Whiners I have known...

[Huntress]

These are some of the whiners I wish had never been invited along on the trip...........

Fishing camp-
Oldest guy in the group. Complaints: Weather, fish weren’t biting, didn’t like the lake, boat, accommodations, or food. Observations: Maybe if this guy would have gotten up before noon he would have caught a fish–If he had cooked ONCE during the week maybe the food would have been better. By the middle of the week I was ready to drive him to Thunder Bay and put him on a bus.

Moose camp-
When I booked this trip I thought this guy had the age, maturity, and experience to handle it. WRONG! Complaints: This guy basically whined from daylight till dark. His biggest gripe was with one of the guides—funny thing was, it wasn’t even his guide! Observations: This guy felt that because he paid good money for this hunt the guide should have had the moose tied up for him or something. He was the only one in camp who didn’t pitch in to help cook, do dishes, tidy the campsite or anything. During the trip he got lost, drunk, and by the middle of the week I was hoping he WOULD get close to a moose—so the moose could stomp him.

Caribou camp-
Two oldest guys in the group. You never saw one without the other. Complaints: Everything from the food and accommodations to the lack of game. They also complained that the camp owner over charged them. (They paid the same as everyone else.) Observations: By the end of the first week everyone in camp was calling them the “Grumpy Old Men”. This hunt was fully guided, with a cook so there was not a lot of work to do in camp but these guys just didn’t appreciate anything the guides did for them. When the guide did put them close to caribou they missed their shots!!! (Guides were then ready to put them on the first plane home!)

I know that sometimes things can go wrong in camp or you can get a lazy guide, but these guys complained about things that were out of everyone’s control, like the weather and lack of game. Maybe I’m just more laid back than that, but if you’re not going to TRY to have a good time then why go?

[barreledaction]

good post - yeah, if you're going to grunt about things, do it to whoever's responsible, otherwise, you're just blowing in the wind & annoying others.

[Win Mag]

You remind you of a time on a waterfoul hunt.Hired a guide in MI.Well when the guide met with us is wasn't the guy we had set up the hunt with,it was his buddy.He reeked of boose and pizza at 4:30 in the morning.We loaded up he followed him to the boat docks.As we loaded our gear into his boat he sat in the truck downing coffee as it was the last on earth.Finally we were on the water motoring to a spot he said was hot.About half way there.The guy stops the boat and starts puking over the side.What a great start to our hunt i though.A booze hound for a guide.Not to many words are being spoke among any of us.My better judgement was telling me to just fire the guide and go it alone.But i kept my mouth shut in hopes it would get better.We got our dec lines ran and set up.And waited for the ducks to start flying overhead.And we waited and waited.The guide hasn't even picked up a duck call yet.And says,i'll pretend i'm sleeping that will draw them in.Yea Right !!
We let snore for awhile,and as soon as a duck did happen to fly by,my buddy and i emptied our guns.In an attemp to scare the crap out of him.It just woke him up was all.So we said we were hungry and wanted to run into town and get lunch.This was a excuse to get to a phone and call the guy we origonally called and set the hunt up with.And told him we no longer wanted to use the guide he sent us,and we were under the impression he was to be our guide.He then met us at the docks and took over from there and got us on birds.And then found out that the other guy owns a Pizza joint and doesn't close it till 2 am.At the end of the hunt we did get a $100 ea off the price of the hunt.