2022 Hunting Stories

[Swingerguy]

I got an email from Alberta Relm to remind me to complete the Mandatory Harvest and Effort Reporting and thought I would pass it on.

[kennymo]

I got an email from Alberta Relm to remind me to complete the Mandatory Harvest and Effort Reporting and thought I would pass it on.

Manitoba forces you to do the survey if you’re doing online licensing now. Need to fill it out before you can start the purchase of next season’s license.

[Swingerguy]

Here in Alberta they claim if you don’t fill out the survey by a certain date, it can negatively affect your chances of getting drawn for future special licenses. We have until Feb 15 2023.

Quote from the email
Failure to submit your reporting will result in future restrictions on the eligibility to apply for future special licence draws and the requirement of a survey fee to restore that privilege.

[Brad]

I have a semi hunting story for your entertainment. We used to have a local cattle sale locally and inevitability someone would lose an animal every couple years. I got to benefit of several cow hunts over the years. Infact I enjoy a cow hunt as long as it's not my cow.

Down on the farm we had three cattle to butcher. Around here we kill on the farm then get it cut a wrapped elsewhere. So yesterday there was a storm on the way that was supposed to start around noon. Time was a premium to say the least. Rushing around someone pulled on the animal I was skinning resulting in me getting a bit of a cut on my left hand. Not much of a wound but it wouldn't stop bleeding. On the last cow my brother and I were on the rope my father had the gun. The rope was run through a shackle on the front of the tractor. I let go of the rope to grab a knife my last comment was "get that rope wrapped around something" my brother replied "don't worry about that we don't have time to frig around". 3 seconds later I have a cow trotting down the road. I ran after her with the hope that I could get a hand on the rope but no chance. Dad cut her off with his truck and she got out of the road and jumped the fence back into the pasture. Our pasture is pretty large with a river on one side, couple brooks, trees, brush and hills. Now I have the only gun I bought with me, my 357/38 rifle. I didn't even have 357 with me only 38 special. I like to keep the 38 around when killing cattle because it has a lot more power than a 22. Dad grabbed his rifle and he and I started after the cow probably a couple hundred feet apart. My brother took off to grab his rifle and cut the cow off before she reached the end of the pasture. As Dad and I pushed forward we were separated by a big patch of brush. Sure enough the cow shows up in front of me at 30 yards. I called out to my father because I wanted a bigger rifle to anchor this thing. By this time dad would have to back track 200 yards or try to push through 200-300 feet of wild roses. Now my cow has walked out another 10 yards. I called out to her and she turned and looked at me. I settled the front sight on her forehead, took a deep breath, exhaled half and squeezed the trigger. Fortunately I nailed her right in the sweet spot on her forehead. (Those who kill cattle know what I mean). So after a half mile run, at only 40 yards, off hand, open sights, with my left hand bleeding enough it's dripping off the rifle I made the hardest shot of my life. I have never wanted an animal dead more in my life. I slept well knowing that she was chilling in a cooler instead of running around outside.

[Stephen]

Well, my wife's friend's husband turned out not to be the best hunting partner. All he does it talk about big foot, dog man, and all this other weird ass shit. I love a good bigfoot story, but this guy takes it next level. If you see a stick turned on the road he thinks it was a cryptid that did it

I went to the bar with him for a drink and I felt like 2 inches tall. This mfer just loudly spewed schizophrenic tier conspiracies while everyone looked at us in shock and laughing. The guy dead ass asked me why I think we haven't seen the other side of the moon. It wasn't my real answer it's because it's a hologram...

[kennymo]

It’s true. They sold the real moon to the greys in the 50’s. Had to launch the whole Apollo program just to cover it up….

I did moose hunt with a guy who’d get drunk and try ‘knocking’ for squatch….nice guy, but I try not to be that far in the woods with him anymore.

[Northshore]

A guy once said to me when we were hoisting a few around the campfire that the moon was a hologram. I said could a hologram of the moon block the sun and create a solar eclipse. I don't remember what his answer was.

[barkerlakebob]

Not a recent hunting story, but we took a new guy Moose hunting with us quite a few years back. After supper and a few whiskey's, he took it upon himself to try practicing his Moose calling ability. We immediately put a stop to that and went on to explain if he wanted to get up close and personal with a 1500 lb. horny animal, he should consider moving his bedroll a few hundred yards away from camp !!