Deer hunting is a time-honored tradition and, for many of us, a 24/7 lifestyle. I’ve had the good fortune of spending the past 27+ years of my life living the dream of getting to think about deer hunting “for a living,” and most of that time has been in serious, reflective thought. My job is to report the facts, foster this wholesome lifestyle and recruit our next generations of hunters. But there are times when we keep it light, as they say, and find humor in some of those things we deal with on the daily.
Here are the 7 best deer hunting memes, clips, posts — there’s a mix — that I’ve seen (and even created) over the past, oh, 15-ish years of this social media madness:
#7 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “Deer Meat Wanted.”
This one has been floating around for year. I do not know it’s origin other than it was a real-life newspaper classified. It reads: “DEER meat wanted, fo free. I am not poor, I am just not a good hunter. (phone number) Thanks!”
Hey, at least the person is honest!
#6 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “Take Her Somewhere Special.”
I created this meme last year, but I cannot take credit for the top photo. That image has been used on social media thousands of times for other memes. When I added the photo of the deer mounts, I thought maybe my buddies around here would “get” it. They did, but so did a lot of other folks! This post received thousands of likes and shares, and I’ve even seen others take it, revise it and make it even funnier.
#5 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “Sitting in Your Stand … and You Hear a Twig Break.”
This is another one of my creations. I don’t recall the exact year (I want to say this was either 2011 or 2012), but this was another commonly used image in memes across the Internet. Back in those days, DDH was a tiny subsidiary of a large corporate entity. Our bosses were pressing all of us (hard) to either accept social media (when traditional media was pretty much opposed to it) or find new employment. I dove headfirst into building our Facebook page (which became the company’s largest social footprint). This one came to me one day when I saw the baby’s excited face and said, “Hey, that’s me EVERY time I think I hear a deer!” My coworkers laughed out loud (they knew it was true), and a meme was born.
#4 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “Deer Hides in Barrel.”
No clue who was responsible for this one, but it makes me laugh out loud to this day. Pure genius. Who HASN’T run across a deer-hide donation barrel in their day? Heck, we used to have them at every gas station, grocery store parking lot and even some churches here in Wisconsin. The guys who saw the humor in this — and then pulled off the perfect photo shoot — get a gold star for this one!
#3 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “Clueless Shed Hunter.”
I vividly recall when this photo was first circulating on Facebook. As much as you would think that it was created to be a joke, it WASN’T! The guy truly thought he had been tracking the same buck for years. The first comment was something like, “Um … who wants to tell him?” That literally made me spit coffee all over my laptop that morning.
#2 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “The Painful Bowel Movement.”
Poor Tyler. He’s in his mid-20s now, but he will forever be known as the kid that pooped a hefty 8-pointer. That copy editor surely was reprimanded after that newspaper hit the streets.
And, finally, the best of all-time:
#1 Funniest Deer Hunting Post: “Move the Deer Crossing Signs!”
I’m just going to take a wild guess that Tim Abbot knows a little more about deer behavior today than he did when he sat down and hammered out this letter to the editor years ago. Please … someone track him down and confirm that he does. Because I’m quite certain there’s a whole new crop of ill-informed city folks who probably think the same thing today!
