What is your Pet Peeve when hunting with others?

[Colorado Osprey]

I was reminded about hunting with others recently. Others always ask if they can hunt with me and I was reminded to not let someone come with me because of the way the hunt.

Obviously, safety is number one priority. Some hunters don't pay attention to beyond the animal and where their bullet will end up, even if the hit the animal.

But, my personal Pet Peeve, is spending the time to get hunters on their game, within their range and then they Lolly-Gag in getting themselves or their weapons ready to fire and take a shot. The animals go bye-bye and they expect you to do it over and over again. After the 3rd time I don't try as hard... Nothing like getting to see the game, getting them close enough to shoot; and having them say, "Wait, while I have a cigarette first."... as the animals walk off.

Another is someone in a group that doesn't care but the others are trying. I once was low crawling up on a herd of Pronghorn, with 3 guys. I am getting stickers in my knees as well as the 2 guys directly behind me. I look back to tell them how far out we are, and the last guy is standing up, with his head kinda hunched over. I throw him some visual daggers and he says, "What?" Never got close enough to shoot with that group until the standing guy left without a filled tag.

[MarkCO]

I had a knowing smile as I read your post. A few more...

Too lazy or out of shape to get off the roads and actually hunt.

The guy who comes with $3K of accessories, but spent no time on the range learning how to shoot.

"Can we stop at the range so I can zero my new rifle?"

[TRnCO]

The guy that I have to wait on at the meeting spot in the morning. I hate that guy. If you're late once, O.K., late twice, you'll be looking for a new hunting partner real quick. Why is it that some people are never on time? Drives me nuts. The other one that I hate is the guy that can't hit squat, or wounds them when he does hit them.

[StagLefty]

The ones that peeved me back in the day was the ones who thought a hunting trip was a drinking trip.

[newracer]

I only hunt with very close friends and family.

[ray1970]

I was up elk hunting with a large group once. My brother in law's father in law was put in charge of keeping the fire stoked in the stove on the first night. It was probably in the teens that night and he had been adding logs to the fire like crazy. At one point in the middle of the night we were all awake, on top of our sleeping bags, in our underwear, and sweating our butts off. He had done such a good job of keeping the fire going it must have been a hundred degrees in the tent. Everyone was cursing him and telling him to let the fire die out. I was lifting the bottom of the tent near my cot to let cool air in. It was miserable. He did a much better job the next several nights.

[Irving]

Sorry your dad did such a good job Ray.

I've not hunted before, and am ripe to make mistakes that will piss people off. I will be reading this thread intently and taking notes.

[ray1970]

Sorry your dad did such a good job Ray.

Ha. Wasn't my dad.

It was my wife's brother's wife's dad. Lol.

(Complicated, I know.)

[Jamnanc]

Now hunting with people who leave camp at dawn and come back at 9 for breakfast, then leave again an hour before sundown. Too much time and planning fur me not to be out all day.

Go go hunt with someone and find out hunting means driving the roads at dawn and dusk.

Spotting a herd, laying in the snow waiting for a shot and fellow hunters kid walks through them with his head down.

This is could go on for a while.

[ray1970]

Haven't had this issue when hunting, but when I do ATV rides with groups of people they like to get up, drag out a bunch of cooking stuff, make and eat breakfast, clean up their mess, and then get ready to hit the trails. Usually means we aren't heading out of camp until 8:30 or 9:00. Then they act all disappointed when we don't have enough time to cover as much distance that day before we have to start heading back. I don't mind waking up and having a little breakfast before we head out but they could save us about an hour if they just had cereal or whatever instead of cooking eggs, bacon and whatever.