my favorite hunting quote was from Jerry Simmons,, he said to me,,"Brad you should never miss a deer,, its alot bigger than a rabbit,,"

That's easy for me:

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." --Yogi Barra :)

"There may be a lot of people better than me, there may be a lot of them that are smarter, but nobody is going to work harder than me."

I believe this was a Yogi Berra quote, but Roger Rothhaar used it also.

"The best camouflage is sit down, be still and be quiet."

Fred Bear, I believe.

i think it was don thomas that wrote or said "nothing will ruin a good elk hunt like killing an elk"

i've had that happen. :)

Two out of three so far.

You'll never know what shows up if you don't go. -my dad says this all the time.

Sometimes I have to remind myself, especially in early bow season here in Texas when it is 90-100 degrees, It takes one brief moment to be the hunt you remember the rest of your life.

-Bones

That is why the call it "hunting" and not "killing."

Aim small miss small

Quote my Dad use to say.

One from my dad...

"Ya just gotta live long enough"

Left over tags make thin soup. You can't eat the horns.

"Son, if you don't starting putting some wood in the air, you ain't going to kill anything."

'Silly sayings spawn more senselessness'.

Speaking of arrows and broad heads, " it's not what you throw at them, it's what you hit

them with ".

“In the end, the price of a good dog isa broken heart.”

Rudyard Kipling

"Too long have I hunted mammoth alone."

The quote was shared with me by Wayne Brian.

My dad's was, "Everything comes with time." Mine is, "Patience...you can go from zero to hero in a few seconds"

Cmon Jeff I know you have one!;)

2 i like,

"The fun is over once you pull the trigger"

"They gotta get lucky everyday, I only gotta get lucky one day"

If you run out of blood the deer went right or left

"A goose may honk, but it will not wave". Patrick F. McManus

"I don't have to outrun the bear.. I just have to outrun you!"

My favorite from one of my dad’s hunting buddies:

“If there’s lead in the air, there’s hope.”

Also:

“If it flies, it dies.”

“If it’s brown, it’s down.”

And some fishing quotes:

My brother’s Army buddy: “Let’s jerk some lips.”

A trout fishing guide I know: “Rip his f*#!ing face off.”

Dads first step on hunting "you gotta get among them"

“critters don’t die if you won’t let er fly” That was the last thing my Dad told getting out of the truck on my first archery hunt in 1979……….Nimrod

Another hunting buddy on gun safety:

“Y’all don’t get out there and shoot one another.”

From my best hunting buddy in regards finding deer....

"They are, where they're at, when they're there."

And from my father.....

"A mistake only becomes stupid when you make it the SECOND time!"

"Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you."

I once heard Pdiddly say "You idiot! That was a 6 x 6 bull you just spooked!" It was one of many cryptic remarks he made during our elk hunt last year.

Fising Quote. My Dad would walk the Rivers Guys would walk up to him and say. Man!! Where in the heck did you catch them HUGE Rainbows?? My Pop's In The Mouth!!

"You can't run your fingers over a memory." Barry Wensel.

From my dad also, "You will never win a staring contest with a deer! Shoot before it looks at you."

Another from one of my buddies, "I'll take luck over skill any day!"

"A compound never guaranteed a kill, and a recurve never prevented one". Roger Rothhaar

"It seems as time goes by, people are more and more caught up in an environment of competition. From a purely philosophical standpoint, I personally view this growing trend as undesirable, especially when it overflows into sport hunting and taints what is intended to be a pure and relaxing thing." – Roger Rothhaar

If you wanna see deer - walk ... if you wanna kill deer - sit. I think this was a Fred Bear quote.

"When I was young I used to stand in my treestand until my feet got sore, then I'd sit down. Now, I sit in my treestand until my ass gets sore, then I stand up." Gene Wensel 2004

You can’t kill anything but time if your sitting on the couch

It’s not gonna shoot itself

"The Pope & Young bowhunting record book does not recognize crossbow kills because a crossbow has nothing to do with bowhunting" !!! Who said it ????? I did !!!

Teach your kid to hunt, and you won't have to hunt your kid! This works least it did with my son!

"It only takes one" - me. :D

"It seems as time goes by, people are more and more caught up in an environment of competition. From a purely philosophical standpoint, I personally view this growing trend as undesirable, especially when it overflows into sport hunting and taints what is intended to be a pure and relaxing thing." – Roger Rothhaar

I love that one.

About 25 years ago, my brother said something one morning that still cracks me up every time I think of it, but it’s a little bit politically incorrect, so I guess it’s a “you had to be there” kind of thing.

I think my favorite is the one that goes along the lines of “I’ve never been lost. I’ve been kinda turned around for a couple of days a few times, but I’ve never been lost.“

Pretty sure that was Fred Bear.

And Bill Heavey once noted that it is disrespectful to shoot an animal while you are parked on your butt. Something along the lines of “You are about to take a life. Rise.“

Personally, I do think it is important to acknowledge that hunting and killing an animal is not a trivial or mundane thing.

"Showing up is 90% of he game" Tred Barta

When my brother and I would be shooting a 3D shoot and I'd make a decent shot if I said, "I'll take that one" my brother always said, "You have to, you let go of the string". "LOL" I miss you little brother.

Hard to hear about your brother, Frank. Nice tribute.

"Hunt where everyone else hunts and you won't kill the same deer they don't!"

While there is a arrow in the air there is hope.

Tough ain't got nothing on a whitetail

"There's a fine line between hunting and sitting there looking stupid"

Dad would say as we left the house, "shoot straight".

Some really great quotes here.

Nemo, that is a very nice tribute to your brother Bart. May his memory remain eternal.

My dad used to tell me when I was a teenager "You can't chase the ladies all night (I'm paraphrasing to maintain a PG rating) and hunt all day."

I always tried to prove him wrong!

You can fool a deer’s eyes or ears but you can’t fool it’s nose

From Beemann:

“Steal a man’s wallet and he will be poor for a week. Teach him archery and he will be poor for a lifetime”.

Goose hunting over decoys w/ my brother in law:

“Quick, get down there’s a flock of loaners coming in”.

Hunt with your eyes.

My Father to me "Be Still". Me to my sons "Be Still". Me to my Granddaughters "nothing", we're in a pop-up blind.

"See if you can find a turkey dumber than you two" From The Old Man And The Boy. "I lost my alertness. I began to feel the wicked heresy that I didn't care If I killed a buck or not. That's bad. If you can't keep killer-minded don't stay in the woods." Archibald Rutledge.

Another from Dad. "In all likelyhood that deer is still in them tracks"

Don't kill it if your not going to grill it.

I’m just a part time amateur bowhunter chasing full time professional animals- unknown

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Not true! To miss is to have taken a shot, if I never shoot, I never miss- unknown also

Don't take long shots at deer but if it's a antihunter any range is close enough. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you .

Don't take long shots at deer but if it's a antihunter any range is close enough. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you .

" Only three good rules for hunting, #1 don't move, #2 don't move and #3 don't move ".

" I sat on the side of the mountain and watched the sun set in the east"

"don't worry, those elk will be right back here in the morning"

Can't get a deer sitting on the couch !!!!!!!!!!!

That gets me out more times than not especially if the Lion's are playing !!!!!

You guessed it I am from Michigan.

" If the arrows aint flying , the game aint dying"

You should of been here yesterday

No matter where ya go, there you are.

No matter where ya go, there you are.

From my Dad.

“I rather be lucky than good”

Over the years I have come to a new understanding of this quote. Many times I have seen when good wasn’t good enough but it seems the lucky just keep getting lucky

Can you skin Griz?? If you have to ask who we can't be friends.

"Things have a way of happening awfully fast in the woods." Fred Asbel, I believe.

“You’ll shoot your eye out!”

This is a quote that can be used for bowhunting also. Basically, you get back what effort you put into something.

It's a long story but believe me antelope can count to 2!

Sit down wind and don't piss into it.

“ I can skin most anything “

An invitation to learn what you thought you knew.

A couple come to mind. Howard Hill-You won't kill anything if you don't get some wood in the air. Saxton Pope-Might as well make your own archery equipment as it will be in constant need of repair.

The hardest part of killing big deer is finding big deer to kill

Can you skin Grizz pilgrim?;)

If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don’t ask him how his hunt was. “Ghanaian Proverb “

When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom. “Chief Joseph”

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing. Norman Schwarzkopf

I take my wife wherever I go so I don't have to kiss her goodbye. Except hunting season, then I kiss her goodbye.

Any day I don’t have to hear or see anyone is a good day.

Turkey hunting is a shotgun sport- Will Primos

crookedstix LOL!

I actually said.." That elk butt we're watching going over the edge of that ridge was attached to a 6X6 rack, and also our dinner tonight!"

My actual favourite quote is " A bad day of bowhunting is better than a good day at work!"

This picture proves it...

If there is a sacred moment in the ethical pursuit of game, it is the moment you release the arrow or touch off the fatal shot. -Jim Posewitz

The mountains are calling, and I must go. - John Muir

“The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind.” – Fred Bear

“If I’ve gone missing, I’ve gone hunting.”

“Shoot’em where there at.”I’ve that was from Howard Hill.

Saw it on the Jim Shockey Aventure's hunting show . They were glassing and he looked through his bino's and said "There's a big one out there " and the guy with him said "Where" ? To which he responded " somewhere " ! Shockey said years ago someone had pulled that one on him .

On true tough hunts in extreme conditions or even hardships in the field and on the land etc I always remember Winston Churchill said :"If your going through hell , Keep Going " !!!!!,,,,,,,

You skin this one and I'll fetch another.

New favorite.. Sacred moment one by, JIM Posewitz.. Thanks Frank..

Success breads jealousy and jealousy starts rumors. My dad would say on those who were consistently successful at something

Putting the sneak on a big deer on Kodiak with a good friend when the deer suddenly showed itself and my buddy took a quick shot... Unable to see the shot and just the deer running full speed away I ask "well, what happened?" His response was "that sir, is a dead deer, he just don't know it yet"...A few seconds later the deer collapsed in mid stride. He just smiled and said "I told ya so".

“Stupid hurts” by Monty Browning.

"There are hunters, and there is prey. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or prey."

Cant cheat the mountain pilgrim, mountains got its way,

"I'm a trophy hunter, until something else comes along".

Not sure who said it.

" Damn "

Every hunter

"They won't stay on the grill if they ain't fully dead." Joe Blaylock

I believe this is from Jack Bower. "Because I hunt I care and because I care I hunt"

And, if that damn deer gives me ten shots at him... he's a dead man...!!

Not quite 'bow hunting' but...

"Only accurate rifles are interesting." Col. Townsend Whalen

"On the road to perfection, you must pass excellence." Don't know but my recently departed friend used it a lot.

"When the tailgate drops, the BS stops." Jimmy Houston

After a week in the mountains with no success a friend said, "that's why we say "going Hunting" and not "going killing".

There are many good ones, but this is my favorite!!

“Quick, get down there’s a flock of loaners coming in”.

I actually had a buddy tell me that once..

"I don't hunt deer to kill them. I kill deer because I hunt them."

Roger Rothhaar

I believe RR was paraphrasing

"(T)he hunter does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, he kills in order to have hunted."

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Fred bear ,” you’re only lost if you’ve got somewhere to be”

I remember several from a good friend that has passed away. He was teaching me turkey hunting and asked me if I knew how to tell if a turkey track was fresh. I spouted off about 6 things that I could think of and he said " if a turkey is still standing in it it's still fresh" and walked off down the road. Lol another favorite of his was when someone asks him if his dog bites he reply was " she has the equipment, it's up to her if she uses it" I miss that man.

“And for the information of young hunters, I will just say, in this place, that whenever a fellow gets bad lost, the way home is just the way he don't think it is. This rule will hit nine times out of ten.”

? Davy Crockett

"It's never too late to start shootin good." "The difference between a good day and a bad day is just a 1/4 of an inch."

" We ain't as good as we once was, but once in a while were as good as we ever were" Chad Holms

Here are a couple of my favorites. "When it comes to still hunting, always remember to walk little and look lots"... and "when it comes to the moment of truth you have to decide if you're going to be a champion or a chumpion"

"Only take hunting advice from a hunter"

Uncle Leo guide paquets camp Canada

It's OK to tell your #1 best hunting buddy where your 2nd best hunting spot is......and If you're having trouble hitting the pocket, "get closer".....

"Whatever you do, don't shoot anything today!" Said by a buddy as we split up to hunt a mountain valley on a snowy November day.

"I can shoot straight, if I don't have to shoot too far."

-Scarlett O'Hara, 'Gone With The Wind'.

"Everybody wants to shoot like me but no one wants to practice like me". Howard Hill

There's a lot of wisdom in these words!

Born to hunt forced to work.

When you come to a fork in the road, take it. A nickel isn't worth a dime anymore. Yogi Berra.

If tall tails made prime beaver, we would be sitting on a pile of Beaver.

One I kinda like is “shoot there is no tomorrow” it is written on a bow I got used.

Nothing nicer to carry in the woods with you. Like a well made selfbow;) Do you know who said it?

Should have been here yesterday. About any fisherman or hunter looking at his game camera.

“Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake.” ? Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

"Light clothes better than dark. Predators dark." Alfred, a Dene guide.

"Making it happen instead of making excuses" Tim Becker

My old friend Roger Duvall said, "I missed him the first time, and hit him in the same place the second". :)

A bad day hunting and fishing is better then a good day at work.

Aim high and let fly

Aim high and let fly

Deer Huntings Fun…Elk Huntings Work… a Quote from Experience ;)…4finger

Re snow shoe hare tracks in the snow.. My father said.." It takes a lot of tracks to make a rabbit" Codjigger

There’s a thin line between paradise and the breakpoint

Nemophillst, that looks like the view from the top of Hyner Mountain near Renova Pa.

It makes little difference if you return with meat or empty handed, for you will always return with a full heart and satisfied soul.

Fred Bear

In re: slow days fishing -

A fellow angler asked me how was the fishing and I replied that I had caught a number of fish, but neither the number nor the fish were anything to brag on.

And another thought I’ve had… You never really understand just how big an Elk is until you’re standing there, three hours’ hike from the trailhead, looking at 500 pounds of Dead… and now it’s YOUR problem.

I’ve thrown that one at a few Morally Superior anti hunters (who eat meat).

My other favorite barb : I have yet to meet a Vegan so committed to the cause that they would hike 6 hours with an 80-pound pack to bring their food to the table.

Because I care, I hunt and because I hunt I care. Believe it was Jack Bowers

Not necessarily a hunting quote, but one I've never forgotten, from my dad, Ronald:

"All women are crazy, son. Even the really good ones."

-Gorbin

"I smoked him." The Outdoor Channel. LOL

LOL Jack. But I hate that quote the most!

Me too

Ya hit em ya get em.

One of my co-workers had this on one day. I laughed so hard. Lol

On showing him the couple of little brooktrout I had caught, dad said.."it'll take a lot of them to make a dozen" codjigger

When friends would show me pictures of deer they've harvested that weren't giants and they'd ask me, "Would you have shot this deer?" to which I'd reply, "I don't know if I would shoot it but I'd shoot at it."

Waylon Jennings once said, "If you understand a woman you are one."

My Dad always told me, "Son, I have to pay your six brothers to be good, but you, you're good for nothing."

Or

"You're a good man. For what, we haven't figured out yet." Dad was a jokester.

I know most of those aren't hunting quotes but light hearted humor. One more that I try to live by came from the comic strip, "Frazz".

"Opinions should be based on facts not the absence of them."

In our time, which is a rather stupid time, hunting is belittled and misunderstood, many refusing to see it for the vital vacation from the human condition that it is, or to acknowledge that the hunter does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, he kills in order to have hunted.

Ortega Y Gasset, Meditation on Hunting

Truman Smith at Smiths Archery shop in ShrewsburyPa. Use to say to his customers that missed a deer. “ There’s a lot of space around a deer” LOL God rest his soul!

"oh-oohhh"...

GIGO ( Garbage in, Garbage out ) and Keep it simple stupid or KISS.

Maybe someone has a copy of Saxton Pope’s “Hunting with a Bow and Arrow” and can help me out. He has a line in there about life being like an arrow shot out of a bow, bursting forth with speed only to end sinking into the earth with a quiver at the end.

I read that and was like man, that is spot on.

" Instead of hunting, I took a walk and shot my slingshot."

Joe Frisk October 2022

" Temp 50 degrees and sunny. Light SW wind. A perfect day to take a buck! I had eaten another plate of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy and dinner rolls. Plus apple pie. I just didn't feel like moving.

As the sun was getting lower in the sky, I went for a 3 mile walk and shot my slingshot, but I'll regroup."

Joe Frisk November 2022

" "A brief update. Sunday was a perfect day to hun, and I went to the river with my slingshot instead. "

Joe Frisk December 2022

Oh...I thought this was a thread for Not Hunting quotes... sorry.

When I was a kid I would come home from hunting my dad would say see anything,i would say I seen a lot of tracks and dropping,he would say tracks and dropping make thin soup!

Whenever I would exaggerate about my hunting exploits or anything else my grandfather would say "Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining"

Wind out of east,deer move the least..Wind out of west,deer move the best...Sounds good.

Love one woman and shoot many bows, it’s cheaper that way.

If you hit it good it’s dead already but it will still be dead in an hour. Let’s give it an hour.

Glen St. Charles in Billets to Bow on instinctive shootin : Hell’s bells, when an animal presents a shot, when are you going to have time to worry about the angle of the dangle!

When I'm told, "You can't eat the horns." I respond, "Yes, but if you boil them it makes a great broth."

When a guy tells you where you missed, nod and smile. When a guy tells you why you missed, listen to him.

" Can't kill em from the couch "

"I never lose...Sometimes I win, and sometimes I learn."

I have two favorite Barney Khalifa duck hunter "stick and stay and make them pay" Mike Tyson " Everyone has a plan until the get punched in the Face"

Kunzie: THAT'S a classic....and SO true!

You show someone the buck you killed and they say,"He would have been a good one next year".

You know or work with someone who is slow... Five thousand sperms,and he was the fastest?

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