Deer Hunting Jokes;
Not the Dancing Deer!
Deer hunting jokes abound, but the dancing deer is actually a true story. The joke was on us. One of those times when the only thing left to do;
was to laugh about it. No joke, but deer hunting humor, anyway.My brother-in-law and I hunted several seasons before we learned enough about the deer on the farm for him to harvest one. This was sometime before 1989, but that's not important. I had hunted 'hard' (didn't say smart) for several seasons; rifle seasons. At that time I couldn't even imagining getting a deer with a bow. Deer hunting jokes were not very funny, I was serious, determined to get my first deer.
I was beginning to feel like a deer hunting joke; myself.
Note: Pictured is not the real dancing deer, but a similar looking situation; before the music?
We hunted our wheat field in late afternoons because the deer went there to feed in the evening. It was windy, and bitterly cold. I remember that very well!
I was sitting on a folding stool with brush around me making a simple ground blind. I had several layers of clothing, but I was freezing after only a short time. An average doe walked out in the open field only 40 yards from me. I forgot how cold I was! I remember thinking something about how simple and easy this was going to be. After all my hard hunting, study, learning, and now; how easy this would be. I was about to take my first deer! I slowly raised the 7-30 Contender Carbine which had been laying across my lap, cocking the hammer in the process, let the cross-hairs settle in the perfect spot, easy shot, calmly squeezed the trigger; CLICK! WHAT! Re-cocked it twice, and click, click! I noticed the hammer didn't feel right; the click was weak. I broke open the gun, yes it was loaded, one faint dent in the primer. The hammer spring had broken! My brother-in-law was sitting about 100 yards west and wondering why I'm not shooting the doe. He had sold his 25-06 to get another rifle, and only had a .357 handgun which he seldom shot. (Don't get ahead of me now!) Yes! He decided his idiot brother-in-law was not going to shoot. He'd have to take this doe who was still peacefully browsing the wheat 50-75 yards from him. Frustrated, beyond belief, I looked up at the report of his first round to see the doe jump to her right, second round another jump. First she jumped in one direction and then the other; he now frustrated with missing; rapidly emptied the revolver. Like in the old west movies where they sometimes made a cowboy dance by shooting under their feet; the doe danced around the wheat field with all six rounds going under her feet. She was never touched, only dazzled, and confused. We both walked out and met in the field; freezing and laughing. To this day, if one of us mentions the dancing deer, a smile is followed with mutual laughter. No deer hunting joke; just a funny, shared, memory. Click on the book to shop!   We have many more pages of information.
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