Worst thing that's happened to you in the woods

[Cript2014]

Wow. Yeah that's probably one of my biggest fears while hunting. I have went in blind before at 4am to realize when the sun came up that I was in a dead tree. Not cool

This has happened to me on multiple occasions. You think you found a great tree then when the sun comes up you look hard at the tree the rest of the way to realize it’s dead. Not a good feeling!! Always makes me think so I get down and go to another tree or is this one good. If I think it’s good (I’m not a big guy 6’ 175lbs) I’m looking at trees around me if it falls this way I can grab that tree or jump this way bc there are no rocks over here when I hit the ground. This year I will be doing all hunts from the saddle no stands at all. So that won’t be an option bc I’ll be teathered in. So I will be really looking hard at it. I’ve been prescouting hard this year and picking out trees so hopefully I can avoid this. We have a problem here with pines dying from the top so hard to tell in the dark even with a light.

 

[Murph4028]

This has happened to me on multiple occasions. You think you found a great tree then when the sun comes up you look hard at the tree the rest of the way to realize it’s dead. Not a good feeling!! Always makes me think so I get down and go to another tree or is this one good. If I think it’s good (I’m not a big guy 6’ 175lbs) I’m looking at trees around me if it falls this way I can grab that tree or jump this way bc there are no rocks over here when I hit the ground. This year I will be doing all hunts from the saddle no stands at all. So that won’t be an option bc I’ll be teathered in. So I will be really looking hard at it. I’ve been prescouting hard this year and picking out trees so hopefully I can avoid this. We have a problem here with pines dying from the top so hard to tell in the dark even with a light.

Yeah that's another perk of pre sets and scouting beforehand. As I get older and more experienced it becomes more important to me for all aspects of hunting

 

[rambotogo]

Long story short, in the 1990s i found a dead guy in the woods. He had hanged himself off an oak tree that had fallen and was airborne off a hillside. I used to walk out on it a lot. It was the 25th of January. So after I made sure he was dead dead (he was purple and rock solid) i ran back to the house and told my dad. When the police were leaving they said they would let us know more later. Come to find out he was a local guy and he was there dead for 48hrs before i found him. Here's the wild part. He killed himself on January 23rd...my birthday!

Man, thats would be something you would never forget.

 

[Cbinderjr]

The poop story's are amazing, I am a child at heart and laughed at every one of em!

Mine was definitely insect related, early muzzle loader season, it was warm no thermacel 1st time hunting this property which is surrounded by swamp land and there are drainage ditches everywhere..
The mosquitos where so thick it did not matter how high I climbed they where attacking the hell out of me, I prolly did not need to climb they where so damn thick they could of just flew me up the tree.. so I toughed it out for a bit then had to get down, I drove 2 the back of this property with a friend on his four wheeler so I had to wait for him 2 get back to the bike, I had my hood over my head with the strings pulled tight so there was only my eyes showing and I could still feel the mosquitos biting through my sweatshirt, I paced back and forth and prolly wore a rut in the old logging road from walking back and forth so much, atlas he showed up and we got out of the woods but was not out of the water yet, I got back to my camper undressed and got in a hot shower only to find my entire body from head to toe was covered in chigger bites, the misery from that hunting trip lasted about a week with intense itching and very little 2 no sleep except 1 night where I got really really drunk.

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[GCTerpfan]

Being allergic to bees my story is bee related. I was surveying for a transmission line easement about 1/2 mile from the truck when I stopped to talk to another crew member. We happened to stop directly above an in ground yellow jackets nest. He got stung first and took off running, cussing each time he was stung. I took off in the other direction. I ran for probably 50 yards or so and had just though to myself "man you were lucky you didn't get stung" when I suddenly got stung on top of the head. I ran another 50 yards and stopped, when I looked down at my pants I realized I had hundreds of bees on my jeans. Someone was apparently looking out for me as I happened to forget my boots that day. I was cussing myself for being forgetful all morning but, being able to slip off my tennis shoes allowed me to take off my pants and only get stung 3 more times in the process. If I would have had to bend over and take off my boots, it would have been much worse.

I was 1/2 mile from the truck with no Epipen and no cell service and could already feel my whole body swelling. I walked out pants-less with a co-worker who drove me towards the hospital. As soon as I got cell service I called the rescue squad and we met them halfway. The sting on top of my head made my face and head swell a cartoonish amount. I can remember looking at my coworker on the way out and asking him if my face was swollen. When he looked at me his face said "YES!" but, his response was "not too bad".

When my wife walked into the hospital room she looked at me, said "sorry" and walked back out. I heard her tell the nurse that wasn't the right room. The nurse confirmed it was and my wife walked back in and said she didn't recognize me because of the swelling. I tried to get her to take a picture of me but she refused, and my phone was still in my pants pocket in the middle of the woods at that point. About 48 hours later I was released from the hospital and was able to go home.

Typing this story just made me remember I need to go get my epipen script filled again...

 

[Nutterbuster]

This has happened to me on multiple occasions. You think you found a great tree then when the sun comes up you look hard at the tree the rest of the way to realize it’s dead. Not a good feeling!! Always makes me think so I get down and go to another tree or is this one good. If I think it’s good (I’m not a big guy 6’ 175lbs) I’m looking at trees around me if it falls this way I can grab that tree or jump this way bc there are no rocks over here when I hit the ground. This year I will be doing all hunts from the saddle no stands at all. So that won’t be an option bc I’ll be teathered in. So I will be really looking hard at it. I’ve been prescouting hard this year and picking out trees so hopefully I can avoid this. We have a problem here with pines dying from the top so hard to tell in the dark even with a light.

This is another win for drilling trees. You instantly know if it's dead due to the ease of drilling and crumbly wood falling out of the tree. I've also found myself in pines with bark falling off of them. Not fun!

 

[Cript2014]

This is another win for drilling trees. You instantly know if it's dead due to the ease of drilling and crumbly wood falling out of the tree. I've also found myself in pines with bark falling off of them. Not fun!

I would agree but in South Carolina you can’t drill or cut into the tree on gm at all unfortunately. If so I would be going to spurs but for now it’s wild edge steps and one sticking it for me.

 

[KYHunter]

Being allergic to bees my story is bee related. I was surveying for a transmission line easement about 1/2 mile from the truck when I stopped to talk to another crew member. We happened to stop directly above an in ground yellow jackets nest. He got stung first and took off running, cussing each time he was stung. I took off in the other direction. I ran for probably 50 yards or so and had just though to myself "man you were lucky you didn't get stung" when I suddenly got stung on top of the head. I ran another 50 yards and stopped, when I looked down at my pants I realized I had hundreds of bees on my jeans. Someone was apparently looking out for me as I happened to forget my boots that day. I was cussing myself for being forgetful all morning but, being able to slip off my tennis shoes allowed me to take off my pants and only get stung 3 more times in the process. If I would have had to bend over and take off my boots, it would have been much worse.

I was 1/2 mile from the truck with no Epipen and no cell service and could already feel my whole body swelling. I walked out pants-less with a co-worker who drove me towards the hospital. As soon as I got cell service I called the rescue squad and we met them halfway. The sting on top of my head made my face and head swell a cartoonish amount. I can remember looking at my coworker on the way out and asking him if my face was swollen. When he looked at me his face said "YES!" but, his response was "not too bad".

When my wife walked into the hospital room she looked at me, said "sorry" and walked back out. I heard her tell the nurse that wasn't the right room. The nurse confirmed it was and my wife walked back in and said she didn't recognize me because of the swelling. I tried to get her to take a picture of me but she refused, and my phone was still in my pants pocket in the middle of the woods at that point. About 48 hours later I was released from the hospital and was able to go home.

Typing this story just made me remember I need to go get my epipen script filled again...

Glad you were ok! Good thing you were without someone. A good buddy of mine had that happen to him and lost consciousness. Thankfully someone found him and was able to administer the EpiPen. Close call for sure.

 

[dalton916]

Being allergic to bees my story is bee related. I was surveying for a transmission line easement about 1/2 mile from the truck when I stopped to talk to another crew member. We happened to stop directly above an in ground yellow jackets nest. He got stung first and took off running, cussing each time he was stung. I took off in the other direction. I ran for probably 50 yards or so and had just though to myself "man you were lucky you didn't get stung" when I suddenly got stung on top of the head. I ran another 50 yards and stopped, when I looked down at my pants I realized I had hundreds of bees on my jeans. Someone was apparently looking out for me as I happened to forget my boots that day. I was cussing myself for being forgetful all morning but, being able to slip off my tennis shoes allowed me to take off my pants and only get stung 3 more times in the process. If I would have had to bend over and take off my boots, it would have been much worse.

I was 1/2 mile from the truck with no Epipen and no cell service and could already feel my whole body swelling. I walked out pants-less with a co-worker who drove me towards the hospital. As soon as I got cell service I called the rescue squad and we met them halfway. The sting on top of my head made my face and head swell a cartoonish amount. I can remember looking at my coworker on the way out and asking him if my face was swollen. When he looked at me his face said "YES!" but, his response was "not too bad".

When my wife walked into the hospital room she looked at me, said "sorry" and walked back out. I heard her tell the nurse that wasn't the right room. The nurse confirmed it was and my wife walked back in and said she didn't recognize me because of the swelling. I tried to get her to take a picture of me but she refused, and my phone was still in my pants pocket in the middle of the woods at that point. About 48 hours later I was released from the hospital and was able to go home.

Typing this story just made me remember I need to go get my epipen script filled again...

Surveying and yellow jacket stories go together like peas and carrots

I had a guy that worked with me that was allergic and carried an epipen. I was always trying to get him to let me practice sticking him, but he never would let me. Then one night I had a dream that I look up and saw him doing the yeller jacket shuffle. “YES!!!”. I took off running to him and when I got there the pen was already hanging out of his leg. I called him an ungrateful bastage, then woke up pissed off, lol.

 

[Murph4028]

Surveying and yellow jacket stories go together like peas and carrots

I had a guy that worked with me that was allergic and carried an epipen. I was always trying to get him to let me practice sticking him, but he never would let me. Then one night I had a dream that I look up and saw him doing the yeller jacket shuffle. “YES!!!”. I took off running to him and when I got there the pen was already hanging out of his leg. I called him an ungrateful bastage, then woke up pissed off, lol.

Lol. How dare you save your own life.....

 

[cedar paul]

I was hunting in Minnesota one deer season and it was in a area that they were also baiting bear. Well darkness came and it was time to walk a mile out to the pick up area for my outfitter. Well I walked out and backed up to a thicket, knocked an arrow in my longbow and still had my headlamp on. A vehicle approaches and I step out turn on my headlamp and low and behold it was the DNR officer! Several minutes later my outfitter drove up and luckily for me the officer went to school with the outfitter's son. As it turned out I had left my liscence back at the lodge . Luckily everything worked out and I didn't get fined. I have had deer poached on my property and couldn't find a DNR officer but travel way up in the bush in Minnesota and they find me!

 

[dalton916]

Lol. How dare you save your own life.....

SEE!?!?!!? Murph gets it. Never ceases to amaze me how selfish some people can be.....