Going stir crazy...Let's share some funny hunting stories

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Talking to my dad tonight reminded me of this one from about 25 years ago when we lived outside Kamloops, BC.

My uncle and cousin came up for a long weekend wanting to deer hunt with us. It was well planned by my dad and I, we had a few good spots picked out that usually produced at least seeing deer. Both bucks and does were open, so the hope was that my cousin and I being youngsters at the time might get a doe in these areas.

Our plan was to first road hunt into areas that had lots of logging cut blocks and then hike in the back of the bigger ones. My uncle insisted on driving everywhere we went as he had just gotten a new to him vehicle and wanted to see how it was. It didn't take long for my uncle to start giving it to my dad about not seeing any game. We drove all weekend without seeing anything. That was fairly unusual for this area!

On the final morning, my uncle wasn't too happy with how the weekend was going and was pretty quiet. As we started to load up to go hunting, my dad stopped and looked at my uncle's ride and started to laugh. He almost fell over he was laughing so hard! He finally got enough air to blurt out, "are those deer whistles on your roof? You know they don't work like calling your dog, right!"

Well my uncle was quite embarrassed and broke those deer whistles off in a hurry. Wouldn't you know it, we started to see deer that day! There was one point that my dad yelled "stop, stop". After my uncle stopped, my dad rolled down the window and whistled. My uncle wasn't impressed!

Lots of fun remembering that story with my dad tonight. So how about you guys, anyone want to share too? Maybe it will help from going too stir crazy!