Hunting Accidents, Nearly Blew My Head Off

[@skeptic3332]

caught my best friend walking behind me with his safety off on a Remington automatic 30-06, He said "I forget to take it off sometimes so I leave it off". I chastised him but made him walk in front. Later after driving back to camp in the truck I noticed he still had his safety off and the gun was loaded in the truck! I told him I was going home and if he wanted a ride (13 hours from home in Northern Canada) he better pack. Not a word was spoken all the way and 30 years later we have never spoken again (he thinks I'm a jerk). Safety First!

[@marythomson7931]

Some people are so stubborn it will get other people killed. Good for you on safety, it only has to happen once.

[@GeorgeM56]

For that reason I NEVER let anyone walk behind me with a firearm while hunting. Don't care who it is.

[@davidregan9872]

I was with a friend once and noticed a HOLE in his floorboard of his truck. I didn't say anything, but knew he did it with his rifle! Driving around with a loaded gun is just stupid! Another thing that pisses me off is when people are taking their gun out of the truck with the barrel pointed at you, or putting it in!

[@redstone1999]

@@davidregan9872 I threw a buddy's rifle into the river for pointing his rifle at me. He knew better and how mean I get when a gun is pointed at me. He whined about it but knew it was his own fault. Years later, he did the same thing to another buddy who made the same mistake.

[@davidregan9872]

@@redstone1999 That's fucked up! I try to be nice to people I hunt with, but it only takes a split second and you could be dead!!!

[@grandmakris8935]

My 13 year old nephew was shot through the heart up hunting from a rogue bullet by an unknown shooter. I have no issues with hunting or guns but I do have huge issues with irresponsible hunters. Losing this special young boy was devastating for our family. If you see someone getting stupid while your hunting speak up or report them. Do something. You might save sometimes life!

[@robertbishop1318]

Sorry for your loss 💔🙏😢.

[@whitneystanek5081]

Omgoodness, I'm so so sorry 😥

[@mystuff1405]

He chambered a round and pulled the trigger. Did he shove a gloved finger onto the trigger. How could anyone do this? There ought to be hunting police that pull his license.

[@deniscberte1638]

Grandma Kris my condolences mam. As an instructor, I emphasize safety at all times. God bless. Denis Berte'

[@jacobheisesr9160]

Sorry hear. Rule number 1 know where you are shooting.

[@worldbigfootcentral3933]

Great stories, Steve thanks for taking the time to tell them! We (MY Dad and I) were duck hunting in a blind on shore and some clowns on the other side of the slough, seemingly unaware we were there, took a shot at some ducks out in front of us. They missed, and good thing we were a long ways away, pellets rained down on the water in front of us. I said "WHOA!" and ducked down a bit. My dad stood up and promptly fired 3 shots back in their direction, then sat down. I said "What did you do that for?" He said "If they didn't know we were here, they know now: and if they DID know, now they know i'll shoot back." I didn't ask any follow-up questions, he looked sorta pissed....

[@ldvan100]

Strangers with guns, I'm nervous, add alcohol, I'm gone...………. Like a rocket I'm gone...

[@donolinger6904]

It's British Columbia. Add some BC Hydro to the mix.

[@burnitdown6663]

Don Olinger that’s like comparing apples to poison. Why bring medication into the comparison? Absolute worse outcome with cannibus is the hunter won’t pull the trigger. You must be a city idiot “cityidiot”. Become familiar with that word..... that’s you......

[@burnitdown6663]

lahokc59 says the little man hiding behind an emojis......those are for children.....that’s you......

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

@@burnitdown6663 whoever you were arguing with, their comments aren't visible any more. I agree with you. Guns, strangers and wild animals are a potentially dangerous mix, but we have come to expect our fellow huntsmen to behave appropriately. If another hunter was part of our group and began smoking weed on the trail, I'd be off too. I wouldn't feel comfortable hiking out with a hangover hunter either. In fact, I wouldnt go. Once I thought about that, it's not worth worth risk. Not in a place where there are several different species which could easily kill me, where the other gun, and possibly my life, is in the hands of a sore headed, tired, nauseous and poorly hunter who CANNOT be on top form... Nope. No way. I'd be quite insulted if another hunter _expected_ me to be ok with that aswell.

[@marksullivan5885]

"I didn't know if the safety was on. So l pulled the trigger!" The last thing he said before I laid him out.

[@redstone1999]

I did not know my fist's safety was off also. OOOPS !!! Now lets get you to the hospital to fix that broken nose. Oh, and you are not getting that rifle back, asshole.

[@tuckerschwab5331]

Chuck his gun (after unloading it of course) as hard as you can, then lay him on the ground.

[@neobailey5268]

Of course.

[@claymac7895]

Yeah I'd have a real hard time not teeing off on the guy after that. I'd never speak to the "friend" again who brought the guy either.

[@flywrite]

And people say, "Don't hunt alone." I hunt alone and now you know why.

[@donaldhofman296]

I do too! I almost got shot by a 12 gauge by a guy I was in a boat with! Another time I was getting into a truck after unloading my gun and the guy I was hunting with set his gun on the case in the back seat of the truck, it went off! Right by me right throught the door of the truck! I haven't hunted with anyone else since!

[@denniswilske5416]

It's been years. But I know what Steve is talking about. That ringing in my head. I had a few guns shot next to me and near my head. And does get in the way of talking with people. And just don't shoot guns anymore.

[@MichaelWilliams-to3cj]

I agree!

[@behindenemylines3361]

Agreed - There are only a few people I will hunt with.

[@jacobheisesr9160]

I also hunt alone but a couple of people know where I'm going to be so if they don't hear from me they know to go looking. Haven't had any issues yet but a lot can happen 30 -40 feet up ya know. Hahaha

[@tubadude905]

The husband and son of the lady who pet sits for us were out Antelope hunting. The son took a bead on an antelope and his father walked in front of his son right as he pulled the trigger. He did not survive and the poor son has to live with the memory of that tragedy. Very sad. Be safe out there.

[@ZZ-jd6vx]

Had a guy here that was bugging the shit out of me to take him hog hunting. He "claimed" he had done a lot of deer hunting "back in new yawk". I should have known not to when he showed up without a rifle.. what? Some song and dance later I gave him my 94 winchester to use, simple levergun..30.30 should not be an issue, right? I was using my model 92 in .357, these are thick woods. . . we walk to the area i hunt, which is roughly 7,000 acres of swamp, pine slash and palmetto thickets.. no sooner step onto the first trail and *BOOM!!* .. about a foot behind my head. Yep my right ear is ringing, I turned around and looked at him with death in my eyes, took the rifle from him and promptly returned to my truck. left him standing there with that dumb look on his face. Fuckin near got killed with MY OWN rifle! never again.

[@Veldtian1]

Suburbanites are fucking whacked, the concrete environment twists their primitive senses, they're twitchy.

[@jimmer1047]

Can't get enough of these stories! Having never hunted or really ever been in real woods, I really enjoy this channel. Where he lives is incredibly beautiful.It's like a postcard in every direction.

[@billyproctor9714]

Thanks for sharing your stories with us. With regards to the dude that was having trouble with terrain walking. I'm a retired guide / rancher and I've run into those same folks that I just call flatlanders. I think these people have never been off the city streets or a flat pathway and simply are overwhelmed by what it takes to navigate terrain. Keep the stories coming, wish I had done my time during this video era as I think I would had a blast with the same thing your doin. Cheers, Billy in Ladysmith

[@NancyFrye]

Billy Proctor That's my guess, too.

[@onelegwest]

Back in the early 2000s, I hunted near the Gang Ranch with my Dad and younger brother. Camped in the woods in a small camper on our Tacoma. Went hunting one morning with an older fella from Prince George. He was a friend of my Dad's friend. The morning hunt took us probably 3 hours and about 7km of hiking through mild terrain. I don't remember what caliber rifle he was carrying, but I'd guess it was a .270. Anyway, as we were approaching the location where my Dad was waiting with his truck to pick us up, as he walked in front of me and began lowering his rifle to remove the bullets, his rifle fired with the bullet striking the ground just feet away from the truck's front tire. The short trip back to camp we were all quiet. I was in my early 30s and my Dad... I don't remember if he said anything, but looking back I think he probably thought that since no one got hurt that there wasn't much to be said. That evening, the fella with the bad rifle said he was leaving to head back home. I heard moments later that he felt really bad about what had happened. He hadn't accidentally pulled the trigger so he deduced that his trigger mechanism was faulty and that he could no longer trust his rifle. He did the right thing in my opinion. Since then I have made it a point to have my rifle checked regularly.

[@ZZ-jd6vx]

Most likely a Rem. 700, they have had that issue for a LOOOONG time and Remington denied it for decades. Have a friend, who knows what the hell he is doing, ventilate his truck engine unloading a 700 rem... Went to open the bolt and BOOM.

[@TheIdeasGuy]

Good chance it was a Rem 700. I have two of them, a 30/06 and a .223 , one cold night I was loading the .223 up to go spotlight vermin on a mate’s farm and it went off (we always have one in the tube when spotlighting, for obvious reasons). Needless to say I was very glad I had been taught to keep it pointed in a safe direction and also needless to say I unloaded it immediately and didn’t reload it until I had replaced the trigger. Scary stuff!

[@ZZ-jd6vx]

@@TheIdeasGuy Yup.. that 700 action has had issues from day one.. remington did everything possible to hide it. They finally announced a "recall" surreptitiously a decade or so ago. The only way most found out about it was through their LGS or by rumor. Most owners had no idea how much of a ticking time bomb they held. I'll stick with "mauser" actions or win mod.70. I've had a few ADLs and BDLs.. got rid of them.

[@garrickbarnard2464]

not a hunter-a contractor ship fitter currently in Cleveland-love your reality adventure stories. wish I would have went to school with you and we were best friends. my parents, now in eighties, had a close UFO encounter in IL in the 80's. know it is not big foot related, but they were interviewed in person and by phone by 3 MUFON chapters. like you tell skeptics about bigfoot--so negative about things they do not want to have an open mind about--if they only knew my mother--no way in hell she and dad would come up with the story she/he told. they saw what they saw--12 feet hovering above their truck. love you man. please keep posting your adventures.it really does give us stuck in the city workers a little get away from city life.

[@WRKF0RAMMO3]

You made me laugh so hard on the horse story. Lol, love it.

[@sanjose6018]

Steve is just hilarious.. with the patience of Job and the funny bone of a villain... 🍺😎🍺

[@jasonanderson3089]

DEFINITELY HAD ME LAUGHING WHEN AL BOUNCED HIM OFF

[@bri5445]

Omg stay safe! I had an EX who was trying to be tough around my mom, who has hunted since before I was born. She and my dad had separated when I was a year old, and she put the meat on the table. My ex, chest puffed out tough 20 year old boy, wanted to shoot one of her guns. He had "done this before, no big deal" by the way. we went to the back yard and set up targets along the trees. BEFORE WE CAN EVEN START, he looks down the barrel of the LOADED shotgun trying to figure out "Where the bullets go" . Target practice ended there! LMAO!!!!!

[@warrenholly2200]

Are you serious? How long were you guys together? What did your mom say?

[@jdc8352]

Do you live in California

[@mrdiplomat9018]

Joshua Beconi HA ‼️🎯🤪❄️🍺🤡💥🔫

[@bri5445]

@@warrenholly2200 she was horrified and tried to explain gun safety to him. It's still kind of an inside joke between her and I. When ever some one wants to shoot guns at her house she ALWAYS asks now, Do you know where the bullets go? We were together about 7 months it didn't work out long term lol.

[@bri5445]

@@jdc8352 no sadly Northern Wisconsin lol. at least if he was from Cali it would have been a little expected

[@mariannepruitt7952]

My new favorite sight for great encounter stories, hunt stories; thanks for your no nonsense approach . It’s appreciated!

[@hiseminence2073]

Never be affraid to ask for help identifying the engaged safety mechanism. Id also avoid shaming someone for asking.

[@iraqattacks]

I'd end the hunt right there, you don't know whether your safety is on? come back when you have a clue, no shame just simple fact

[@hiseminence2073]

@@iraqattacks good! Now theyll never ask because theyre affraid you will end the hunt and you will be rolling with someone who dont know where the safety is

[@iraqattacks]

how about you roll your way I'll roll mine? in the meantime try stickin your nose in your own business, bless your little heart fella

[@redstone1999]

I have ZERO faith in safety on a gun. Never a round in chamber until time to aim and pull trigger. Love my bolt action. I also always done this and never have to worry about a branch unlocking safety on me. Never lost a game because of loading the chamber. Been doing this for 50 years. A lot of practice loading in stealth-mode.

[@MerAngel12121]

Steve, Thanks for the info and the laughs. Too Funny! "I didn't know if the safety was on, so I pulled the trigger." Uhh .... Shurrr. Sorta like (if) a person went on a scary, wild ride at the fair. "I didn't know if I would fall out if I didn't use the safety bar, so I didn't use it." Guess what someone else heard and repeated those last words of his because the only thing still moving from the busted body on the ground, was his lips. As far as I know .... that didn't happen, but your story indicates that brand of stupidity is alive and kicking. : ) Loved your stories. Glad you are here to tell the stories, Steve. Whew! Too close for comfort. As a professional photographer, my husband was asked to snap some photos of a hard rock band (the name of the band had the word "monster" in it) if that gives you a clue. They were wickedly loud for the area they were in (city limits, outdoors) and the band was asked by several bystanders to adjust the volume output. They would not and did not, seemed they raised the volume and less than an hour later his eardrum blew out. I repeat everything to him two or three times. When I hear my words repeated several times I have the opportunity to self evaluate my own words and whether or not they came out as I intended them to.(like a rehearsal). It's like I'm taking a self improvement course called "Improving Your Dialogue". I can edit my words, and even condense my reply to "Never mind, not important". That's the up side. : ) Your girlfriend might appreciate the irony in this.

[@lamaraman4536]

I hear ya dude. I guide alligator hunts using a crossbow and bang stick. More often than not it's my clients first alligator hunt and many times their first time holding a crossbow. Its basically my partner's job to keep me alive.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

That happens a lot! Safety's ARE NOT SAFE!! People don't remember which way it on and which is off and pull the trigger to find out! I've seen that several times! I guided mostly elk ,deer, and a few antelope hunters for nearly 30 years (off and on) We didn't allow the hunters to have a bullet in the chamber until they were ready to shoot, or on the horse. Sometimes they broke the rules.... one morning, in the dark, a guy got on his horse and somehow it went off! Luckily, it didn't hit anyone, or anything important. The Outfitter was pissed! Yeah, I'm deaf too. It gets old having to ask "what" all the time!

[@NancyFrye]

Who pulls the trigger to see if the safety is on?! If I'm ever around anybody who does that it's going to get ugly for them (if I'm not mortally wounded....and maybe even if I am).

[@johnheigis83]

Ranches... horses... Getting bucked off... laughing off the pain of such things... What else can you do... It's a be tough line of living (kicked... stepped on... bit... = a way of life... ), often worth a good laugh... Usually, in empathy! Im in touch with that emotion... Worth a good one... once, or twice, for me too. Ouch! We know that feeling! Been there! Landed... just like that! I remember! He just brought it all back again. Can't help but laugh, historically, and hysterically!

[@beverlyatwood7511]

Thanks for the stories, you da man. STUD! Its fun to watch you evolve. I love bc and the Island. So great to travel along with you. Thank you.

[@hivolt9993]

Dude, I'd give anything to see your backdrop! I should've been a hunting guide. BC looks like another world to me. Love your channel and the stories!

[@neobailey5268]

If you want a hunting story come to Alabama management area and try your luck ...... meth hunters, drunk hunters, people who ain't never shot a gun...... I hunt alone these days.....

[@0004612]

Neo Bailey - heard the same about Minnesota with Cambodian hunters that shoot at everything they see in addition to the birds in season. Crows, squirrels robins everything.

[@justinbrown927]

Lol. I am from South Alabama. 2 people I hunt with have bullet holes in their trucks from who knows where. You are not exaggerating by any means

[@rickysrigid]

Same thing in Georgia man stupid people every where I guess.

[@donnaspangler3434]

THE HORSE THING STEVE. .LMFAO DUDE I TOTALLY GET IT. FLIPPIN BEEN THERE DONE IT...WHEN MY ASS HIT THE GROUND A FEW TIMES MYSELF" . HELL I EVEN LAUGHED AT MY FLIPPIN SELF... BUT THAT GUY, OMG I CAN SEE HIM NOW"....LMAO

[@maggiedoor6093]

Love the stories, especially the horse one . I had to stop my husband coming with me to the show jumping events in our town. Every time a rider fell off he would laugh so hard he couldn't speak or hardly catch his breath. Tears would roll down his face and he tried to stop but couldn't. If people fall over he laughs, but runs immediately and assists them . I have often wondered how hunters know they aren't firing into other hunters or even hikers.

[@MMACHMP]

I’ve been shot twice once in Iraq and once in Afghanistan both times were luckily not life threatening but still not something I wanna ever go through again and I was also hit by an IED in Afghanistan as well that tore my left hand and forearm up pretty bad getting shot is not fun.

[@TheMattc999]

Mountain Man I got hit in my right knee when I was 8 years old. I remember being shocked thinking what the hell happened, luckily I was with my uncle who knew exactly what happened and what to do. As soon as I realized what happened I remember being really surprised about how much it didn't hurt. Then on the way to the hospital it hit me and I was most definitely surprised at just how much it really did hurt. Yeah, not something I ever care to experience again.

[@warrenholly2200]

Wow I almost caught the recoil on a m60a1 tank in Graf in West Germany. The TC thought it was funny until he saw what I did to the loader

[@warrenholly2200]

Wow man RESPECT.!!! Civilians just don't get it!!!

[@pauliverson6621]

Thank you 🙏 for your sacrifice and service! Have a wonderful Veteran’s Day!

[@jdc8352]

Thanks for your sacrifice man 👊💪🇺🇸

[@peanutgallery0078]

I’ve never heard anybody else describe the exact same hearing loss situation I have - I get it! I can hear the tiniest sounds I need to hear when hunting but can’t hear S if there’s a TV, or conversations going on down in the background. Great story as always!! 🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@kylepruitt9940]

I love these hunt stories! Don’t get me wrong the Sasquatch stuff is great and I enjoy listening to those stories. But these hunt stories are the best. Please keep them coming would love to hear more!

[@rbakken2999]

OMG! I haven't laughed that hard in ages. I had to hit pause cause I was crying laughing so hard about the guy getting bucked off the horse. The wrangler trying to get you to stop laughing was even more funny. Sounds like the guy must have been afraid of heights to walk that slow. Great stories!

[@tammeybawden3271]

Thanks Steve!!! Many blessings to you and Sarah!!!!

[@mikecronan550]

Steve, I dont know how you do this guide thing. I often thought about doing it, bit I jusy couldnt get past the baby sitting!

[@edwardshaver868]

Great story,Iaugh at inappropriate times myself. A “constipated slug”;love it!

[@jackbowers5931]

An univited guest showed up and at the morning hunt we decided to unload and move to another area. The barrel of his .264 mag was a couple feet from me when he pulled the trigger. I stopped rifle hunting then and there, took up archery with a longbow and spent in excess of 30 years with it. Took all sorts of animals with that kind of equipment and now at 74 i consider that episode the start of what i now consider real hunting. At least for me. I know of what you have gone through.

[@craigkosters9852]

Yeap, my most common word is what to, and slight ringing at times. Many years of hunting and competition sporting clays, heavy equipment noise and dirt bikes have made me deaf tone hearing problems. Certain frequencies are not heard! My wife’s voice fortunately is one of the tones 😆

[@suzannebieri425]

That was the funniest one yet!! You are absolutely hysterical! Especially the part when the hunter got bucked off of Al! Very unfortunate for the hunter, yes! But a gut- busting story when you tell it! Keep 'em comin'. No matter what time of the day it is, you can't beat a really good laughing session. Thanx Steve!

[@suzyqpublic9034]

Growing up in Utah and Montana I met many people whose greatest passion in life was hunting. When I was 10, our neighbors two houses down was full of the most dedicated hunters one could ever hope to find. It was a household of boys and young men all wanting to outdo each other and would eat, drink, and sleep camping and hunting. It was the mid 80’s and late evening on the opening day of duck season. Dukes of Hazzard was on when I heard the sound of sirens circling our hidden cul de sac in a fruitless search of an address. I followed my dad, who was a pastor and knew all the neighbors well, as he headed out the door and noticed a commotion in the garage of this neighbor. My dad beelined a path into the neighbor’s garage and didn’t notice me running behind. The sights and sounds were startling and difficult for me to process. There was a young man collapsed on the steps exiting the kitchen into the garage and blood poured from a wound above his heart. His mom was making a sound of pain I cannot describe, but frightened me with its unfamiliar guttural sounds. There was additional screaming and yelling coming from inside the house at the bottom of stairs. The young man who was already dead had just returned from a day of duck hunting and had taken the youngest brother, who was 8 years old. When they got home, the older brother had been imitating a bird in flight and his 8 year old brother picked up a .22 rifle in their basement, aimed, and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit his brother directly in the heart. In shock, this young man had ran bleeding up his stairs, grabbed his car keys, and then collapsed dead just heading out the door. The ambulance finally found the one road bringing them onto our street and this garage. It was just a month or two ago that I noticed this familiar name online in the local paper of the town where this occurred many years back. The “Wanted by Law” section of the paper featured a picture of this wild eyed, unkempt man who was once a sobbing 8 year old boy yelling that he was going to kill himself after realizing that he had killed his older brother.,

[@NancyFrye]

Terrible. I just can't get my brain around a family that was all about hunting yet somehow managed to skip the gun safety lessons, such as "Never aim at something you don't want to kill." I work as a film armorer occasionally and one of the things I hammer into people is that very thing. I don't care if it's a rubber gun or an airsoft or a paintball gun: never aim directly at anybody! It's just a bad habit and an accident waiting to happen. Brandon Lee would still be alive today if the people on the set of The Crow had followed that maxim. So sad.

[@jennecollins246]

So sad, 2 lives lost

[@suzyqpublic9034]

Nancy Frye - The father in this family was quite sick as he had been been dealing with muscular dystrophy for many years and was confined to the house. The boys were a bit wild and as an adult looking back I see how the mom was completely overwhelmed by 6 extremely active and independent sons, a very sick husband, worked full time, and tried to spend time with the two girls in the family as well. What I’m getting at, I don’t think there had been any parental guidance with all those guns. The boys had a greater impact raising each other than the parents.

[@debbieobryan5607]

Love your stories. You are very amusing. Please keep up with them they are great. Thankyou from Australia.

[@mtnsavagenorthwest7409]

Steve be careful with that barrel you’ll pop a hole in your green screen buddy. 😂 🤘 awesome stories!

[@OkOk-xx8it]

MTN SAVAGE NORTHWEST wut green screen u dum e

[@mtnsavagenorthwest7409]

Ok Ok 👌 👌. It’s called a joke. DUM E. go back to skool and learn how 2 spell. 😂

[@mtnsavagenorthwest7409]

John Barney. You sir need to learn how to tell if someone is being serious or joking around. The video was about gun accidents so my comment was a “gun safety” “green screen” pun. Do you really think I’d be saying (awesome video) if I was really trying to put Steve down or actually think he’s in front of a green screen? Probably not 🤘

[@katiep6752]

MTN SAVAGE NORTHWEST give it up buddy. Critical thinking for some goes no further than the brightness display on their smart phones.

[@bbilly1440]

Honestly it didn’t sound like you were joking when I read it, maybe you need to work on your sarcasm skills

[@austownzz]

I got one for whoever is interested. My father was real strict about gun safety and whenever my brother would leave to go hunting my dad would make him read a list of rules he had written down just to drive safety into our heads. One day my brother was gearing up to go out hunting. I was too little to go hunting at the time but i knew some of the rules as well. Later that evening my brother came back and set his 4-10 up against the house. I remembered one of the rules saying to unload all guns when you come out of the woods,so in my little dumb ass head I figured the gun was empty. ( i was probably 10). while my brother was holding a squirrel that he shot not paying attention to me. I picked up the gun and aimed it at the squirrel.I dont remember pulling the trigger but i did. The bullet went through the back of my brother's wrist and came out the front of his palm. Keep up the great stories Steve ! You rock !

[@jdenmark1287]

And they let you live?

[@austownzz]

@@jdenmark1287 what could they do. I had the gun

[@jdenmark1287]

@@austownzz yeah kinda confirms it wasn't an accident :)

[@austownzz]

@@jdenmark1287 it was a warning shot

[@rob379lqz]

Hiya Steve. I had similar to your 3rd situation. I was just outside the door of my standard cab 2 wheel drive GM truck (ie. not a tall vehicle is my point). My buddy’s younger brother was standing in my truck box lining up with a coyote. 300 Weatherby Mag is louder than his trapper-model Winchester 30-30... anyways he fired. I’m 6’1” so on my old truck I was taller than the cab. and the report and reverberation off my cab was directed into my right ear. I crumpled over like a drunk university student puking into a toilet. I have been around loud decibels all my younger life, but never felt such actual physical pain in my right ear. My hearing is messed up. All due to a split second situation, I can’t hear properly in a pub or busy restaurant. I require ear plugs 🔌 when I go to a concert or it sounds like the ‘squelch’ is turned to max. Sorry for my ramble.

[@RatdogDRB]

If someone lacks common sense, do NOT allow them to put their grubby mitts onto a loaded firearm. Had one of those types horn his way in on a day hunt my best friend and I were going on... it was my buddy's call... but, I warned him to NOT give that boy a loaded gun. The clown nearly shot his foot off (Marlin .30-30). AFTER we schooled him, he chambered, cocked it, safety OFF, and booger-hook inside the trigger guard while he was tripping along by himself. Stepped over a log and "it went off". Chewed his booger-hook up a bit from the recoil, but, he managed to only kill the soil on the trail. Told my buddy, I TOLD you, do NOT give that boy a loaded gun (it was my buddy's gun he'd borrowed).

[@deniscberte1638]

Hey Sir, Appreciate the stories. Glad to see you made it with no injuries. As a suggestion, maybe you could tell us some stories about hunters you guided who had their shit together and worked with you like a will oiled machine. I bet they would be pretty interesting! Again thanks. Cordially, Denis Berte' SF(Ret)

[@TheGirlnurse]

I’m still laughing 😆 😂 Getting bucked off AL!!! 😂 😂 I love your stories! Lol

[@miloaaron8388]

never a dull moment with Steve.

[@7pearls662]

Glad you're alright! Wow, wonderin if doc had anxiety, altitude sickness,needed new glasses, blisters, or if he'd ever killed anything? Steve, that's above and beyond call of duty!

[@bc30cal99]

Glad to hear you've made it through the scrapes Steve. It strikes me it might be something with southern doctors and ported firearms, as a good buddy had a doctor from Alabama touch off a .340 Weatherby beside him when they were chasing bears up on the north coast. As you related, it's memorable to say the least.... He likened it to being hit on the side of the head with a 2x6. After that as I recall, he had a much different opinion on ported rifles and had a different set of personal rules for those who showed up in camp with one. Thanks again and good hunting this fall Steve.

[@juliesadler6481]

First guy; Hunting with Mr. Magoo. You've got to be one of the most patient people around. Gheeze, what is it with these crazy guys? 🤣

[@d.w.935]

Thanks again Steve for another great story lol, I'm glad you're safe!

[@sweetestbluebird]

There’s nothing worse than trying not to laugh in an inappropriate situation! I’m sure that must’ve looked ridiculous! I was laughing out loud just hearing you tell the story- I can only imagine the real life scenario.

[@williamrickmond9673]

You have a gift for telling stories. Thank you for sharing.

[@beverlyfletcher2010]

I've been listening to the Sasquatch videos for so long now(years I think). When you first started them. But I came across this one today and really enjoyed the hunt stories. Love the bear stories and the arrow down the mouses throat. Great stories. Think I'll go back to the hunt stories again for awhile! Thanks for all of them Steve!

[@beverlyfletcher2010]

Not mouse, lol. moose. or elk, whichever it was.

[@tomscorner3838]

That story about the 300 WBY MAG going off when he loaded it, The vanguard series had a problem with loading the rifle. You have to take it off safety to load or unload it. It was some time later that Weatherby made a fix for the problem.

[@campcookhenry]

You’d be surprised how many transfer cases in pickups get blown out in guides pickups in Wyoming, we’d have safety talks with all the hunters the night before opening day after supper in the dining tent ,and my boss would give it and it was pretty straight forward, and he stressed no round in the chamber while riding inf your guides truck. It was a ranch hunt 1 guide 2 hunters and it wasn’t every year that some hunter blew out some guides transfer case ,but it happened, and thank god no one got hurt but a 7 MM going off in a truck cab I guess is a life changing experience

[@JohnD.1969]

"Staring like a codfish that got hit in the head with a rock" May be my favorite new quote. That aside. I have done a bunch of horseback hunts for elk over the years and it has always surprised me how many people show up without a clue about riding. Clueless and the Rockies of Montana, what could go wrong?

[@brettmoe5168]

Hey Steve here's one for you, when I was 14 a friend of my dad's was at our house for opening deer season. We were all standing their and my dad's friend racked a shell in his 30:06 semi auto and it went off right between my legs into the ground. My mother who hated deer season, came out of the house and had a freaking melt down. For years after that I was always Leary when loading a gun thinking it might go off when loading it. I've been around guns my whole life, but being 14 at the time was hard to rap my mind around what happened that day being my first ever time hunting on my own.

[@MerAngel12121]

Brett, here's one for you .... Picture a pond with twenty five guys (city slickers) surrounding it (with guns), snow on the ground. waiting for geese to land on the pond. The geese land and twenty five rifles go off suddenly. Yes they were shooting (across) the pond from each other and realistically most of those city slickers should have been full of holes. As the smoke settled the shocked, yet relieved land owner who had lost all color in his face was there with them and stated "Thank God. It's nothing short of a Miracle that Nobody was shot!" That's right, No body, not a man, not a goose, not a gander. Nearly fifty years ago, Ohio farm.

[@ZZ-jd6vx]

@@MerAngel12121 Thats because they were shotguns... not rifles..;)

[@johnwunder3521]

I have same problem ,ringing ears...that's why i have requested you to increase volume in videos..Muzzleblast it sucks some people do not have a clue....best i found is payback blast...then the dork can relate..hearing damage ect.... wtf?...also have had one too many close calls other people with guns..,be careful....never assume ...I like how to hunt , great stories ,thanx

[@philsara1476]

Thanks Steve, great to hear from you as always.

[@beverlyfletcher2010]

Another story to entertain me while i work! ty Steve!

[@cz-bundy6896]

I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT THE TWEEKER STORY. COME ON MAN THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!!!

[@darthdeathmobile]

Very enjoyable. I may be interested in the Sasquatch topic but this was a nice change of pace. I'm still amazed at the safety on or off excuse.

[@marythomson7931]

He wasn't dead I can understand the laughing something's are to incredible. Thanks I needed that you have a contagious laugh, and today that was perfect thanks, still smiling.

[@dgrforfreedom61]

Best hunt story yet! Laughed till I had tears in my eyes.

[@ugsisr]

Steve, I say that last guy was afraid of heights...I was once jump shooting ducks off a swamp with a guy and he shot the hat off of my head.. Yep! Right off my head... He lost his balance and pulled the trigger as he fell... I was outta there quicker then shit...Took him home without saying a word. Good stuff Steve...Thanks for the time you take to bring us these stories..

[@tarilaine7766]

Awesome! Love your hunt storys.

[@nehmalo33]

Well that bucking story had me laughing too, I needed that today🤣 Thank you, Steve! I, too, have had tinnitus, ringing in the ears, for 6 yrs now, drive me fricking NUTS! NO one can help🤦‍♀️

[@rawfarms2790]

Tone deafness is what you have. I have it from working in the oilfield for years next to turbo whistle. Mine is bad enough I need hearing aids now. Love the stories.

[@latigomorgan]

The dude was from Louisiana. They don't have mountains there. You have to go up on a bridge if you want to look out over any terrain. Mountains probably freaked him out. Conversely, I lived there for a year and could not stand the fact that there were no mountains. The trees and swamps made me feel claustrophobic. Give me the desert and the mountains any day.

[@andrewcarlson1867]

Hey, wanted you to know that there are Black Rifle Coffee ads on your channel! Great videos. In Maine deer hunting for a few weeks!

[@leroylightfoot7358]

ive been shot with a 45 long colt hit me in the leg,it didn't burn or really hurt when it happened,but they left the bullet in and it moved and got by the tendon in my knee and that was bad pain for along time until i got it removed

[@stevenwilley4594]

I'm rolling!!! Great Stories Can't fix stupid just be on the look out for it.

[@copper-tc6un]

What did you do in the first instance after the nimrod had the ND with the .30-06? Seriously, make him stay in the truck, take the rifle and hand him a stick, I'd have cancelled his hunt right then and there. Wondering what happened after that.

[@alr1339]

Brilliant story ! I really felt your frustration about that Dr dude,, it was literally giving me anxiety listening about him!! Lol. I really enjoyed the way you told it! Totally my sense of humour 😊👌.

[@carolyncunningham3847]

I'm laughing too. It's funny. I love your stories!!

[@frankmunn6168]

Welcome from montana...almost got caped with a 30 30 that fell over in the cabin.

[@skippy2752]

Wow good thing your ok. I just found your channel and subed. Your stories are so good and funny. Thanks for sharing.

[@prw7016]

Another entertaining story. My 14 year old will and has come down on people, at the range, who act irresponsible with firearms. My dad, who taught me, would accept nothing short of total safety when it came to handling and storing firearms. Now it's my turn to pass on his knowledge to my son. Be safe.

[@gregtanner9427]

Steve I thought I had seen all of your videos I cannot believe I just saw this video for the first time you laughing about that horse bucking that dude was freaking hilarious you had me laughing and cracking up I love you buddy keep them coming I'm always waiting on the next video Malia from Columbus Ohio safe hunting buddy

[@donnahenry1575]

Steve, I do love your stories. When you start laughing it makes me laugh. I’m a horse lover and had my first when I was 4. I can just see this huge horse throwing this guy in the air! It’s not funny but it is! Keep up the stories! Luv em!

[@pattycrompton9040]

Great stories Steve. I'm lmao at the last story too. DA w/the knee. But wow yea. The rest of them...I'd say your a lucky man to still be here.

[@AutoCrete]

Not a guide but there have been a few people I hunted with once for a shortened hunt and swore to never hunt with again. Horses can be fickle but if you find the right horse, it's almost like they can read your mind and love you to bits. I wish I could find a second horse like that.

[@tairarankin2800]

I was a wrangler/trail guide for 13+ years and your horse stories crack me up. My first reaction was usually are they ok? Then bwahahahaha!

[@karlakozik1686]

Hi Steve. I like the story about the dudes horseback riding. I use to take people out on trail rides and there was some stupid sh#*t that went on. I would let someone ride one of the horses for experienced riders because they told me they were experienced, then to find out that they never really rode that much. Boy I use to give them a piece of my mind of the danger of riding a spirited horse. Take care Steve.🐴

[@bobbrooks80]

USMC, Camp Pendalton, 1965, night shoot, 4 am, in the barracks, and the guy to my right is pointing his M-1 at the guy on my left. We both told him not to do that and he blew it off and said the gun is empty and he said I'll show you. So he pulled the slide and out popped a live round. 3 very white faced Marines didn't get any sleep. Never ever point a gun at someone unless your ready to pull the trigger.

[@HayesTech]

I am so sorry for laughing. But i laughed so hard at that third story... Been there man. The ringing high pitch sound in your ears and the concussion wave coming from the shot is massive. I've been there, almost the same scenario is you. Awesome story dude, loved it. Sorry you had to go through it though. Been they're, done that... Lol...

[@vancrawford4064]

Sound's to me like the Dr. had the same problem as me a bad ankle. Keep sending the awesome videos and bet you never been to Wolf Creek Ky.

[@paulsangster9153]

Laughed my ass off at your story Steve. That poor guy getting his ass bucked off that big ol horse. Omg! Too funny as you tell it. - Paul

[@robertbishop1318]

I relate 110% at your story about how your hearing. My unit came under attacks in the Persian gulf and I don't know how much high explosive was in the incoming missiles but goddamnit they were loud, and I lived for months a few yards from a huge diesel generator. My wife talks like a normal woman. I have said "what?" Like 1000000x in our marriage. Lucky she is a good sport. And my ears ring all the fuckin time too. But the loudest gun I situation I ever had was a guy shooting tin cans on top of the a frozen river on a small sandbar under a concrete RR bridge. Literally couldn't hear at all for like one or two hours. Love your stories all of them. Stay safe. IGY6

[@NatureRocks.]

Love the hunt stories thanks!!

[@Caliekat15]

Yup, as a kid I saw that happen once. Poor Al, the horse that got the knee just kept dipping his ass then gave up and bolted. To be fair, I couldn't breathe after watching that - laughing so hard.

[@dougbillman2333]

That's a nice chunk of rock behind you...I. do love the mountains... THANX........

[@ROESPLETZ]

The mix of hunt and samsquanch stories are great in my book man! To hell with the Debbie Downers! If you don’t say it I’d hope someone else had the balls to do it like you do Brother!

[@robertbishop1318]

I like samsquatch they make the best sasquiches. 🤣

[@Kittiesdawn]

Mindless idiot.

[@tuckerschwab5331]

@@Kittiesdawn sassy

[@randallblack4658]

Thank you again!!!! I love all your stories

[@bigskye606]

Almost sounds like that hunter that had issues walking over rocks, may have been blind in one eye. I have that issue and as long as you are on reasonably level ground, it's not too bad, but as soon as the ground becomes uneven, the lack of depth perception makes it a real challenge to keep your balance. I can't tell how high a curb is on a sidewalk. No way I'm going mountain climbing.

[@mikeoc217]

😂👍🇨🇦 your tails & temperance about hunters remind me of my guide/friend from BC spot on! 👍🦌

[@dezzylele23]

I'm a horse woman from birth. Always given the "problem" horses that others can't handle/ ride. Can't count the times I've been thrown! Lucky to only had serious injuries three times. Love the sense of humor. I think it's kinda funny that they let us ride them. They have so much power compared to us and when idiots do stupid things trying to ride, you can almost see the horse roll their eyes, "ok dummy, your done". It's hilarious (when NO one gets permanently injured) to see the horse just be done with someone! I totally get it😂😂

[@jimwatts4901]

I loved that one Steve, lmao ! the part about the dude getting bucked off the big horse. it's dear season down here in missouri starting today , it gave me a real good laugh , was trying to picture that in my head , don't people have common sense anymore ?!!

[@chrisayers9387]

That about the horse name Al was funny as hell had me crying!!!

[@brewcoffee0]

Sure-footing with bi-/tri-focal eyeglasses can be quite challenging. Knew a wearer who would for safe/secure stepping, walk down stairs backwards cautiously + w/handrail if carrying large or heavy lift.