Thread: stuff you forgot/left at home for a hunting trip

this should be worth a chuckle or three.

Mate left his boots behind, four day alpine trip. Wore red bands. Another trip he left his sleeping bag behind, three or four day trip.


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Was running late for an evening hunt so while rushing through a paddock on foot I hear a barking type sound, I look over to my right and see a hind and spiker staring at me.
I drop the spiker and realize I don't have my knife, I call the farmer who arrives with his mate, hands me a knife and I cut its throat and gut it out then they pick it up and throw it in the back of my truck for me.

Bloody good blokes

Left my suppressor behind on the last NZDA shoot, luckily POI doesn't change too much on my rifle.

Also forgot my cooker on our last family trip so cranked the potbelly stove and cooked on that.

Down South this year didn't arrive to our accommodation till 9pm left a 5:30am to get to the hanger early to sort gear out. 2 hours early heaps off time, until pilot fly's in and stays right fellas get your shit together we going now.
Only left one bag off food behind oh and left a pizza on the back off the ute 7 days latter opened the box still looked the same pizza but no body was keen to give it a go.

I spent an evening on the hillside spotting, finally gave up when it was dark and went to go back to the hut only to realise I'd left my headtorch at home and my phone in the hut. basically found my way back by braille

You should have included left magazine behind I would tick that box

Forgot coffee grinder on one drive in trip
Had 1kg roasted beans
Ground them through a shity cheap disposable pepper grinder
Painfully slow and coarse

It will never happen again

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Forgot coffee grinder on one drive in trip
Had 1kg roasted beans
Ground them through a shity cheap disposable pepper grinder
Painfully slow and coarse

It will never happen again

Quite pleased I wasn't along for that trip! In normal circumstances I'd rate your coffee right up there with the best!

supressor for my 308.

Write a list and double check as you put everything into the truck.

Not done any of those things, but have gone fishing without fishing rods before! I'm always worried about leaving my suppressor behind re: point of aim and thread protection. Knife is another one. Don't need it until you shoot an animal, but then what!?

Had a mate forget his whole pack years ago!
4 hr drive from Wellington to the Ruahines, slept in van, sad camper next morning, drove home :-)

None of the stuff listed but equally annoying is when you forget bug repellent when huntng in sandfly infested river flats

Forgetting the head torch is a real bastard.