Hunt Camp Rules

Hunt Camp Rules

1. If a camp member should get lost, he will fire off a series of two quick shots in 30 second intervals. This known shooting pattern is so the other camp members can distinguish between the truly lost and those who are just poor marksman.

2. A dish is deemed clean if the user cannot identify the last foodstuff eaten off it.

3. A hunter who misses a shot closer than 100 yards at a non running deer, shall have his shirttail cut off in the presence of the entire camp. No single member may have his shirt tail cut off more than three times in the same week.

4. No lawyers are allowed as guests, even if he is a blood relative.

5. Polypropylene long johns may not be worn for more than four days, or until fumes can be seen emanating from them, whichever comes first.

6. A deer taken may gain no more than two antler points per year, with a four point maximum. For example, a six pointer may become an eight pointer the next season, and a ten pointer the following season, but will never become a twelve pointer, regardless of how long the hunter lives.

7. Bucks will be graded by antler points and spread of beam only. Weight, age, health, and difficultness of the shot, have nothing to do with anything. Does and fawns will not be graded or compared under any circumstances.

8. After 9:00 pm, a member must declare if he is going outside to relieve himself and his estimated time of return. If he exceeds that time by more than 10 minutes, a rescue party will be created and deployed.

9. Any member consuming more than five different types of alcoholic beverages in one day/evening may not complain about anything until after 2:00pm the following day.

10. Breakfast dishes become the responsibility of the last person to shoot a deer. Does and fawns inclusive.
 
Great thread!
A couple from when we had a large group. We're down to just two of us now

First rule: Disregard every other rule.

2 One MUST have a thick skin to be a member of our camp.
(the arguments and insults can be harsh at times, but always in good fun)

and especially: 3 No woman allowed! especially strange women
from the nearest hotel. :rolleyes:
Nothing disrupts a camp more than some cutie flirting with the boys
Cheers all
Keep them coming.
 
dizzy dan 1 said:
I Can not get throughen out,I own the camp.DAN>>>:D
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Thats a bonus.
The problem with some camp owners though is they think they are the exception to the rules.One paticular gang I hunted with the owner,and his two sons felt like they didn't have to do any of the work including wood,brush trails,build stands,run chases,gut deer,cook meals,clean camp,or do dishes..They oganized the work days but never seemed to take part.The gang had 16 members then.It made me happy to hear there was only five hunters there this season.
 
My wife hunts with us, and we may have one or two more wives joining in the next few years.
One of the guys found a girl to marry that wants to hunt.
We're gonna have a ball bugging him about the honeymoon suite etc ad-nauseum.
 
For those guys who like to hunt with their wives and sweethearts (may they never meet!), more power to you!

One of my least happy hunting memories was a special hunt where the one lad brought his wife (and he owned the motor home). She was not up to the physical challenges of the hunt, and he spent the whole time looking after her. Life in the camper was tense, since nobody felt they could act "NORMALLY" in a male-like manner, burping, farting and swearing etc etc.

"NEVER AGAIN."

Doug
 
No girls in my camp but we did have one of the guys wives over for supper one night. She was out hunting with him that night in another area we have permission on and she had to drop him off. She knows she isn't allowed at camp during season but she's a great girl and makes us alot of snacks and treats during season so nobody minded that I asked her to stay for dinner. I don't min if they hunt with their wives just don't think they're staying at the camp. I like to walk around in my drawers after I get out of the shower.
 
Doug, the specifications on a motor home/trailer/fifth wheel is: It will party six, eat four and sleep two.
 
WHy would you cut someones shirt tail off? I've someone came at me intending to cut a chunk of my $100 Sitka shirt, I think they would get a butt stroke to thier nose!:D
 
Learned from experience that the other half (doesn't matter who's ) takes all the life out of the hunt and distills it into, " When are you going to be back?" " Why are you spending so much time hunting for these guys?" " Are you really going to hunt on your son' birthday?"

YES!!!

But he gets to come with me.
 
back to sjemac..............

Your better half is a "he"???????????? :confused:

Not that there is anything wrong with that.........

Doug
 
and back to Gatehouse............the shirt-tail thing is an Ontario hunt camp tradition, and certainly I have known several camps where this was the custom. You shoot at and MISS a deer, the lads cut a piece off your shirt-tail and nail it to the wall with your name and the date. Sometimes there is a trial first, where one of the gang is the judge, one is the prosecutor, one is the defence counsel, etc etc. A really good hunt camp trial has everyone in costume, lasts a solid half-hour, and is generally hilarious. But the outcome is always the same: even if the miscreant throws himself on the mercy of the court, he loses a piece of his shirt-tail.

One camp where I hunted for about 20 years had a number of my shirt-tails on the wall. :redface: But under one of them I wrote "The only man in camp not afraid to take a shot." :p

That was actually an issue - some guys would NOT take a shot for fear of missing, and having a trial. And one of our guys said one year that he had spent a boodle of money on a new shirt and did not want to see any of it anywhere except attached to the rest of the shirt. So we changed the custom for a year or two to something else (I forget what), but we all missed the fun of the trials, and re-instituted them.

Yes, I know some of the Western guys are rolling their eyes and thinking what a bunch of nut-bars those Ontario hunters are, with their hunt camp RULES and their kangaroo courts and missing shirt-tails etc etc. :rolleyes: Not to mention PARTY hunting, where a fellow tags somebody else's deer!!! :runaway:

TRY it, you might LIKE it! :dancingbanana:

Doug
 
In light of recent developments.

Rule #1

All hunt camp members must also be members of the CPC.

Pretty sure I will be putting that one in place next year.
Membership has its privileges!!
 
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