Cheap partners

I hunted with a guy who wanted me to pay the entire premium for my dogs staying in the hotel room (there had been several vehicle break ins and I wasn't having my dogs get loose or stolen.) I paid but the next day I had my dogs work only near me and kept all the birds we got. Did I mention I admire petty people?
 
tigrr said:
Bu Bu Bu Baby you ain't seen nothing yet.
Guy in group shot a young bull moose. The group all pitched in and gutted and dragged it out. He was generous with(3 each) beer.
Got back to camp and he loaded the moose in his truck and booked home telling us that thanks the beer was you payment for helping him.
And never hunted with him again. Life is like that.
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LOL ... I used to be a meat cutter in a previous life. I just do it for friends now and not for money. Usually they will offer a share in the meat for goodwill. This us especially welcome if it's a moose. A couple years ago a fellow from the club I knew for years asked me to cut up a moose for him. No small task but I accepted showing up with all the gear. I did the moose all boneless incl the grinding. He packed the moose up said thanks and left without even helping to clean up. Didn't even offer a knuckle bone in the share let alone a steak or roast.

Note to self ...... :)
 
Great thread, pick your partners carefully. Haha I’ll just add that a good way to remind others of the importance of bringing what you need, is that once in the bush you might as well use $20 bills to wipe your butt if you forgot TP. 😂😂😂 It’ll be cheaper.
 
SuperCub said:
LOL ... I used to be a meat cutter in a previous life. I just do it for friends now and not for money. Usually they will offer a share in the meat for goodwill. This us especially welcome if it's a moose. A couple years ago a fellow from the club I knew for years asked me to cut up a moose for him. No small task but I accepted showing up with all the gear. I did the moose all boneless incl the grinding. He packed the moose up said thanks and left without even helping to clean up. Didn't even offer a knuckle bone in the share let alone a steak or roast.

Note to self ...... :)
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Hahaha I mean….don’t take it the wrong way my laugh but it is funny…not even a knuckle lol

Life is a great teacher…I understand you enjoy being a meat cutter and all but hopefully after that fiasco, you make arrangements before you help out…as far as cleaning and some meat to “wet your beak” for all your hard work.

Cheers 😉
 
SuperCub said:
LOL ... I used to be a meat cutter in a previous life. I just do it for friends now and not for money. Usually they will offer a share in the meat for goodwill. This us especially welcome if it's a moose. A couple years ago a fellow from the club I knew for years asked me to cut up a moose for him. No small task but I accepted showing up with all the gear. I did the moose all boneless incl the grinding. He packed the moose up said thanks and left without even helping to clean up. Didn't even offer a knuckle bone in the share let alone a steak or roast.

Note to self ...... :)
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Unfortunately, this sort of attitude (the guy with the moose) is not uncommon. All one can do is learn and go forward accordingly (I would ghost them myself) AND share that experience with as many people as possible. I absolutely will not reward bad behaviour and I don’t cut any slack to those that abuse others good will.
 
SuperCub said:
LOL ... I used to be a meat cutter in a previous life. I just do it for friends now and not for money. Usually they will offer a share in the meat for goodwill. This us especially welcome if it's a moose. A couple years ago a fellow from the club I knew for years asked me to cut up a moose for him. No small task but I accepted showing up with all the gear. I did the moose all boneless incl the grinding. He packed the moose up said thanks and left without even helping to clean up. Didn't even offer a knuckle bone in the share let alone a steak or roast.

Note to self ...... :)
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LOL ! I’m retired from the butchering / meat cutter scene and that story sucks !
How pathetic !
I would do it for close friends but I’m usually wanting to be hunting myself
 
I went hunting a few times with a fella that thought if his truck broke down we should help pay for repairs . Hmm I do have a bit of an issues with that one as it could have broke down while he was driving around back at home . There would be certain instances though that I would comply on his request .
I’m not cheap and pay my share always !
 
I now have all that is needed to butcher game. I just spent the better part of 2 days sharpening 60 knives. 30 are for butchering game.
Few people if any get my help nowadays.
They have to be young and no one else to call upon for me to help.
My knives are sharp and have cut through the tendon on hands.
I have had people come into the hunt and ask to sharpen their knife after they shot a deer. On my equipment. You bring a dull knife to a deer gutting and skinning? duh
 
The guys I hunt with all share the same ideology. If you help out with processing, clean up etc etc, you get a quarter. Anything les then that you get nothing, and nobody gives a sh^t, nobody wants to listen to anything you have to say.
 
We've added a couple people to our fall big game hunt around my area. Jury is still out, problems, and having coworkers that don't work out in hunting camp sucks. I dislike having to chase people to to contribute their end.

Guys show up unprepared or late, or both. Gets moldy. Life happens, there's a certain amount of Murphy's Law and happenstance but I'm seeing patterns forming.



Means I don't answer the calls, and provide info on the next foray if it keeps up.... Perfectly happy with a smaller group and solo hunts. Nice to see new people into the sport, but people being people is the rub.
 
SuperCub said:
LOL ... I used to be a meat cutter in a previous life. I just do it for friends now and not for money. Usually they will offer a share in the meat for goodwill. This us especially welcome if it's a moose. A couple years ago a fellow from the club I knew for years asked me to cut up a moose for him. No small task but I accepted showing up with all the gear. I did the moose all boneless incl the grinding. He packed the moose up said thanks and left without even helping to clean up. Didn't even offer a knuckle bone in the share let alone a steak or roast.

Note to self ...... :)
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Note to self, communication before committing to anything is a great way of going about life. 😉

Without communicating, what you perceived as a selfish freeloader could actually be an honest man who was expecting to trade his labour back in return one day. Some good people just ask others for help to do things with the mistaken assumption that everyone understands the labour/favour will be returned one day.

When you have two people making assumptions without communicating you get confusion and at least one angry person…


Or he is simply a freeloader 🤣
 
mephisto002 said:
I do not hunt,
but if I would be out with my buddies in a hunting camp, I would not come to an open forum and complain , because they use the rubber gloves and the paper towels I paid for.

That's really cheap.

It all comes down to communications.
Tell the people beforehand what you expect from them, and what they can expect from you, who pays for what and when, not just coming up with a bill and expect when to pay.
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It sounds to me that this is an issue about a lot more than rubber gloves and paper towels.
 
The guys I hunt with are all awesome and we split everything. Most times we don't even really keep track because someone pays for one thing and someone else pays for something else etc. It always seems to work out in the end.

But I do have a very good friend that has been a complete cheapazz his entirely life. To the point it's so obvious to everyone else. As a result of this, I have distanced myself from him when it comes to hunting and fishing. He still reaches out looking for invites when the fishing or hunting is good, but never seem to get the invites from him.

It's sad, but it's not worth watching a guy figure out if a medium pizza will be big enough for 3-4 guys, instead of just paying the extra 5 bucks and getting the large.
 
It's an obvious thing to say, but the only way to deal with a group trip in the bush is to make it clear to everyone from the start what needs to be brought, if any costs will be shared, how downed animals will be shared/dealt with, etc.
Nothing wrong with being blunt about it, someone doesn't like it, fine, stay home then.

Individuals vehicles are a big concern too, they need to be in decent shape, proper tires for conditions, tire chains, tools, spare bits, whatever.
I've come across clueless people in the middle of nowhere, stuck in the snow or mud without a shovel in the truck, or broke down because they have no way to tighten a bolt.
Then there's POS quads broke down miles away on cut lines, that's the worst of all.
Some people just don't belong out in the bush and have no clue that out there, they are just part of the food chain.
 
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rkr said:
I don't know if I'm just unlucky, but with two exceptions, my hunting partners have been extremely cheap.

I like to plan ahead and make sure I have all the supplies I think we'll need. When I ask the guys I hunt with if they want to split the cost of these supplies, they say no because they don't need them.

Then hunting day comes, and guess what? They're suddenly asking if they can borrow latex gloves, soap, paper towels, and so on.

I know these things aren't expensive, but what I don't understand is why people are unwilling to contribute to the cost but have no problem using everything for free.

Does anyone else experience this, or am I just unlucky with my hunting partners?

And of course they don’t have a tarp because I always bring and extra one.
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Why? Why do you bother with these clowns? Hunting is supposed to be about rest, relaxation, bonding and time away from the world and getting out into nature. Dragging these two “boat anchors” around in the bush with you is not conducive with this. They must be a constant reminder of just what this once proud country has morphed into …the parasite classes milking the hard working tax paying class. The first time you took them and they “cheaped out” should have been the last trip. After that ….its on you. I have 0 tolerance for cheap POS.
 
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mephisto002 said:
I do not hunt,
but if I would be out with my buddies in a hunting camp, I would not come to an open forum and complain , because they use the rubber gloves and the paper towels I paid for.

That's really cheap.

It all comes down to communications.
Tell the people beforehand what you expect from them, and what they can expect from you, who pays for what and when, not just coming up with a bill and expect when to pay.
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That was not the issue. It was not about a couple dollars. It was about "arseholes" basically.
 
I believe he was talking about about hunters who knowingly let someone else take care of everything. I don't think he is worried about a couple dollars, it is the point.
Maybe he should supply guns and shells too. How about food and booze.

In our camp we
 
A couple of weeks ago my neighbor asked if I would slaughter a steer, skin and quarter it for him then he would hang it and take it to the real butcher for processing. (I've cut up enough cows, sheep, pigs, moose and deer to know I didn't want to do the cutting and wrapping at any price) :)

The next week he came over with his backhoe and did a day of earthworks for me and told me that when the meat is ready he would bring some for me.

That's the way it's supposed to work.
 
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