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I was in Wells, Nv. enroute to Stanley,Id to hunt wolves the 1st year they were delisted when I realized I had left my new binos and spotting scope at home. My wife was still laughing when I stopped in Twin Falls and bought new Yosemites. A lot of that country was so thick that they worked out fine.

Ever since every time we go on a trip she asks me if I have my optics and snickers. Women never forget.


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Earlier this year I went duck hunting and grabbed my shotgun right before I left the house. It wasn't until the end of a ~4 hour drive that I discovered I had grabbed my varmint rifle, not my shotgun. mad

I was with my BIL and he gave me lots of grief about that. grin


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Long ago an old friend of mine had to take a crap in the woods while out elk hunting but didn't have any TP. So he just grabbed some leafy plants nearby and used them instead. He didn't notice that they were poison oak, and he was a botanist by training and profession. We never let him live THAT one down. smirk


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Originally Posted by gunswizard
Long ago I realized that my memory was getting to be far from perfect. I sat down and made a list of all the things I take on a hunt, as each item is put into the pack/duffel it is checked off the list. I run thru the the check list a second time as gear is loaded into the truck, a list with all items checked off is pretty good assurance that I've taken the essentials. The list is also handy when leaving camp to make sure everything makes the trip home.


I forgot my list at home and subsequently left all my chit at camp! cry


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I found a new to me, primo looking, bowhunting spot on public land. I was really excited to hunt it and had a perfect tree picked out that would not even require a stand.

Opening morning came and I drove to the location and hiked out to the tree in the dark and climbed up. When it started to turn gray in the east, I went to nock an arrow and discovered my quiver was home on the bench. crazy


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I grabbed the wrong gun once too.
I was going on a last minute goose hunt and quickly threw all my gear in the truck. When I got there (250 miles)I opened my case and realized I had grabbed the wrong case. I had my 20 gauge grouse gun. My blind bag was full of 3 1/2" BB and BBB shells. I hauled azz to the nearest outdoor store 20 miles away and bought a new 3 1/2" BPS. That was a expensive trip. I ended up giving the gun and case to my son for Christmas.
I no longer have any cases that look like any other.


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I forgot my bow bullets once too

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Didn't forget it but I once had a flat while Chuckar hunting in No. NV....when I went change it I found that my spare had fallen out.
Fortunately a couple of young guys came by and...believe it or not....had the same brand of truck I had so they loaned me their spare so I could get home.....

I went out and bought a new spare and a bracket to mount it in the bed where I could see the dam thing....

It wasn't very funny at the time but now I laugh when I think back about sticking that rod in the hole in the bumper and cranked it....the only thing that dropped down was the chain.... Ha

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Don't think I ever forgot anything, if I did I can't remember it. grin Ran out of rope for the sky hook once.


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On a week long moose and caribou hunt in Alaska, we had a bush pilot drop us off on a small lake. As we set up camp we quickly realized we had forgot the insect repellent. We were saved the second day when a float plane with a couple of fisherman landed. One of the guys that I swear was Ed Zern, complete with split bamboo fly rods, gave us a bottle of repellant. It was like nectar from heaven to us. Also worked better than the stuff we normally used, though I still don't know what brand it was cause it was an unmarked bottle.


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Originally Posted by Steelhead
I've never brought bullets hunting. I always bring ammunition though.


Ha wink But, then again, still can't shoot the animal without a bullet. Okay, I forgot the ammo grin

I forgot my hunting license one time too. Turned around and drove back home that night to get the license and then drove back. That was a long night, especially when you're pissed at yourself.


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I took a .25-06 for an antelope hunt. The .270 cartridges I brought along did not work in it.

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I haven't forgotten too much over the years. I did forget a spare pair of shoes on an Alaska fishing trip, which left me in my Rockies for two straight weeks. I figured I came about as close as a guy can come to trench foot on that deal.

Same trip in the Anchorage airport I had a bad plate of nachos with jalapeños and a flat MGD. I spent the whole plane ride home prone on the thankfully empty back row of the plane running to and from the can, trench foot and all.

Friday before opening day as a 16 year old kid I was down to my last .30-06 cartridge while sighting in. I stopped at a little country store at dark and somehow managed to sweet talk the proprietor into selling me a box of cartridges without having my baby face carded. I still have the box and half the cartridges as a memento of the experience.

I have never done anything as epic as bringing only .22-250 cartridges paired with a a .30 caliber rifle on an out of town elk hunt.

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Originally Posted by Steelhead
I've never brought bullets hunting. I always bring ammunition though.


Binoculars are the worse thing for me to forget, so I make sure I don't.

If I have a pack/knife/binoculars/rifle/ammo/me, I'm good.


Yep. I used to use mine all the time at home. Twice I forget to put them in the pack before leaving. Pissed me off tremendously to not have them. Finally just got a pair to leave at the house so my hunting ones stay with my favorite pack.

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In 1960 I was an auto mechanic in Rifle, Colorado. Lots of hunters from "down south" towed Jeeps out there and most had free wheeling hubs up front and would remove the rear driveshaft. Usually worked good but one day a couple of hunters from Missouri came in hunting for a rear drive shaft for their Jeep. It had been removed and left in the garage back home.

BIL was archery hunting for deer, got one and then discovered that he left his knife at home so he dressed his deer with a broadhead.


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Ammo, the Rifle, and Boots are the three most common ones I saw when I lived back in MN....always by others in our hunting parties, so they were scrounging from everyone else...

It wasn't a problem for me... I'm the type that has everything packed up a month in advance.... and then bring enough to be stranded out there for 6 months...

here in Oregon and when I was back east hunting in my youth... it was never very far from the house, or grandparents.... so forgetting something wasn't overly far to go get it...


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I remember one hunt, years ago. It was just a day hunt, but I brought .30-06 bullets, and not the 7x57 bullets.
Hunted anyway, but with no bullets. The woods were too pretty to just leave.


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Originally Posted by Spotshooter

Somebody (protecting the innocent) forgot to put the pins / screws in the game cart. That hold it together so you can carry game (ya don't need them when it's folded and stored).

WTH!!! I Jerry rigged it with ropes - what a pain.

What do you "find out" you forgot.


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Sling, what a PITA!

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