Do you celebrate a kill with a toast?

[PNWguy]

Last few years, whenever my dad, brother, and I go hunting, we make sure to have little tiny bottle of Scotch in our packs in order to toast if one of us gets an elk, deer, bear, wolf, moose, or whatever else is being hunted.

Any other hunters have this tradition?

[PNWguy]

This is us toasting my dad getting his once per lifetime Idaho moose.

Due to the rarity of such an event, we brought decent Scotch...

[PeterG7]

Wheat with strawberry jelly.


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[Wyzz Kydd]

Usually I just pee on their dead body, oh wait, you're talking about hunting aren't you.  Sorry, wrong topic.

[geofri]

When we go bluewater hunting, I bring beer soy sauce and limes. If we do well(ie wahoo/tuna) we have beer and sushi on the ride in.

Never land hunted enough to develop a ritual or tradition.

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[jame]

Other than saying, “Nice shot.”, we really never did anything any more extravagant than stuffing the bird in the vest and start walking again.

[Historian]

Every year.  I toast the start of the season and the end...and if something comes home the spirit of the event and the animal that brought us the joy of the hunt and the dinners to come.

[PNWguy]

2 hours ago, jame said:

Other than saying, “Nice shot.”, we really never did anything any more extravagant than stuffing the bird in the vest and start walking again.

I said hunting, not pheasant shooting... 

[6actual]

Right, guns and booze go so well together

[PNWguy]

1 minute ago, 6actual said:

Right, guns and booze go so well together

Are you serious?  C'mon, really?

How can you find any fault in having a shot of booze after the hunting is over?

Do you not have any alcohol in your house?  Guns and booze don't mix, you know...  

[jame]

1 hour ago, PNWguy said:

I said hunting, not pheasant shooting... 

Yeah, we go through the same ritual when duck shooting.

Only instead of walking, we just continue to float.

And when the game wardens are in the area, we make sure we have our shooting licenses handy.

You know, because we’re shooting.......

[PNWguy]

18 minutes ago, jame said:

Yeah, we go through the same ritual when duck shooting.

Only instead of walking, we just continue to float.

And when the game wardens are in the area, we make sure we have our shooting licenses handy.

You know, because we’re shooting.......

How do you equate bagging a moose, a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence in Idaho, with shooting a pheasant in Iowa, which has a daily bag limit of 3 birds?

Please, what thought process brought you to the conclusion that they were even close to the same thing?

I have been pheasant hunting in Iowa.  It was fun, and they are delicious.  I had a beer after the day was over with my fellow hunters.  That's what rational and responsible people do.

How you could even extrapolate toasting a moose kill to taking a shot after every bird is beyond rational thinking.

[jame]

On 10/8/2018 at 9:19 AM, PNWguy said:

Last few years, whenever my dad, brother, and I go hunting, we make sure to have little tiny bottle of Scotch in our packs in order to toast if one of us gets an elk, deer, bear, wolf, moose, or whatever else is being hunted.

Any other hunters have this tradition?

You specifically said, “....whatever else is being hunted.”

Why, now, do you feel the need to define which is “better”?

[Historian]

On 10/14/2018 at 9:07 PM, 6actual said:

Right, guns and booze go so well together

I always thought ATF would make a great little all purpose general store.

In reality it's about getting things in the right order.  Shoot and put your guns away, have your cigar, have your whiskey.

But hey, FAT doesn't sound good to a government agency.

Damn politicians are always talking about trimming the FAT and you don't want to be in that department.

[Historian]

On 10/14/2018 at 10:22 PM, jame said:

You specifically said, “....whatever else is being hunted.”

Why, now, do you feel the need to define which is “better”? 

I've  been on several beaver hunts and can certainly say it's the finest of game.  ?  Certainly worth toasting when the job is done.

 

Edited November 2, 2018 by Historian

[SigMan]

I have a similar ritual, but it doesn't depend too much on whether anyone bags anything. 

[NDcent]

On 10/8/2018 at 9:24 AM, PNWguy said:

This is us toasting my dad getting his once per lifetime Idaho moose.

Due to the rarity of such an event, we brought decent Scotch...

If that's the little tiny bottle you carry in your pack, I can only imagine the one at camp or in the truck. 

[Jack Ryan]

Nope. No toast. No prayer. No thanking the dead animal like it made some voluntary donation. No putting something green in it's mouth, no hooting and hollering or dancing around like a fool foot ball player in the end zone. No waving at the great spirit in the sky or bowing toward mecca or any of the other dumb crap I've seen on tv or in hunting videos.

[minervadoe]

I really thought this thread was going to be about ..... well ..... toast.  I think I'll take a nap now.

[Valmet]

I don’t as a rule but we def end up having a beer(s) after the hunt be it ducks or deer.