sober hunting camp?

i know this may not even exist but i'm interested to see if it does. i'm 2.5 years sober and am looking for other hunters to hunt with occasionally or a hunt camp to join. I have been to rehab and came out the other side happy and greatful for my life- all things considered. I can be around booze and drugs and not even feel the slightest temptation to partake and i dont care if everyone else around me is doing it. But i would love to find other guys who are living sober and hunt regularly. Im a new hunter as well and am eager to learn from anybody more experienced.
I'm a red seal certified carpenter with all the tools/truck and can contribute in camp with any building/repair work. i live in the gta, but will be moving to the sticks in a couple years. Just putting this out there- i know it may be a long shot......thanks

Throughout the winter you will see guy's on here looking for a partner to go out for bunnies. Big game is pretty much over unless you bow hunt. But going on small game hunts will at least help you connect with others.

As for bigger hunt camps it would be unlikely you will be able to find one with a no alcohol rule.
Yes for no alcohol during hunting but after the days hunting is over each to their own.

Yes they do exist; our camp has a few older guys that can't drink alcohol for medical reasons, so they bring that O% Alcohol beer and drink that. No one cares, but then there are no real heavy drinkers in the camp anymore, most guys have a couple of beer before calling it a day. Kind of nice not having heavy drinkers around.

I remember the night we all sobered up, years back one of our guys almost died of alcohol poisoning and required a liver transplant. I remember the night he came by when he was really sick with liver failure. He had lost about 50 lbs and was yellow, and I mean Homer Simpson yellow. Profound impact on the camp.

Lots of camps are moving away from the heavy drinking etc.

The last camp I was with about 3 years ago, had the rule, no booze at all during the day. One or two at night, but if you got off your face, you didn't go out the next day.

When I got my cottage a couple of years ago I joined one of the neighbors with a bunch of guys he hunts with. It took one guy showing up late on day one, smelling like booze to get me to pack it in....not my scene.

OP, it won't be that hard to find some like minded individuals.

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Originally Posted by Bluebulldog

Lots of camps are moving away from the heavy drinking etc.

The last camp I was with about 3 years ago, had the rule, no booze at all during the day. One or two at night, but if you got off your face, you didn't go out the next day.

When I got my cottage a couple of years ago I joined one of the neighbors with a bunch of guys he hunts with. It took one guy showing up late on day one, smelling like booze to get me to pack it in....not my scene.

OP, it won't be that hard to find some like minded individuals.

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Ya. I'm sure there are guys who are ex-alcoholics who hunt. Just gotta find them.

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Originally Posted by c.ken.81

Ya. I'm sure there are guys who are ex-alcoholics who hunt. Just gotta find them.

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It won't be that hard.

Heck, I'm not an ex-alcoholic, but I tend to drink PC Red Brew ( non-alcoholic) when I'm at the cottage regardless.

Our moose camp is very civil compared to lots
We party like rockstars on the first night there (no hunting the next day) after that it's all business until the last night. it would be very hard to find anyone drinking more than one beer per night on the nights when we are hunting a defiantly no drinking while the guns are out

Dan

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Originally Posted by myot

We party like rockstars on the first night there (no hunting the next day) after that it's all business until the last night.

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My only trouble is, the older I get...the longer it takes to recover...LOL.

We have a few in the evenings with dinner. We have none during the day that is too risky.

After-all it is a vacation too & we are there to have fun. lol

Nobody gets carried away & we are all ready to go the next morning...

One guy in my group is an ex-alcoholic. Like you he's been sober for years and doesn't mind being around others who are drinking. The guys will get into the booze pretty good when a decent buck goes down and he just sits and laughs. Then he laughs again in the morning!

I don't know any zero-alcohol camps but it shouldn't be hard to find some guys who enjoy the hunting more than the drinking.

No such thing as an "ex-alcoholic". I know, I haven't had a drink in well over 10 years and hopefully will always be a "recovering alcoholic". To the OP, I hope you find your camp. Best of luck with that and your recovery. Keep doing what you are doing and you will keep getting what you are getting.:goodstuff:............................... ..Daniel

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Originally Posted by boogaloo

No such thing as an "ex-alcoholic". I know, I haven't had a drink in well over 10 years and hopefully will always be a "recovering alcoholic". To the OP, I hope you find your camp. Best of luck with that and your recovery. Keep doing what you are doing and you will keep getting what you are getting.:goodstuff:............................... ..Daniel

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Very true. I'll just go right out and ask: anyone looking for a new hunter to mentor? I'm an ofah member and fully geared up for any small/big game and waterfowl hunting. Also have a compound that I have just bought and will be tuning it up and sighting it in soon. Pm me if you wish.....

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You and boogaloo should get together. 5 generations of alcoholics here so I also don't go anywhere where there is alcohol either. Very brave of you to put it all out there.

I like my pops after a hard day but wouldnt mind ditching them if others around didnt partake...its only the true alcoholics that cant give it up even if just out of respect for others...
good on you for being sober and keeping away even when you come across it. My dad was sober for a long time and I grew up seeing him turn down beers regularly. My family members just didnt drink around him at family functions out of respect. Now fast foward 30 years and he will drink occasionally but hes gotten alot wiser over the years too and learned his limit.

I like a couple of drinks after putting in a hard day, but nobody I hunt with gets drunk. It's definitely possible to find hunting partners who don't let booze get in the way of effective hunting. Like being able to get up early the next morning.
Best of luck, I'm sure you'll find a group that works for you.

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Originally Posted by Highlander Hunt

I like a couple of drinks after putting in a hard day, but nobody I hunt with gets drunk. It's definitely possible to find hunting partners who don't let booze get in the way of effective hunting. Like being able to get up early the next morning.
Best of luck, I'm sure you'll find a group that works for you.

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Thanks. I have had a couple of offers already and have one I will be joining up with in gravenhurst. Thanks to all for your replies and offers!

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stay away from Polish or Ruskies... lol

"Sober hunting camp" Now that right there is a contradiction of terms?

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

"Sober hunting camp" Now that right there is a contradiction of terms?

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Like I said, I know it's a long shot....

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Keep looking... eventually you'll find it, or build it yourself. The family I hunt with keeps it a dry camp... many stories of years gone by and the stupidness that ensued when guys got into the booze. We're there to make meat... leave the drinking to one of the other 51 weeks out of the year.

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Originally Posted by poltrojan

stay away from Polish or Ruskies... lol

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Why?
Do we have problems that you would like to discuss?
Anything that pertains to my nationality that does not bump against forum rules about prejudicial speech?

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Originally Posted by johny

Why?
Do we have problems that you would like to discuss?
Anything that pertains to my nationality that does not bump against forum rules about prejudicial speech?

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which one. Polish or Ruskies? read my nickname to get the hint.

Hint: its a stereotypical joke on it's own nationalist.

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

"Sober hunting camp" Now that right there is a contradiction of terms?

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Thanks for adding to the drunk redneck stereotype.

We had 4 people in camp this year, I think the total alcohol consumed by the group was 8 beer by one guy, 2 bottles of cider by another, 1 had nothing and I only had 6 beer for the week.

We could easily go non-alcoholic and it would change nothing about the dynamic. I have hunted with people who hid a flash and went out hunting, they were kicked out when we found out, then were asked back once we left. We are staying away from that area now due in part to this.

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Originally Posted by Fox

Thanks for adding to the drunk redneck stereotype.

We had 4 people in camp this year, I think the total alcohol consumed by the group was 8 beer by one guy, 2 bottles of cider by another, 1 had nothing and I only had 6 beer for the week.

We could easily go non-alcoholic and it would change nothing about the dynamic. I have hunted with people who hid a flash and went out hunting, they were kicked out when we found out, then were asked back once we left. We are staying away from that area now due in part to this.

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Just settle down there young fella, no need to get yer panties in a knot. A lot of guys go to a hunt camp to let loose and have a good time. Doesnt mean they all walk the bush drunk.

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Just settle down there young fella, no need to get yer panties in a knot. A lot of guys go to a hunt camp to let loose and have a good time. Doesnt mean they all walk the bush drunk.

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Totally agree , for some in our group it is the only time they get away all year without the wife and kids.

I remember back in the day, one of the fellas who owned an RV would hire a DD to drive us (the camp) into the local village for wings night on Wed of hunt week. Used to get back around 2-3 in the morning, most of us with a pretty good shine on.

Needless to say there was NO morning hunt and it was all we could do to, to go out for the afternoon one. Most guys just slept in their stands. Good memories.

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Just settle down there young fella, no need to get yer panties in a knot. A lot of guys go to a hunt camp to let loose and have a good time. Doesnt mean they all walk the bush drunk.

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Everyone in the groups I have hunted (or fished) in like to have a cocktail or two at the end of the day, but everyone also knows the reason they are there is to harvest game. Imbibing in the evening, smoking a stoogie, playing cards, and watching sports every night is something that doesn't happen at home.

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Just settle down there young fella, no need to get yer panties in a knot. A lot of guys go to a hunt camp to let loose and have a good time. Doesnt mean they all walk the bush drunk.

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The way you wrote it, seeing that tone cannot be moved along in text, says that there are no hunt camps where people are not drinking all the time, that is how it came across. I know one camp where the guys would drink a 24 a day each, that is right, 24 beer each day and they were in the bush with rifles. I hunted with guys who were so hung over from the night before that they should never have had a gun with them. My opinion is that if you want to truly let loose and get hammered then do it on a night that you are not hunting the next day. I was a dogger, nothing like walking up on guys who only hunt for 5 days a year half gone on a watch expecting that sound to be a deer.

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The way you wrote it, seeing that tone cannot be moved along in text, says that there are no hunt camps where people are not drinking all the time, that is how it came across. I know one camp where the guys would drink a 24 a day each, that is right, 24 beer each day and they were in the bush with rifles. I hunted with guys who were so hung over from the night before that they should never have had a gun with them. My opinion is that if you want to truly let loose and get hammered then do it on a night that you are not hunting the next day. I was a dogger, nothing like walking up on guys who only hunt for 5 days a year half gone on a watch expecting that sound to be a deer.

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Its been a few years since I hunted with a gang, but the memories of those times stick with you like a pair of dirty shorts. Ya, there was alcohol involved. No weed cuz one of the guys was an OPP officer. Those were the day's! 6 guys dancing to Willy n the Hag! (don't ask) When we all got up bright n early at the crack of 10 a.m., we strategically planned the day's hunt ahead of us as we devoured breakfast. Then, as soon as the snotty eggs were swept into the pail, it was a fight for the couches. Last man standing was the sucker who had to bring in a few pieces of wood for the stove! ( a favorite trick was to ram the deadbolt shut after he walked out the door.) Oh, the screams! The threats of serious bodily harm! (and that was from the cop in our midst?)
But no worries, no one left the camp with a rifle. (a few arrived without a rifle?) It was a good time that was had by all involved. There was always a deer or 2 hanging. (at the camp next door?) No innocent person was ever in danger. (except the guy who bolted the door?) But I can tell you, whoever showed up without a crock in their bag, was sent down the road kicking stones! No reprieve, no forgiveness, they were gone.... To the liquor store!

Sober camps can be fun I suppose? But let me ask you this. When was the last time you snuck up on buddy who just entered the privy and nailed a 2x6 across the door?

When our group were all much younger, we were pretty serious about getting tags filled and everyone was pretty intense. There was no real alcohol unless you shot something, then everyone had a drink to celebrate. These days, hunting camp is more about time spent with family and friends. Good times are more important than a deer hanging on the pole. We all enjoy a few drinks after the hunt, and guns are away for the night. I guess getting older changes ones perspective on what’s important at hunt camp!

We also have mellowed as we age. We used to be real serious about filling tags, not so much now. We typically arrive in camp on Saturday before openers and that night we have a pretty good party. Next day is camp chores and Monday morning is hunt time, nobody is hung over. Couple drinks after dinner but that's about it. If we had to go "dry" for whatever reason I don't think any one of us would care.

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We also have mellowed as we age. We used to be real serious about filling tags, not so much now. We typically arrive in camp on Saturday before openers and that night we have a pretty good party. Next day is camp chores and Monday morning is hunt time, nobody is hung over. Couple drinks after dinner but that's about it. If we had to go "dry" for whatever reason I don't think any one of us would care.

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That sounds like our camp, there have been in the early years a couple of new invites that were not re invited as they wanted to drink more than hunt we are up there to hunt, have a drink or two , eat well , play some euchre after dinner, but the main reason is to hunt, if we get nothing which has happened no one is upset , we still had a good time.
It's a time to get together , get some work done around the camp, talk over old times , hunt and enjoy ourselves, no drunks with hangovers or drunks who get belligerent, and fortunately none of us smoke anything .

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Just settle down there young fella, no need to get yer panties in a knot. A lot of guys go to a hunt camp to let loose and have a good time. Doesnt mean they all walk the bush drunk.

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Just show the camp video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLnmA653f94

I was thinking the same thing. It’s not only a hunt, it is also a vacation.

We are very strict about drinking during day light hours. Drink all you want at night.

But the next morning I'm dragging you out of bed and your going to be doing the dogging and leaving your gun at camp.

Some late night euchre games going on, but noone gets fallen down drunk anymore unless it was a very successful day and not hunting the next.

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Originally Posted by woody1948

I was thinking the same thing. It’s not only a hunt, it is also a vacation.

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It's a vacation at the camp. A deer is a bonus, not a priority.

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Originally Posted by woody1948

I was thinking the same thing. It’s not only a hunt, it is also a vacation.

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Originally Posted by Gilroy

Just show the camp video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLnmA653f94

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It's a vacation at the camp. A deer is a bonus, not a priority.

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The carry on I described was many years ago. We had lots of fun and it provided a lifetime of memories. Everyone involved were young, working and raising families. The hunt camp was a get-away. What happened at the camp, stayed at the camp. But here's a tip for you young fella's. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT throw a handful of condoms in your buddies bag before he heads home! We all had to help him get out of that one?

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

The carry on I described was many years ago. We had lots of fun and it provided a lifetime of memories. Everyone involved were young, working and raising families. The hunt camp was a get-away. What happened at the camp, stayed at the camp. But here's a tip for you young fella's. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT throw a handful of condoms in your buddies bag before he heads home! We all had to help him get out of that one?

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I didnt know you Northerners even used rubbers let alone know where to find them. [emoji28] #unclegrandpa

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I didnt know you Northerners even used rubbers let alone know where to find them. [emoji28] #unclegrandpa

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Of course they're used up here? The extra large ones only! The small ones stay down your way?

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Of course they're used up here? The extra large ones only! The small ones stay down your way?

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Lmao! fair play....

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Originally Posted by Deer Wrastler

I didnt know you Northerners even used rubbers let alone know where to find them. [emoji28] #unclegrandpa

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Of course they're used up here? The extra large ones only! The small ones stay down your way?

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Pretty good start for a Monday :)