Silliest question a non-hunter or angler ever ask you?

[avb3]

Some years ago I had just got my antelope back from the taxidermist. A friend of my daughter's was visiting and when she saw it on the wall she asked "How come the meat won't rot?

I just about choked on the food I was eating.

I'm sure we all have similar stories. Would be great to hear them.

[stuckincity]

I'm going back 30-some years, but here's a good one:

"Why do take such an unfair advantage over those poor animals by using those horrible guns?"

[catnthehat]

I was asked a few times in the past if I would like it if I was stuck with an arrow or shot with a gun.
I always answered back that i didn't , that is why i shot the critter first!
Cat

[Big Daddy Badger]

You eat them?

Oh..I didn't know that you could eat deer meat....

[Skybuster]

One Halloween, I had two Elk, skinned, hanging in the garage. It wasn't quite time for trick or treaters and I had the garage door wide open. Two 6 year old kids were getting a jump on everyone and walked up to the house and over the threshold of the garage. They stopped and looked at the hanging elk and asked me, "What are those supposed to be?"

[Redfrog]

"How would you like it if a wolf/coyote hid in the bushes and made noise like food to trick you?"

I said you mean "like a cheeseburger noise?"

Aw forget it!!!!

OK.

[Ryry4]

Does sheep meat taste good?

Mmm, yes it does.

[stuckincity]

Originally Posted by Redfrog

"How would you like it if a wolf/coyote hid in the bushes and made noise like food to trick you?"

I said you mean "like a cheeseburger noise?"

Aw forget it!!!!

OK.

What if it made "beer noise"..........?

[Vigilante]

Originally Posted by stuckincity

What if it made "beer noise"..........?

I would be such an easy target!

[Big Daddy Badger]

Originally Posted by stuckincity

I'm going back 30-some years, but here's a good one:

"Why do take such an unfair advantage over those poor animals by using those horrible guns?"

I've had that asked of me.

I told em that I'd tried to strangle them but my hands just aren't big enough...and they run too fast

[Redfrog]

Originally Posted by stuckincity

What if it made "beer noise"..........?

You had me at 'beer'.


Looking at a dead deer in my truck....'Did you kill that" "

Nope he was hitch hiking and fell asleep in the back of my truck"


Not exactly hunting, but it did involve my labrador.

On the way to a field trial in Vernon, we stop for fuel early morning. Gas station is two pump rural type operation. Dog is in a crate in the back of buddies station wagon. as the long haired dope smoking gas attendant passes the back of the wagon the dog goes berserk.

He says "You know you got a dog in the back?" Hmmm.

"As a matter of fact I do, I'm going to a dog trial"

"Really?"

"Yep. As a matter of fact this dog is testifying"

"NO Shyt?

"He's the only dog in Canada licensed, trained and certified to give testimony in a court of law."

"WOW!"

At this point he called his evil twin out to see this remarkable dog. He explained to 'dumber' all about my dog.

'Dumber' asked 'Wut kind of trial is it?"

"The cops caught a dog killing sheep"

"OMG! What's gonna happen to him?"

"When they hear my lab's report, they will likely hang the bastid."

"Ah that's too bad"

[mxer117]

Originally Posted by Skybuster

One Halloween, I had two Elk, skinned, hanging in the garage. It wasn't quite time for trick or treaters and I had the garage door wide open. Two 6 year old kids were getting a jump on everyone and walked up to the house and over the threshold of the garage. They stopped and looked at the hanging elk and asked me, "What are those supposed to be?"

This. This is FUNNY!

[edmontonlady]

Originally Posted by Redfrog

You had me at 'beer'.


Looking at a dead deer in my truck....'Did you kill that" "

Nope he was hitch hiking and fell asleep in the back of my truck"


Not exactly hunting, but it did involve my labrador.

On the way to a field trial in Vernon, we stop for fuel early morning. Gas station is two pump rural type operation. Dog is in a crate in the back of buddies station wagon. as the long haired dope smoking gas attendant passes the back of the wagon the dog goes berserk.

He says "You know you got a dog in the back?" Hmmm.

"As a matter of fact I do, I'm going to a dog trial"

"Really?"

"Yep. As a matter of fact this dog is testifying"

"NO Shyt?

"He's the only dog in Canada licensed, trained and certified to give testimony in a court of law."

"WOW!"

At this point he called his evil twin out to see this remarkable dog. He explained to 'dumber' all about my dog.

'Dumber' asked 'Wut kind of trial is it?"

"The cops caught a dog killing sheep"

"OMG! What's gonna happen to him?"

"When they hear my lab's report, they will likely hang the bastid."

"Ah that's too bad"

Oh my gosh....neither of you cracked a smile while telling it? or laughed yourselves off the road after you left?? That is tooo funny.

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by Skybuster

One Halloween, I had two Elk, skinned, hanging in the garage. It wasn't quite time for trick or treaters and I had the garage door wide open. Two 6 year old kids were getting a jump on everyone and walked up to the house and over the threshold of the garage. They stopped and looked at the hanging elk and asked me, "What are those supposed to be?"

LMAO. I can here my landlords grandson full of questions guy asking this. Way to funny.

[Ryry4]

Originally Posted by stuckincity

What if it made "beer noise"..........?

[jaylow?]

i was asked by a guy at work if we use every part of the animal. said yes of course. all our beds are covered in skins and sometimes i make flutes and recorders for kids with the bones. its the law you have to.

[wolf308]

Originally Posted by edmontonlady

Oh my gosh....neither of you cracked a smile while telling it? or laughed yourselves off the road after you left?? That is tooo funny.

yeah no kidding x2-8 , Lmao

[Lefty-Canuck]

Co-worker..."what did you do this weekend?"

Me..."I went deer hunting"

Co-worker..." Did you catch any?"

Me..."yah I caught two but they were too small so I threw them back, then I killed two different ones because they were in the slot size"

Co-worker..."slot size?....is that measured nose to tail?"

Me..."No ear to ear....you know how hard it is to measure a deer nose to tail...they will kick you!"

Co-worker..."yah that makes sense...."

LC

[rccam1]

Now this stuff is funny!

[FishingFrenzy]

Down fishing on the NSR one afternoon, this drunk aboriginal fellow stumbles down the hill and comes over to us. He comes over and says "Hey boys, are there even any fish in this lake?" To which we reply, "yeah lots of walleye so far" and he responds "Damn is that like a pickrel'.... Conversation pretty much ended there.

Pretty funny at the time.

[Outbound]

I used to work at a hunting and fishing shop. I've heard too many odd things to remember...

Some of the classics were from hunters and fishers themselves though. For people out in the woods carrying guns and dealing with sharp hooks, some people are seriously stupid...

"Will bear spray work against mean dogs?"

"Ha! A fish over 5ft long? Not in freshwater, not possible."..."You mean like this 14 foot sturgeon that a local guide caught yesterday?" said while showing picture.

"My .30-30 is more powerful than a .338 Lapua.."..."How do you figure?"..."Well duh, 3030 is bigger number than 338. bigger number, bigger caliber"

"Treble hooks are the only hook worth having. Why don't they tie flies on treble hooks"..."Maybe because fly fishermen are generally in it more for the sport and catch and release is a growing practice."..."Sport...bah. Kill everything."

"Is sockeye open?"..."Nope. Sorry, not yet"..."What the hell? There's fish everywhere. Why isn't it it open"..."Sir, you'll have to take that up with the Dept of Fisheries and Oceans. I don't have any say in the regs."..."Some tackle shop you guys are." *click*

and on and on and on it went....

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by FishingFrenzy

Down fishing on the NSR one afternoon, this drunk aboriginal fellow stumbles down the hill and comes over to us. He comes over and says "Hey boys, are there even any fish in this lake?" To which we reply, "yeah lots of walleye so far" and he responds "Damn is that like a pickrel'.... Conversation pretty much ended there.

Pretty funny at the time.

Are you sure that wasn't Beeguy?

LC

[alacringa]

A former colleague once asked me how I catch deer when I go hunting. I told her with a bullet. She then asked "so how do you let them go?"

[deadeye]

Was bowhunting in Canmore bow zone and came across a hiker, he pointed to my sightpins and asked "Are those your arrow tips"?

[drhu22]

Working seismic years ago we had an Australian helper, and as we were walking through the bush a calf moose crossed the hand cut in front of us. In a state of fear/surprise he turned and excitedly asked the guy next to him... are they friendly?!?!

[hal53]

working downtown a number of years ago, told the receptionist to let anyone know I was gone for the next week, I was going Moose hunting...she looked at me and said..."it's minus 15, won't they all be hibernating by now?"....so many responses, so little time....lol

[alacringa]

Originally Posted by hal53

she looked at me and said..."it's minus 15, won't they all be hibernating by now?"....so many responses, so little time....lol

^THAT is some funny stuff. With the questions that some people ask, I really wonder how much of the population ever leaves the city?

[alacringa]

On the angling side of thing, I once had a student (13 years old) ask me "what do the fish do in the winter when all the water freezes?"

[hal53]

Originally Posted by alacringa

On the angling side of thing, I once had a student (13 years old) ask me "what do the fish do in the winter when all the water freezes?"

that is actually a good question by an enquiring 13 year old mind....

[alacringa]

Originally Posted by hal53

that is actually a good question by an enquiring 13 year old mind....

It probably is, though by the time I was 13, I'd fallen through the ice enough times to know that it wasn't all frozen.