Stupidest thing you've ever done in the woods...

I haven't done too many stupid things, but one memorable one was going out for a night hike with my buddy and not taking a flashlight on the grounds that our 'night vision' would be sufficient. Didn't consider that on a moonless night under a heavy canopy, with a bunch of other kids running around shining their lights in our faces, our 'night vision' might be somewhat compromised. Me and my buddy spent a couple of hours tripping over rocks and roots on the trail.

With regard to the OP, Racerx, I can relate to that situation. Once in scouts we were on a wilderness bike ride without our leader, and by the time we got to our designated camping spot it was pouring rain and getting very dark. At the campsite were a number of very unsavoury characters with not much gear of their own, standing around in the rain drinking booze, swearing and yelling and throwing burning embers around the place. A couple of guys said not to worry about it, but our patrol leader (a kid about 15 or 16 years old) decided it wasn't safe to stay and that we'd keep riding to a different camping spot. We got to our new spot within about half an hour, and we were soaked but spent the night safely. In hindsight, that kid made a very wise decision in difficult circumstances, and I've been thankful to him for it ever since.
 
Salamander42 said:
Deerslayer, sounds like the other guy was the one doing something stupid in the woods. . . seems like you were doing the right thing.
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well, yes, but i stll felt bad about shooting his dog. I don't think as much about that as I do the fact that I fired the shots and didn't see the guy. he was a safe distance away, but I didn't know that when I fired.
 
I have a funny one but I am not sure if I can type it (it is funny in person).

I was camping in a state park in Michigan (totally Trunk Camping) and a group just showed up and pulled out (I am not kidding) a refrigerator box full of kiln dried 2X4's and lit the box on fire. While the INFERNO (thank God they didn't put it under a tree) raged on the drunk (drunk before they drove in) guy is bragging loudly about his new pop up camper to his buddy who is setting up his 2 person tent.

Later that night after way too many beers on their end my group went to bed and I was reading and enjoying the woods. The fire died in about 7 minutes after they lit it so they finally took their cold butt's to bed.

I heard the Pop up duo wallowing around a bit and was getting ready to put a littl dirt on my coals to save them for morning when I heard a large BANG. I looked up and the two had gotten on top of their bed in the Pop up (forgot to read the manual and put the jacks undenrneath the ends) it tipped up and they rolled out of the pop up completely naked!

The guy grabbed his junk and ran around the side to open the door... which he locked. He had to have his neked woman stand on the toungue while he crawled back into the pop up and unlocked the door for her while she was trying in vain to hold her hands over her parts.

It was dark in my camp and I didn't move. I just say their and laughed my ass off in the dark and watched the whole thing. I think I stuffed my book in my mouth to not make a sound. That is still one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

TF
 
I few years back a few friends and I were out on a 2-3 hour Hike. At some point we decided it would be a good idea as a game to start throwing sticks at eachother...naturally I managed to get a stick thrown about an inch into the side of my calf...it was a long 1 1/2 walk home
 
A few years ago, I decided to go up some damp rocks on the side of a creek and, well, managed to tear up my forearms in the process. Wasn't the swiftest move ever.:jerkit:
 
Fonly said:
Is it that I am the only one that holds branchs for other people so they dont get whiped in the face :D lol
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That sucks don't it? Someone holds three or four for you and then, WHAP.

Here's my stupidest move. I was going to hunt all day so I took two time released B-100 vitamins before I went into the woods (by myself of course, I always fished and hunted by myself). 15 min. into the stand I started throwing up. No big deal I thought, throw up, get it out, feel better. Well my head started to spin pretty bad and I closed my eyes for a second, you know to get your head back straight. The next thing I remember I was on the ground. Blood was everywhere, my face mask was drenched with it. I thought, gee did I shoot myself? Checked the gun, unfired. Looked up and thought, that's a tree stand, don't people sit in those? I tried to get up. Right off I knew my back was broke, and for some reason I couldn't breath. This is where my awesome Father in heaven stepped in and interceded on my behalf. You see I should be dead. The reason I couldn't breath was my neck was broken and it was swelling up and cutting off the flow of oxygen. I did not know who I was, how I got there, whether or not I was married, had kids, had a job, what year it was, nothing. But, believe it or not there was one thing I could remember. And that was that someone had slipped in on the land that morning that was not supposed to be there, and he was about 150 yards away. So I cried out and he heard me and came over. This guy was none other than a paramedic who would not allow me to move and went and got help. I shouldn't have made it out of there. All because I lost focus, did something stupid. I tell you all this because I don't want anyone else to make the kind of mistake I made. It is so easy to do one little stupid thing wrong when you shouldn't have. Be safe.
 
Fonly said:
The vitamins made you sick???
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Yeah, I still take vitamins, I take B-50 now but have to break it in half. And sometimes that is to much, still makes my stomach queezy. They are supposed to be good for you but my stomach will disagree with you every time.
 
I had vitamins once that made me break into a sweat every time I took them. So I stopped taking them and went with something else. Vitamins can be VERY hard on your stomach, especially if your diet sucks.
 
I was backpacking in Canyonlands national park for a weekend in May. I was in the Islands in the sky part of the park. I backpacked all the way down to the canyon floor. My last night spent I was about seven miles from my car. The whole weekend I was monitoring my water…I thought anyway.

I am not sure what actually happened but on the final day I realized I had something like 8 ounces of water left and seven miles to the car which had a bottle of water in it. I though I could either spent the whole day hanging out in the shade and hike out when it gets cool or just go for it. I went for it and everything turned out ok but it was a long scary hike out. Man was it hot that day too.

I must admit I was having some serious issues in my life (divorce) and I wasn’t thinking very clearly I guess.
 
If you've ever seen a Victorinox Nylon Solo, you can see why the following would of been easy to do.

Was making a fire with a friend. Carving out some shavings with the SAK, going hastily due to the cold. Set my knife down, blew on my hands to warm them up, then got going again. Only......grabbed the knife so the blade was facing my hand. Put a lot of pressure on the edge and pushed the spine into the wood, only to feel my thumb slice open and start bleeding. My friend didn't even notice. Just made a bandage out of the top of my sock then got back to work on that damn fire. :p
 
I've done Too many stupid things to document... But usually I only do each individual stupid thing once so I guess you can call it a learning experience....yeah that's it....
 
I camped out on public land , I hadnt told anyone where I was or how long I was intending to be there , three days after I first made camp , I heard another car pull up , and then it sounded like WWII , guns going off , bullets ricocheting all over .

I hit the ground and lay with the car between me and the people shooting , I tried yelling in a lull inthe gunfire , but they didnt hear , so I opened the car door and leaned on the horn for a while , the gunfire stopped , someone shouted a few obscenities about there being some dumb so and so behind there and they probably shot him , car doors slammed someone yelled about getting out fast before they were busted for poaching on govt land or murder or something .. and they left .

My ute had two holes in it from their efforts and I had a real good close up encounter with ricochets and the noise they make going past your head

I moved camp imediately

I still go bush for long periods , but now I go a dam sight further to where car shooters are less likely to go .
 
I once climbed to the top of a cliff to watch a sunset, only to discover that I couldn't negotiate my way back down the incline in the dark. It took 6 1/2 hours of working my way through heavy woods, swamps, etc. to return to camp.

Never again.
 
I shot my father-in-laws pickup while a pheasant flew by...hit it in the overhead camper.....wasn't too bad, but for two weeks until he got it fixed everytime he would take off all the birdshot would roll to the back of the truck and when he stopped it rolled to the front of the truck...He said he cussed me about 30 times a day for that two weeks..LOL
 
I've got what they call a river in Calif. only a mile from my house. Normally you can step over this river, but when it rains it can run 50 to 100 feet wide. Ive seen debris left over ten feet up a tree. Years ago I decide to run the rapids during a down pore. Ran it in a homemade plywood boat that I made just for the trip. I didn't tell anyone of what I was doing because they would have tried to stop me. I made a twenty mile trip and ended up in the Pacific a mile off coast with most of my gear gone. My ores were gone so I had to swim to shore then hike home. That was how I spent my 18th birthday.
 
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