-
- Species
- Whitetails
- Big Game
- Small Game
- Birds
- Special Methods
- Bow Hunting
-
- Species
- Bass
- Trout
- More Freshwater
- Saltwater
- Special Methods
- Fly Fishing
AnswersASK YOUR QUESTION
Print
Email
Share
Answers
Browse By
Top Users
Q:
When you go hunting do you bring alchaholic beverages along and why.
Question by Christian Emter. Uploaded on November 03, 2009
Answer QuestionADVERTISEMENT
Today on Field & Stream
Loading...
Visit Our Sister Sites at Bonnier Corporation
| Enthusiast | Kiteboarding | QUAD | SKI | Skiing | Scuba Diving | Sport Diver | TransWorld Ride BMX | TransWorld Business | TransWorld Motocross | TransWorld SKATEboarding, | TransWorld SNOWboarding | TransWorld SURF | WakeBoarding | WaterSki | Warren Miller Entertainment | WindSurfing |
|---|---|
| Travel | Caribbean Travel & Life | Destination Weddings & Honeymoon | Islands | Meeting Traveler | Resorts & Great Hotels |
| Lifestyle & Shelter | Florida Travel & Life | Garden Design | Home Ft. Lauderdale | Home Miami |
| Luxury | SNOW | Spa |
| Marine | Boating Life | Cruising World | Fly Fishing in Salt Waters | Power Cruising | Marlin | Motor Boating | Sailing World | Salt Water Sportsman | Sport Fishing | Yachting | NewBoats.com | UsedBoats.com | YachtBroker.com |
| Outdoor | Field & Stream | Outdoor Life | SHOT Business |
| Parenting | Babytalk | Parenting |
| Science | Popular Science | Science Illustrated |
| Saveur | Saveur |
| Working Mother Media | Working Mother |
| Entertainment / Events | World Entertainment Services | World Sports & Marketing |
FieldandStream.com is part of the Bonnier Outdoor Group Network
Copyright © 2009 Bonnier Corp. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Answers (22)
At "my" elk camp we have a bottle of Jim Beam Rye that was given to me by my brother before he passed.
We will have a "snort" to celebrate a "sucessful" hunt or on the last day as a "memorial" to him.
At "my" deer camp some people bring some beer/"Crown" but we ONLY inbide AFTER the the day is done !
I usually do, but the # rule is only after the shooting is over. I might have one beer while I'm skinning, but sharp knives don't mix with alcohol a whole lot better than gunpowder.
A few drinks are ok, getting loud and goofy isnt needed in deer camp.
We bring beer because we like it. I can't recall anyone even considering one until the day's hunt was over and we were settling in. It is about responsibility not about abstinence.
Its not good till the hunts over cause lets face it alcohol and guns dont mix very well, plus you wouldnt want anything affecting you when youre up in the stand. Fallin out just aint fun
Nope, no alcohol goes to camp/hunt. If the fellas want to drink while in town, so be it. One whiff of alcohol out on the hunt and you are on your way out and won't be invited back. If you can't do without alcohol for a hard one week hunt, then you are pretty weak minded indeed.
PS: Everyone has their own gig. Our hunt belongs to us. Everyone else, including sons and friends, are just "guests" and what we say about drinking goes, period. We inform everyone of our rules and have never had a problem and we intend to keep it that way. I know others have their traditions and we have ours - - safety and a good hunt!
To WA Mtnhunter, I wouldn't want to be a guest in your camp. It's not about the alcohol--I can deal with that. It's about the attitude.
Hey, it's his camp. I admire it, even if I don't subscribe to it. I'd hunt a week without alcohol, if the hunting was good and it was the groundrule.
Back to the posted question, it seems you may mean take alcohol WHILE hunting, not just after hunting hours in camp. Absolutely NOT!
I don't bring alcohol with. That's just asking for bad news bears. Alcohol+guns=disaster. Not only that, but you are usually quite far from home while hunting so how are you gonna get back? BAD IDEA
Camp however, is a whole different story.
Don't worry 'seadog'. You are politely not invited. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make it an attitude I am just answering the question asked and giving my opinion.
Don't read into the post. Having a steadfast rule about alcohol on our hunt is not an attitude. I'm having a glass of wine as I type this FYI, so I am not being self -righteous or prudish. I just had enough of drunks with guns many years ago. You know the difference between drinking and drunk? About one beer....
no..im to young
To WA Mtnhunter, hope I didn't rattle your chains too much. You can do things your way in your camp. I'll be having a good safe hunting season and when the guns are put away, I'll be sipping Jack Daniels by the campfire. We'll be having a lot of fun, but everyone will stay sober enough to get up at 4 a.m. and start over. You have a good safe hunting season.
Seadog
Not in my camp.
hey 'seadog'
No worries. I just didn't want you to misunderstand my statement. Everyone has their traditions. we have found that drinking in the high country doesn't add much to the hunting. After we are done, it would be OK I suppose, but we are usually real busy loading up and headed on long drives home.
WA Mtnhunter, we're good. And if you're driving, I totally agree--not a drop, just like before shooting.
well i cant say anything they havent already haha
We bring beer to drink after the day is over. Also a bottle of something for the cheers shots after a kill is made. Dont mix drinkin and shootin or skinning! Not a good mix!
At our place we are strictly 'no alcohol'....My Dad is a teetotaler and expects everyone to fall in line on that. That is fine with me. When I get to hunt, I spend the great amount of my time hunting or sleeping, or getting ready to go hunting when the season is on. I have also found that having things that way keeps folks that like to imbibe out of our hair, and leaves only the ones serious about hunting. If you want a cold one, no one says you can't. You just can't here when hunting is going on.
In a previous post I mentioned favorite libations. That was at a friend's plantation, also in S.Ga. He depends on having paying customers, and therefore drinking is allowed. But only in the evening after the guns are put away. He would have few clients if it was not allowed to be so.
I am in no way against having a nip, tug, snort, or a coldbeer(that's one word in S. GA). There is a proper time and place for it.
A celebration after the hunt is fine but no booze during the hunt or around guns. Too many bad accidents happen with tipsy hunters. I don't take chances and have lived to enjoy a ripe old age... it worked for me! I had a bad experience when I was young. My Dad's best friend had a couple of beers after returning from a pheasant hunt. He wanted to show Dad his brand new over/under. He was a little tipsy and reached in the jeep to pull it out by the barrels. Unbeknownst to him, there was still a live shell in the bottom barrel and apparently the trigger caught on something in the jeep. It went off, hiting him mid-chest and blowing a 3 inch hole in his back. Up to that point he had been a very good hunter and a very careful person. I always doubted that he would have made that fatal mistake if he had not had a few beers. I will never forget that lesson and it has made me safer all these years.
Post an Answer
At "my" elk camp we have a bottle of Jim Beam Rye that was given to me by my brother before he passed.
We will have a "snort" to celebrate a "sucessful" hunt or on the last day as a "memorial" to him.
At "my" deer camp some people bring some beer/"Crown" but we ONLY inbide AFTER the the day is done !
I don't bring alcohol with. That's just asking for bad news bears. Alcohol+guns=disaster. Not only that, but you are usually quite far from home while hunting so how are you gonna get back? BAD IDEA
Camp however, is a whole different story.
A few drinks are ok, getting loud and goofy isnt needed in deer camp.
We bring beer because we like it. I can't recall anyone even considering one until the day's hunt was over and we were settling in. It is about responsibility not about abstinence.
Hey, it's his camp. I admire it, even if I don't subscribe to it. I'd hunt a week without alcohol, if the hunting was good and it was the groundrule.
Back to the posted question, it seems you may mean take alcohol WHILE hunting, not just after hunting hours in camp. Absolutely NOT!
Don't worry 'seadog'. You are politely not invited. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make it an attitude I am just answering the question asked and giving my opinion.
Don't read into the post. Having a steadfast rule about alcohol on our hunt is not an attitude. I'm having a glass of wine as I type this FYI, so I am not being self -righteous or prudish. I just had enough of drunks with guns many years ago. You know the difference between drinking and drunk? About one beer....
To WA Mtnhunter, hope I didn't rattle your chains too much. You can do things your way in your camp. I'll be having a good safe hunting season and when the guns are put away, I'll be sipping Jack Daniels by the campfire. We'll be having a lot of fun, but everyone will stay sober enough to get up at 4 a.m. and start over. You have a good safe hunting season.
Seadog
I usually do, but the # rule is only after the shooting is over. I might have one beer while I'm skinning, but sharp knives don't mix with alcohol a whole lot better than gunpowder.
Its not good till the hunts over cause lets face it alcohol and guns dont mix very well, plus you wouldnt want anything affecting you when youre up in the stand. Fallin out just aint fun
Nope, no alcohol goes to camp/hunt. If the fellas want to drink while in town, so be it. One whiff of alcohol out on the hunt and you are on your way out and won't be invited back. If you can't do without alcohol for a hard one week hunt, then you are pretty weak minded indeed.
PS: Everyone has their own gig. Our hunt belongs to us. Everyone else, including sons and friends, are just "guests" and what we say about drinking goes, period. We inform everyone of our rules and have never had a problem and we intend to keep it that way. I know others have their traditions and we have ours - - safety and a good hunt!
no..im to young
WA Mtnhunter, we're good. And if you're driving, I totally agree--not a drop, just like before shooting.
A celebration after the hunt is fine but no booze during the hunt or around guns. Too many bad accidents happen with tipsy hunters. I don't take chances and have lived to enjoy a ripe old age... it worked for me! I had a bad experience when I was young. My Dad's best friend had a couple of beers after returning from a pheasant hunt. He wanted to show Dad his brand new over/under. He was a little tipsy and reached in the jeep to pull it out by the barrels. Unbeknownst to him, there was still a live shell in the bottom barrel and apparently the trigger caught on something in the jeep. It went off, hiting him mid-chest and blowing a 3 inch hole in his back. Up to that point he had been a very good hunter and a very careful person. I always doubted that he would have made that fatal mistake if he had not had a few beers. I will never forget that lesson and it has made me safer all these years.
To WA Mtnhunter, I wouldn't want to be a guest in your camp. It's not about the alcohol--I can deal with that. It's about the attitude.
Not in my camp.
hey 'seadog'
No worries. I just didn't want you to misunderstand my statement. Everyone has their traditions. we have found that drinking in the high country doesn't add much to the hunting. After we are done, it would be OK I suppose, but we are usually real busy loading up and headed on long drives home.
well i cant say anything they havent already haha
We bring beer to drink after the day is over. Also a bottle of something for the cheers shots after a kill is made. Dont mix drinkin and shootin or skinning! Not a good mix!
At our place we are strictly 'no alcohol'....My Dad is a teetotaler and expects everyone to fall in line on that. That is fine with me. When I get to hunt, I spend the great amount of my time hunting or sleeping, or getting ready to go hunting when the season is on. I have also found that having things that way keeps folks that like to imbibe out of our hair, and leaves only the ones serious about hunting. If you want a cold one, no one says you can't. You just can't here when hunting is going on.
In a previous post I mentioned favorite libations. That was at a friend's plantation, also in S.Ga. He depends on having paying customers, and therefore drinking is allowed. But only in the evening after the guns are put away. He would have few clients if it was not allowed to be so.
I am in no way against having a nip, tug, snort, or a coldbeer(that's one word in S. GA). There is a proper time and place for it.
Post an Answer