Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
11-20-2008, 09:25 PM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
ORIGINAL: Hoytail Hunter
Got lost once squirrel hunting 18yrs ago when I was 15. Before we headed out, it was made clear that if anyone should get lost, 3 shots fired in a row would be the I'm lost signal. 3 shots would then be returned by anyone at the trucks. Well, it was very hilly so the sound waves would bounce off the hills and make it seem like the sound was coming from an opposite direction of where it actually was.I was following those echoed shots for 2hrs til I finally smartened up and climbed to the top of the tallest hill(almost mountain) to listen.
Got lost once squirrel hunting 18yrs ago when I was 15. Before we headed out, it was made clear that if anyone should get lost, 3 shots fired in a row would be the I'm lost signal. 3 shots would then be returned by anyone at the trucks. Well, it was very hilly so the sound waves would bounce off the hills and make it seem like the sound was coming from an opposite direction of where it actually was.I was following those echoed shots for 2hrs til I finally smartened up and climbed to the top of the tallest hill(almost mountain) to listen.
11-20-2008, 09:30 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,313
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Hue, you a funny man dude!!
ORIGINAL: Hoytail Hunter
Got lost once squirrel hunting 18yrs ago when I was 15. Before we headed out, it was made clear that if anyone should get lost, 3 shots fired in a row would be the I'm lost signal. 3 shots would then be returned by anyone at the trucks. Well, it was very hilly so the sound waves would bounce off the hills and make it seem like the sound was coming from an opposite direction of where it actually was.I was following those echoed shots for 2hrs til I finally smartened up and climbed to the top of the tallest hill(almost mountain) to listen.
Got lost once squirrel hunting 18yrs ago when I was 15. Before we headed out, it was made clear that if anyone should get lost, 3 shots fired in a row would be the I'm lost signal. 3 shots would then be returned by anyone at the trucks. Well, it was very hilly so the sound waves would bounce off the hills and make it seem like the sound was coming from an opposite direction of where it actually was.I was following those echoed shots for 2hrs til I finally smartened up and climbed to the top of the tallest hill(almost mountain) to listen.
11-20-2008, 09:37 PM
#24
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: springfield, oregon
Posts: 66
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
I grew up hunting in Ohio, when I moved to Oregon and started hunting in real mountains, I got turned around all the time. Luckily I had a good hunting partner who grew up here and he was a huge help in showing me how to navigate through BIG country. After several years now I am finally comfortable hading out into any terrain at any time(with a compass and my GPS.)
" Did you just do a man dude?? lol
11-20-2008, 10:15 PM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
ORIGINAL: my7pointmonster
you said "Hue, you a funny man dude!!" Did you just do a man dude?? lol
Ryan. (man dude sounds weird.)
you said "Hue, you a funny man dude!!
" Did you just do a man dude?? lolRyan. (man dude sounds weird.)
11-20-2008, 10:20 PM
#27
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: IOWA/25' UP
Posts: 7,145
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
I have got turned around a half a dozen times in my years of bowhunting..but always found my way out..but walked way too much...glad to hear you have loved ones lookin for ya. Were the police and trackers nice to you or short tempered? Do you owe them money? Who pays for the service?
11-20-2008, 10:54 PM
#28
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Horse Country, VA
Posts: 937
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
I have got turned around a half a dozen times in my years of bowhunting..but always found my way out..but walked way too much...glad to hear you have loved ones lookin for ya. Were the police and trackers nice to you or short tempered? Do you owe them money? Who pays for the service?
I have got turned around a half a dozen times in my years of bowhunting..but always found my way out..but walked way too much...glad to hear you have loved ones lookin for ya. Were the police and trackers nice to you or short tempered? Do you owe them money? Who pays for the service?
I made it a point to shake everyone of the working officers hand and thank them. They were super understanding and excited that they were able to putthe resources together. NO Bill
11-21-2008, 05:17 AM
#29
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
Never had to spend the night in the woods unless i was camping but I tell you whats just as scary is getting so turned around in the woods from tracking a deer on your own property that you have hunted for so many years, everything changes in the dark and fog.
11-21-2008, 09:02 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Burke, VA (raised in MD)
Posts: 1,096
RE: Seriously, who has gotten lost, and how bad?
I carry a small compass on my local hunts. I climbed down from the stand one night and tried to leave the area stealthily because several deer were nearby. I started up through a series of blowndown trees - climbing and crawling to make headway. After about a 1/4 mile, I realized I should have emerged into the clearcut but hadn't. I pulled out the compass and shot an 'escape heading' of due South emerging into the large clearcut immediately after a few hundred paces.Being 'misoriented' is an awful feeling. They key (for me) is to have an escape heading that will lead to an un-missable barrier like a road, large fieldor river.
Never, evertrust your gut more than the compass.
Getting un-lost is a more important skill for western hunters and I am surprised we haven't heard more from them.
Never, evertrust your gut more than the compass.
Getting un-lost is a more important skill for western hunters and I am surprised we haven't heard more from them.