Does anyone else have these friends?

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I work with a woman who's husband hunts, mostly deer. He pops into work today for a visit and comes over and tells me "man you should have seen all the geese I saw on the weekend while driving". Then I tell him "man you should have seen all the geese we shot on Thursday opener". He tells me the same thing all the time when I said we did good, well thanx for asking me. Well he is being serious. Well as I recall, I have had him out about twice about 6 years ago. All he did was tell me when to call and what to do. So that was the last time. He has only hunted about 2 years before that. I get enough birds I dont need to be told how to do things, especially from someone who has bird hunted 3 times before that. Another thing that irritates me is he has NEVER asked me to go with him for deer. Well my attitude is if you wanna hook up fine, but maybe we can visit some of ur spots as well. I should have asked him, that if he saw all the birds in fields on the weekend, why didnt he get some permission. Sorry bout the rant, but it just irritates me. :mad:
 
Not a friend, but I met up with a guy from Ontario who was hunting in my particular area, Northern Alberta for the first time.

He would not shut up giving me advice on Grizzly bears and elk hunting.(neither of which I was doing at the time)

I was deer hunting. So was he. He then proceeded to explain to me the type of rifle he was shooting and why he chose it, and why other people who knew what they were doing would choose it as well. He then proceeded to tell me about what he had washed his clothes in for scent control, and that it was expensive stuff, but ya know, there's no price if ya want the good stuff.

Continued on into the deoderant he had, the wipes he had, the knife he had, etc etc etc etc.

He was a hunter, not a newbie at all, and this is just how he was.
Before parting ways, I said good luck, he smiled and advised me the best route up over the cutline I was heading towards and then went on his way.

I lauhged a bit and shook my head after.

It takes all kinds. Personally I like to make those people squirm. I'll even tell lies if I have to. Like that scent lock he's wearing works, but it cause sterility in males over the age of 20. Or that his gun is nice, buddy of mine had one that exploded. and so on...:D

In your case, if he's a know it all, just ask in a genuine manner if he's sure it was geese he saw and not ducks?
I'm sure he'd quickly get his back up that you think he may not know the difference! (I'm just an ass for people like that)
 
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Theres people like that everywhere, I just keep nodding my head and agree to what ever bulls**t story they say until I had enough and then just really tell them what I really think of them cause at this point I dont care if they dont speak to me any more.
I even had a guy once telling me that he hunts rabbit in the thick and dirty woods with his shotgun on his shoulder and when a rabbit jumps out running (which he has only a split second to react in those circumstances before losing site of the rabbit) he grabs the shotgun off his shoulder and quickly aims and shoots the rabbit. He says that he hunts a couple of hours like that till his backpack is full of rabbit and then he goes home. Thats when I told him that I hunt in the same way but I usually just pick up a rock and through it at the rabbit and I never miss, and I am done in about 15 minutes with a full backpack
 
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sealhunter said:
Not a friend, but I met up with a guy from Ontario who was hunting in my particular area, Northern Alberta for the first time.

He would not shut up giving me advice on Grizzly bears and elk hunting.(neither of which I was doing at the time)

I was deer hunting. So was he. He then proceeded to explain to me the type of rifle he was shooting and why he chose it, and why other people who knew what they were doing would choose it as well. He then proceeded to tell me about what he had washed his clothes in for scent control, and that it was expensive stuff, but ya know, there's no price if ya want the good stuff.

Continued on into the deoderant he had, the wipes he had, the knife he had, etc etc etc etc.

He was a hunter, not a newbie at all, and this is just how he was.
Before parting ways, I said good luck, he smiled and advised me the best route up over the cutline I was heading towards and then went on his way.

I lauhged a bit and shook my head after.

It takes all kinds. Personally I like to make those people squirm. I'll even tell lies if I have to. Like that scent lock he's wearing works, but it cause sterility in males over the age of 20. Or that his gun is nice, buddy of mine had one that exploded. and so on...:D

In your case, if he's a know it all, just ask in a genuine manner if he's sure it was geese he saw and not ducks?
I'm sure he'd quickly get his back up that you think he may not know the difference! (I'm just an ass for people like that)
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I am pretty sure I know that guy.
 
sealhunter said:
Not a friend, but I met up with a guy from Ontario who was hunting in my particular area, Northern Alberta for the first time.

He would not shut up giving me advice on Grizzly bears and elk hunting.(neither of which I was doing at the time)

I was deer hunting. So was he. He then proceeded to explain to me the type of rifle he was shooting and why he chose it, and why other people who knew what they were doing would choose it as well. He then proceeded to tell me about what he had washed his clothes in for scent control, and that it was expensive stuff, but ya know, there's no price if ya want the good stuff.

Continued on into the deoderant he had, the wipes he had, the knife he had, etc etc etc etc.

He was a hunter, not a newbie at all, and this is just how he was.
Before parting ways, I said good luck, he smiled and advised me the best route up over the cutline I was heading towards and then went on his way.

I lauhged a bit and shook my head after.

It takes all kinds. Personally I like to make those people squirm. I'll even tell lies if I have to. Like that scent lock he's wearing works, but it cause sterility in males over the age of 20. Or that his gun is nice, buddy of mine had one that exploded. and so on...:D

In your case, if he's a know it all, just ask in a genuine manner if he's sure it was geese he saw and not ducks?
I'm sure he'd quickly get his back up that you think he may not know the difference! (I'm just an ass for people like that)
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those are the ones I'm talking about, read every hunting magazine and KNOW everything about hunting and not shy to tell you that your doing it wrong, even after you've filled all you tags. :runaway:
 
I have an acquaintance who is ALWAYS giving advice on hunting, and I have never known this guy to hunt!! However, this same person also tries to give advice on many issues that he has no idea about. Guess some people just know it all!! (Or think they do!!!)
 
Oh yes, I met someone like that. Only it had to due with lobster fishing. He wasn't telling me how to due things, but my cousin. I never seen someone roll their eyes so much in such a short time lol
 
Yep , I have found out that no matter where or what you hunt my old buddies thought they knew everything. I went with a friend to buy a bow and he didn't have that thing five minutes and he was telling me how to shot a bow. I have been bow hunting for three years the, and have taken deer with the bow. Guys like that you just have to shake your head and laugh.
 
it seems like there are lots of people like this at the gun club, full of advise and knoledge, more than willing to tell you weather or not you ask The funny thing is that how come they are the people at the end of the year that do not have their tags filled?
 
deertaker said:
it seems like there are lots of people like this at the gun club, full of advise and knoledge, more than willing to tell you weather or not you ask The funny thing is that how come they are the people at the end of the year that do not have their tags filled?
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My thought is that they don't have their tags filled possibly because...

They can't shoot for sh*t

They keep telling people more about how to hunt then they are hunting themselves.

Take your pick, these are just my thoughts on the matter though.
 
I have a friend who is the same as you describe. I purposely never invite him anymore because I cant stand waiting in his driveway for him to get out of bed.(I actually drove away one morning just before he was ready)

I donjt have much patience on a good day let alone a day when I'm going hunting.
 
How about the guy at the hardware store a couple of weeks ago that was telling me about how skittish the caribou around here are. Apparently he and his buddy were taking shots at "a thousand to eleven-hundred". Good thing he had his "seven-mil magnum". One of my pet peeves is the term "seven-mil-magnum" there's an order to the universe and using terms like that and three-oh-six screws it up. Everyone knows that a "7 Mag" is a 7mm Rem Mag, 7 Weatherby is, well, self-explanatory, and a 7mm-08 is just that. That's all the non-loonies talk about anyways (mention the 280 and the uninitiated's eyes gloss over and a 7 RUM is way too out there)...is it that hard to keep straight?

Sorry, best go dump my coffee and find some decaf!
 
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I have a buddy that has some strange ideas about shooting and hunting. Like ideas that go against the laws of physics. I don't even say anything anymore because it doesn't do any good.....Just "Oh Yeah...Really" Let him think what he wants.
 
The type I get a kick out of was one fellow I hunted with as a teenager. He never ever shared any of his spots and always wanted to get into yours. On one bear trip after school we went to a well known area and on the way we passed a turnoff to an area where me and a cousin had spotted some bear.
My hero pipes up and says aren't you going up there ? I say no F'ing way because you've never shown me any of your spots and I've already shown you enough of mine. He grumbles something under his breath and we continue.

At the well known spot we drive onto a ridge and there is a herd of elk feeding. Our hero now starts braggin on how he saw them first and he is going to show us how to sneak up on them ( BTW this is spring time so there was no elk shooting going on ) So I let the guy fill his boots. In the meantime I go for a little stroll and look down the opposite side of the ridge and a nice boar is feeding in some clover. Ten minutes later I'm skinning a bear and our hero appears back from his elk stalking escapade. He then gives me supreme hell for not coming to get him so he could shoot the bear.

What do you say to a tool like this. We never hunted together again.
 
It took me several years to break two friends originally from Ontario of the habit of shooting the first legal deer that they saw.They kept teasing me about them always getting the first deer,and then #####ing about me always getting the biggest bucks.Then after passing on some smaller bucks,they started killing good bucks of their own.Now they normally each pass up several bucks every year.
 
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It took me several years to break two friends originally from Ontario of the habit of shooting the first legal deer that they saw.They kept teasing me about them always getting the first deer,and then #####ing about me always getting the biggest bucks.Then after passing on some smaller bucks,they started killing good bucks of their own.Now they normally each pass up several bucks every year.
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I can really relate to that. Growing up in deer camps in central Ontario, deer hunting was more of a meat hunt with the odd "lucky" buck being taken. When I first moved out west I was quick on the draw as well, until I got "learned" properly. After I saw the light I consistently started shooting decent bucks. Mind you it also helps that we have such long seasons and big bag limits.
 
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