Hunt Camp Rules
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Jasontheterrible
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- Location
- The land of Wild Roses
ohhhhhhhhhh my gawd..that has to have a stink to it
Actually no, it only heats when you turn on the heat lamp, its not on all the time.
Wow,.. you folks have a lot of rules,..
Just a couple of ours are,
BRING lots of quarters or you will be really board sitting by yourself watching dvd's while the others play cards.
First one up starts the generator, last one up turns it off.
Urinating and puking must be done a MIN or 10ft from the cabin door(s) #2 go use the heated outhouse.
Seems like there are some real serious hunters out there
We don't have power so the DVD's are out but the gambling is good.
Once again generator not an issue.
Urinating/Puking min of 10 ft is cool but a little flag by it would be great as you can't get that stuff out of vibram soles.
Heated Outhouse???? We would never dare chance an open flame or spark in our ####ter.
None the less pretty good ideas coming out here.
i own the camp, and the rules are similar for regular guys: dont be an a$$, pay your share, dont mix guns and liqour.
often (being a young guy) i get young new guys wanting to come out, then all the rules turn into the "this is my place, so STFU" rule. Ive only had a few problems, namely one guy who kept loading his gun. caught him once INSIDE the camp with it loaded, and i warned him, second time he chambered a round driving in my truck "incase we see something". That was his last trip.
often (being a young guy) i get young new guys wanting to come out, then all the rules turn into the "this is my place, so STFU" rule. Ive only had a few problems, namely one guy who kept loading his gun. caught him once INSIDE the camp with it loaded, and i warned him, second time he chambered a round driving in my truck "incase we see something". That was his last trip.
Wow..thats alot of rules..
How about everyone just conducts themselves in a mature fashion.
Sounds like you guys hunt with a bunch of immature aholes that need a father figure to guide them through the week.
I have no problem with a guy having a shot of Bailey's in his AM coffee before a hunt or a beer or two at lunch before the afternoon hunt.
I have never been in a camp where the guns are locked up...I usually carry mine loaded for my 2am pee...
How about everyone just conducts themselves in a mature fashion.
Sounds like you guys hunt with a bunch of immature aholes that need a father figure to guide them through the week.
I have no problem with a guy having a shot of Bailey's in his AM coffee before a hunt or a beer or two at lunch before the afternoon hunt.
I have never been in a camp where the guns are locked up...I usually carry mine loaded for my 2am pee...
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how is life north of hwy #7?
I meant while at hunt camp.......
I am south of 7
- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
Our rules are few:
1. evryone helps on setup and take down.
2. You can drink at 9 am or 11am or 5pm, bearing in mind though, that you will not be hunting any more that day once drinking begins
3. Fist to Cuffs, no matter the reason, will be fair and no one is to use sticks at any time during fist to cuffs.
4. Foodlist is handed out before camp, each individual is responsible for certain items.
5. Wash your own dishes, there are no dish #####es or kitchen #####es unless someone appreciatively offers.
6. A small drink at the kill is acceptable. Cheers ! Now let's get to work.
7. Absolutely no making out with the animal carcassses. They are killed to be eaten and should be teeated as such.
8. No long cell phone conversations. Check in if you like, but keep it short.
Phone calls to buddies at work is strongly encouraged.
A few of these rules are in humor obviously. In all honesty we have no rules.
We are friends and hunters and act accordingly.
When we need to state rules and ranks and so on, it's over for me.
Good hunting in the daytime, keep it legal, lend a hand, play a few tunes at night, have a few drinks, tell a few stories, clean up the mess.
1. evryone helps on setup and take down.
2. You can drink at 9 am or 11am or 5pm, bearing in mind though, that you will not be hunting any more that day once drinking begins
3. Fist to Cuffs, no matter the reason, will be fair and no one is to use sticks at any time during fist to cuffs.
4. Foodlist is handed out before camp, each individual is responsible for certain items.
5. Wash your own dishes, there are no dish #####es or kitchen #####es unless someone appreciatively offers.
6. A small drink at the kill is acceptable. Cheers ! Now let's get to work.
7. Absolutely no making out with the animal carcassses. They are killed to be eaten and should be teeated as such.
8. No long cell phone conversations. Check in if you like, but keep it short.
Phone calls to buddies at work is strongly encouraged.
A few of these rules are in humor obviously. In all honesty we have no rules.
We are friends and hunters and act accordingly.
When we need to state rules and ranks and so on, it's over for me.
Good hunting in the daytime, keep it legal, lend a hand, play a few tunes at night, have a few drinks, tell a few stories, clean up the mess.
This is a compilation of what everyone else said, some guidelines I will keep in mind as I get older and start group hunting more and more.
The People
a**holes will not be tolerated. If you only have one rule this should be it. If you are hunting with down to earth people with common sense you likely won’t need any more rules. Nobody should be guaranteed a position in next year’s camp, if everyone has the idea in their mind that they could be ‘voted out’ of the gang, they will likely be far more considerate of everyone else. No obvious, malicious disregard for laws that would get the whole group in crap or you're gone. Having said that, if someone makes an honest/rookie mistake that doesn’t mean that they automatically get tossed.
Common sense should prevail.
Organization and Pre-hunt preparation
Figure out how many, which vehicles, which trailers are being driven. Is anybody going up early, does anyone need to come home early, is anyone coming home late, and which vehicles they will be driving when. If you are moose hunting, someone needs to be responsible for organizing entering the draw, and everyone needs to co-operate with that person. Everyone needs to have all tags purchased WAY before leaving for the hunt.
Split the costs as best as you can (Grub list compiled and totaled. Everybody pays equal share before the shopping commences or don't show up to hunt). It isn’t always as simple as split it equally (although it is perfect if it can be). In some situations you might have some people who have more expendable income, if they choose to go over the top when buying supplies there should be some sort of split (i.e. if a $1500 outfitters tent will work, but one or two people have a hard-on for the $2500 tent they can pay the extra $1000 and not expect everyone else to pay for what they want UNLESS there is a majority consensus that the $2500 tent is the tent that better suits the needs of the group).
Everything is up for a vote, majority rules, if it is a tie the side with the most seniority wins.
Travel and set-up
If some is good enough to drive their truck all the way to Thunder Bay, they shouldn’t have to pay for a whole lot of their gas (unless they drive like an a**hole, for that see “The People”). Have your supplies in order well before you leave (a week), it will give you more time to see what you still need to get. When you finally arrive, no hunting before camp is set up...everyone helps. Hunting stopped when camp teardown started...everyone worked or you don't come back.
Food
The camp cook never washes the dishes. If you complain you’re the new cook. Everyone brings a meal and cooks their meal. No obvious waste of grub or serious complaints of meal plan or you're cooking next meal. If you’re a glutton make sure that everyone else has had their share before you clean everything up. If you’re the guy that is always polishing off all the dishes and/or eating all leftovers between meals, STOP!!! You’re not the only one with a stomach, think about everyone else fatty.
No gas release at meal time only!!! Farting actually encouraged otherwise. (Eagle160 gets credit for that one!)
General house keeping
First guy that grunts, speaks or motions as to how cold it is in the camp in the morning feeds the wood stove or gets pot of cold water over head and sleeping bag. If something needs to be done, do it. Lazy pigs can be reminded of this in a humorous way (think dirty dishes in bed/sleeping bag). No loaded guns within 50' of the camp. 1st infraction warning, 2nd infraction pack up and get out! Remember most volunteer groups have an 80/20 rule, 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people, everyone should try to be in that 20%.
Booze
Only ONE (12 ounce) beer at lunch, anymore and you stay at camp. No more booze until supper after all the guns are put away. Pure piss tanks will only be tolerate the 1st night at camp & last night. But you gotta be really funny or do something so stupid you pray it never leaves camp! What happens at camp stays at camp & can only be used against you next year at camp by those who witnessed your dumb azz behavior. Lights out after a majority vote, liquor pigs drank in the dark. No driving after alcohol consumption. If your hung over in the morning, you stay home. Nobody is allowed to babysit someone who has had too much to drink, if they want to fall asleep in a snow bank drag them back inside and don’t invite them back the next year.
If someone is an a**hole while they are drunk they are still an a**hole (see “The People”).
The Hunt
Have a plan for who is tagging what animal. If someone has to leave early it would make sense that they should tag the first animal. All tags are camp tags, decide in which order it makes the most sense for the group to attach tags. Nobody hunts for their own meat, it took the group to get there and set up, and everyone should reap the rewards.
If you are pushing a bush make a plan and stick to it, nobody needs to be a hero. Dogging privileges re divided equally (unless someone is too frail/physically handicapped, being fat isn’t an excuse). You miss a shot; a notch gets cut in rim of your hat (think twice before you shoot).
No chicken or rabbit shooting while hunting deer. Guns down, hats off for 1 min. at 11:11am during Remembrance Day, many good men have died so for all of us, it is the least that we can do for them.
The Kill
You killed it you clean it (old/frail, physically handicapped are exceptions). Some people may need long gloves to cover up their skin to deal with allergies. If an animal is wounded a plan should be made and put into place. If it is the last tag obviously the entire group should be assembled and the animal found. Nearby group members should come and help with the search.
If there is a group member that happens to have exceptional tracking abilities they should be kept updated as to know if their skills are needed (they don’t need to be bothered to follow a deer that is bleeding heavily).
Meat handling and distribution
This can be a grey area, different groups have different rules.
If you are hunting on the day of a kill you get your share (too hung over to hunt see ‘Booze’ no meat for you)
Or
We did divide the kills evenly so all had some meat (some years less or more) obviously depending on success
On second thought the best rule would be don’t hunt with people that you need a bunch of rules to get along with.
The People
a**holes will not be tolerated. If you only have one rule this should be it. If you are hunting with down to earth people with common sense you likely won’t need any more rules. Nobody should be guaranteed a position in next year’s camp, if everyone has the idea in their mind that they could be ‘voted out’ of the gang, they will likely be far more considerate of everyone else. No obvious, malicious disregard for laws that would get the whole group in crap or you're gone. Having said that, if someone makes an honest/rookie mistake that doesn’t mean that they automatically get tossed.
Common sense should prevail.
Organization and Pre-hunt preparation
Figure out how many, which vehicles, which trailers are being driven. Is anybody going up early, does anyone need to come home early, is anyone coming home late, and which vehicles they will be driving when. If you are moose hunting, someone needs to be responsible for organizing entering the draw, and everyone needs to co-operate with that person. Everyone needs to have all tags purchased WAY before leaving for the hunt.
Split the costs as best as you can (Grub list compiled and totaled. Everybody pays equal share before the shopping commences or don't show up to hunt). It isn’t always as simple as split it equally (although it is perfect if it can be). In some situations you might have some people who have more expendable income, if they choose to go over the top when buying supplies there should be some sort of split (i.e. if a $1500 outfitters tent will work, but one or two people have a hard-on for the $2500 tent they can pay the extra $1000 and not expect everyone else to pay for what they want UNLESS there is a majority consensus that the $2500 tent is the tent that better suits the needs of the group).
Everything is up for a vote, majority rules, if it is a tie the side with the most seniority wins.
Travel and set-up
If some is good enough to drive their truck all the way to Thunder Bay, they shouldn’t have to pay for a whole lot of their gas (unless they drive like an a**hole, for that see “The People”). Have your supplies in order well before you leave (a week), it will give you more time to see what you still need to get. When you finally arrive, no hunting before camp is set up...everyone helps. Hunting stopped when camp teardown started...everyone worked or you don't come back.
Food
The camp cook never washes the dishes. If you complain you’re the new cook. Everyone brings a meal and cooks their meal. No obvious waste of grub or serious complaints of meal plan or you're cooking next meal. If you’re a glutton make sure that everyone else has had their share before you clean everything up. If you’re the guy that is always polishing off all the dishes and/or eating all leftovers between meals, STOP!!! You’re not the only one with a stomach, think about everyone else fatty.
No gas release at meal time only!!! Farting actually encouraged otherwise. (Eagle160 gets credit for that one!)
General house keeping
First guy that grunts, speaks or motions as to how cold it is in the camp in the morning feeds the wood stove or gets pot of cold water over head and sleeping bag. If something needs to be done, do it. Lazy pigs can be reminded of this in a humorous way (think dirty dishes in bed/sleeping bag). No loaded guns within 50' of the camp. 1st infraction warning, 2nd infraction pack up and get out! Remember most volunteer groups have an 80/20 rule, 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people, everyone should try to be in that 20%.
Booze
Only ONE (12 ounce) beer at lunch, anymore and you stay at camp. No more booze until supper after all the guns are put away. Pure piss tanks will only be tolerate the 1st night at camp & last night. But you gotta be really funny or do something so stupid you pray it never leaves camp! What happens at camp stays at camp & can only be used against you next year at camp by those who witnessed your dumb azz behavior. Lights out after a majority vote, liquor pigs drank in the dark. No driving after alcohol consumption. If your hung over in the morning, you stay home. Nobody is allowed to babysit someone who has had too much to drink, if they want to fall asleep in a snow bank drag them back inside and don’t invite them back the next year.
If someone is an a**hole while they are drunk they are still an a**hole (see “The People”).
The Hunt
Have a plan for who is tagging what animal. If someone has to leave early it would make sense that they should tag the first animal. All tags are camp tags, decide in which order it makes the most sense for the group to attach tags. Nobody hunts for their own meat, it took the group to get there and set up, and everyone should reap the rewards.
If you are pushing a bush make a plan and stick to it, nobody needs to be a hero. Dogging privileges re divided equally (unless someone is too frail/physically handicapped, being fat isn’t an excuse). You miss a shot; a notch gets cut in rim of your hat (think twice before you shoot).
No chicken or rabbit shooting while hunting deer. Guns down, hats off for 1 min. at 11:11am during Remembrance Day, many good men have died so for all of us, it is the least that we can do for them.
The Kill
You killed it you clean it (old/frail, physically handicapped are exceptions). Some people may need long gloves to cover up their skin to deal with allergies. If an animal is wounded a plan should be made and put into place. If it is the last tag obviously the entire group should be assembled and the animal found. Nearby group members should come and help with the search.
If there is a group member that happens to have exceptional tracking abilities they should be kept updated as to know if their skills are needed (they don’t need to be bothered to follow a deer that is bleeding heavily).
Meat handling and distribution
This can be a grey area, different groups have different rules.
If you are hunting on the day of a kill you get your share (too hung over to hunt see ‘Booze’ no meat for you)
Or
We did divide the kills evenly so all had some meat (some years less or more) obviously depending on success
On second thought the best rule would be don’t hunt with people that you need a bunch of rules to get along with.
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- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
While I don't condone it, nor have I been the one, ... I take issue with a rule some of you guys put up. Now here is mine
If we're gonna be drinkin and havin a bit of fun and someone gets well on, and falls down outside in -5C or -20 c ... weather, rest asuured we'll be dragging your ass back in the warm and laughing with you as opposed to the popular rule around here to let people stay where they fall.
If you get completely loaded, start a fight, punch me in the face cause I use a 30/30 and you use a 300 win mag, I'll punch ya right back, but rest assured, no one will be stuck outside, and left to fend on their own.
Everyone at my camp, (our camp) is everyone elses responsibility. Drunk #######s don't get invited back, but while at our camp, if one does make his way in, rest assured he'll make his way home safely.
Infraction this, Infraction that, Jesus christ, we are still talking about hunting aren't we?
I have my hands full trying to keep up woth the huntimng regulations much less the 345 page handbook of Proper Camp Etiquette.
Meat distribution rules, killing rules, drinking rules, cooking rules, dishwashing rules, wiping your ass rules, etc etc etc.
Where the hell and who the hell are you guys selecting as camp buddies to need all these rules!!!
If we're gonna be drinkin and havin a bit of fun and someone gets well on, and falls down outside in -5C or -20 c ... weather, rest asuured we'll be dragging your ass back in the warm and laughing with you as opposed to the popular rule around here to let people stay where they fall.
If you get completely loaded, start a fight, punch me in the face cause I use a 30/30 and you use a 300 win mag, I'll punch ya right back, but rest assured, no one will be stuck outside, and left to fend on their own.
Everyone at my camp, (our camp) is everyone elses responsibility. Drunk #######s don't get invited back, but while at our camp, if one does make his way in, rest assured he'll make his way home safely.
Infraction this, Infraction that, Jesus christ, we are still talking about hunting aren't we?
I have my hands full trying to keep up woth the huntimng regulations much less the 345 page handbook of Proper Camp Etiquette.
Meat distribution rules, killing rules, drinking rules, cooking rules, dishwashing rules, wiping your ass rules, etc etc etc.
Where the hell and who the hell are you guys selecting as camp buddies to need all these rules!!!
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Pudelpointer
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Lethbridge, Alberta
Thanks for being rude Blargon. Keep at it.
bullwinkle3006
CGN Regular
- Location
- windsor ontario
This is the way I set up my camp...
every one pays the same amout prior to the hunt, including guests, $800.00 (this is for a 2 week hunt)
this includes all food, booze, gas there & back & while in the bush (from Sth Ont to Ft. Frances, N. Ont), accomodations, moose meat, cut wrapped & frozen,
each hunter brings 1 meal from home and cooks that meal. all other meals are supplied.
all hunters get equal share of meat
if you get loaded after the hunt, who cares...
no fisticuffs allowed period, or you won't be back
arguing, farting, BS'ng is allowed
everyone helps setup and tear down camp, including firewood for the 2 weeks
hunting stops when moose is shot
honour of gutting the moose goes to the hunter who shot it
camp fire and beer drinking encouraged after hunt. Jokes and good times are a must.
No heaters in ####ter....whew
And as sealhunter wisely states...nobody will be sleeping outside in sub zero temps
most of all, have fun and stay safe
every one pays the same amout prior to the hunt, including guests, $800.00 (this is for a 2 week hunt)
this includes all food, booze, gas there & back & while in the bush (from Sth Ont to Ft. Frances, N. Ont), accomodations, moose meat, cut wrapped & frozen,
each hunter brings 1 meal from home and cooks that meal. all other meals are supplied.
all hunters get equal share of meat
if you get loaded after the hunt, who cares...
no fisticuffs allowed period, or you won't be back
arguing, farting, BS'ng is allowed
everyone helps setup and tear down camp, including firewood for the 2 weeks
hunting stops when moose is shot
honour of gutting the moose goes to the hunter who shot it
camp fire and beer drinking encouraged after hunt. Jokes and good times are a must.
No heaters in ####ter....whew
And as sealhunter wisely states...nobody will be sleeping outside in sub zero temps
most of all, have fun and stay safe
Many seem to be taking exception to the word "RULE" I suppose you could refer to them as "GUIDELINES" instead. Guiding outfits have em, work has em, life is full of rules. I suppose the guys you spend hunting time with can get the vibe of things that are OK and things that are questionable pretty quickly but having "RULES" or "GUIDELINES" is a good starting point when introducing new hunters to the group. If your rules are that you have no rules, that's up to you. I don't go hunting to be governed but I do want to enjoy myself and be safe and these mostly basic "GUIDELINES" are fine in my book.
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smokin'stoegie
CGN Regular
- Location
- S/West Ontario
Wow, not sure I would want to hunt in some of those regimented camps.
As Eagle 160 put it's simply guide lines for the new guy. Not that its run like a boot camp. We brought a new guy into camp this year & pretty sure he'll be back next year, he loved it. The second trip up to camp I was the new guy with all the guys with the exception of the owner who is a close friend of mine. And you know what? It was run like anyother successful hunting party I've been with. The guy that started this thread asked for rules, not a critic of how others run there camp. I would dare say that most are run the same, the only differences maybe created with average age of the camp vs another camp. Young Bucks will party hard, Old Bucks will turn in a little earlier.
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i agree..the word should have been guidlines..
rules are what these negative posting people abide by when there wives harp on them
..guess if i was treated like that i,d hate the word also..
ok so its camp guide lines
Hotwheels81
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- South of GP
#1 no jerk's, drunk or otherwise...
#2 no booze till after the day's hunting is over
#3 first one up wakes everyone else up... you dont get up (your lazy or drank too much) you stay at camp and have lunch ready for the rest of the group.
everything else is left to common courtesy... everyone bring's lot's of food to share.
#2 no booze till after the day's hunting is over
#3 first one up wakes everyone else up... you dont get up (your lazy or drank too much) you stay at camp and have lunch ready for the rest of the group.
everything else is left to common courtesy... everyone bring's lot's of food to share.
