September 13, 2012, 09:51:47 PM: this post is funny and it gave my partner horrible ideas I am now afraid of pics being taken when I fall asleep while deer hunting :bash: :bash: how am I supposed to feel safe in the woods if I gotta worry about pics being taken while I am napping under a tree :dunno: :dunno:
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Post by: sebek556 on September 13, 2012, 09:59:36 PM: don't forget trail cams when you gonna go :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on September 14, 2012, 08:35:28 AM: next time make a loud lion roar and see how fast he loads his breeches :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: robescc on September 14, 2012, 10:28:54 AM: I crawled up under a log in the Little Natches during a Muzzleloader Elk hunt one time and fell asleep. I woke up with the cap removed from the nipple and a stick shoved through my trigger guard. I was so embarrassed that I didn't say a word to any of the other guys. That night around the fire, everyone started laughing and they broke it to me it was them.
I still sleep better under a tree than I do in a tent at night.
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Post by: Kowsrule30 on September 14, 2012, 01:26:43 PM: I'm scared to fall asleep now.... Yes I'm 28... After cow calling for a while, then dozing off to wake up to a cougar 12 feet from you with eye contact and a low growl.... Then piss yourself unknowingly while not even getting the shot off with the ml which felt like 300# of pressure on the trigger because I didn't take the safety off... Haven't slept under a tree in almost 5 years...
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Post by: JakeLand on September 14, 2012, 03:57:54 PM: now that there is funny Chit
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Post by: bassquatch on September 15, 2012, 08:58:13 PM: He's just praying :chuckle:
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Post by: doublenasty on September 15, 2012, 09:39:43 PM: He is dreaming about the animal he is going to shoot if he wakes up lol!!!

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Post by: Maligator on September 16, 2012, 01:48:52 AM: That's funny!!!! :chuckle: I have found my dad that way on a few occasions when we were deer hunting. :rolleyes:
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on September 16, 2012, 06:29:42 AM: Hangovers will make you do that too.......... :tup: