So having a discussion on ridiculous names "they" come up with, buddy always talks about killing a "Thunder Chicken" I said if anything I'd be killing a THUNDER BIRD!! I don't shoot no chickens.
Sent him these, he's been pretty quiet since this :) LOL
MK M GOBL
I never cared for the term "thunder chicken" either.
Quote from: Cottonmouth on March 14, 2017, 11:35:22 PM
I never cared for the term "thunder chicken" either.
x 2
I think it's a ridiculous name also only spurred on by some of the foolish big companies selling products. I remember hearing it alot on different turkey hunting dvds. Between that and smoked em was also ran into the ground on them also.Different strokes for different folks though.
Personally i get a nauseated feeling everytime i hear those words. What do you expect from clowns though.
Quote from: Cottonmouth on March 14, 2017, 11:35:22 PM
I never cared for the term "thunder chicken" either.
X3 or the word dekes for decoys. Just my small pet peeves
I put out my dekes last year and killed a thunder chicken
What is a thunder chicken?
A Rhode island red during a thunderstorm?
However we call em birds but what kinda birds we talking: Cardinals, blue jays, doves, geese, ducks, etc.
I guess I better learn the correct lingo would hate to kill a turkey and not know the correct slang!
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If I ever decide to hunt Thunder Chickens I'm going to get me one of those Thunder Domes you sit in and one of those old Lohman Thunder Dome calls. I actually liked the old Thunder Dome calls.
There is one of my friends who uses it quite regularly that my toes curl every time he says it....like fingernails on a chalkboard!
Good to know I'm not alone here. I remember reading about prairie chickens when I was young I thought that's what they were called when they made their little drumming noises. I grew up hunting gobblers or as we referred to them birds.
I hate that term, seems disrespectful to greatest game bird God created.
Can't stand the term! Drives me crazy.
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Quote from: SinGin on March 15, 2017, 02:15:50 PM
Quote from: Cottonmouth on March 14, 2017, 11:35:22 PM
I never cared for the term "thunder chicken" either.
X3 or the word dekes for decoys. Just my small pet peeves
x 4!! I can't stand that term for gobblers. ::)
Then again, I am guilty of using dekes for decoys all the time. ;D
Just reading this is making me cringe ! Off topic , but just today I was watching a YouTube video of a fella catching a big rainbow trout, and he kept saying "look at that bowwww" I couldn't click off fast enough.
As a younger man, we referred to a turkey as a fuel injected robin. Mainly to not give away the fact we were discussing turkeys. The old boy I graduated high school and I would simply talk about the "robins" from time to time to keep it under the radar. I wasn't much of a turkey hunter at that point in my life and many would still say the case is still the same. However, the past few years I've put in some serious time and would've called them whatever they wanted to be called last year if it put one in front of me under the right circumstances. Having said that, there's several phrases that do get to me now that didn't bother me in the past. The Thunder Chicken moniker and "can't stop the flop" are two things I can't stand right now. Also, "smoked 'em" as mentioned before. I've shot plenty of game animals over the years. I own a smoker but have never used it at this point. Not certain where that comes from nor do I care. It just gets me a bit uneasy but to each their own and it's not my job to judge others based on how they want to refer to things or behave after the shot is fired.
Quote from: 901CritterGitter on March 15, 2017, 06:23:29 PM
Just reading this is making me cringe ! Off topic , but just today I was watching a YouTube video of a fella catching a big rainbow trout, and he kept saying "look at that bowwww" I couldn't click off fast enough.
Maybe he snagged a piece of archery equipment. Did you watch long enough to find out?
But if you're gonna put the "smack down" on a big ole thunder chicken... what else are ya suppose to call it?
I know some will disagree, but I can't stand people trying to sugar coat a kill by calling it a harvest.
Quote from: SteelerFan on March 15, 2017, 06:51:18 PM
But if you're gonna put the "smack down" on a big ole thunder chicken... what else are ya suppose to call it?
Anything else.Lol.Maybe Gobbler or Big azz Tom.. :TooFunny:
I also can't stand when somebody on a deer hunting show says " tonight we are going to hunt at the so and so stand". I dont deer hunt at night. Just sounds tacky and overused.
Quote from: Cottonmouth on March 15, 2017, 07:01:26 PM
I also can't stand when somebody on a deer hunting show says " tonight we are going to hunt at the so and so stand". I dont deer hunt at night. Just sounds tacky and overused.
X2 also the" I just hung this set"
It's super annoying
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I'm not a fan either. A bigger pet peeve is when people call a black powder gun a Muzzy. Ugh drives me nuts
Quote from: guesswho on March 15, 2017, 06:53:43 PM
I know some will disagree, but I can't stand people trying to sugar coat a kill by calling it a harvest.
This!!!! You harvest crops to get them to the table and you kill animals to get them to the table!
Quote from: guesswho on March 15, 2017, 06:53:43 PM
I know some will disagree, but I can't stand people trying to sugar coat a kill by calling it a harvest.
I agree. Every time I say it I feel like I'm catering to snowflakes.
I think you can thank ole Michael Waddell for the term "thunder chicken."
SMOKED HIM!!!!!!!!!
Yep. A big ol freak nasty kung fu big daddy rabbit thunder chicken.
Quote from: Cottonmouth on March 16, 2017, 02:07:37 PM
Yep. A big ol freak nasty kung fu big daddy rabbit thunder chicken.
That's a mouth full of MOJO right there!! :jackson:
Quote from: guesswho on March 15, 2017, 06:53:43 PM
I know some will disagree, but I can't stand people trying to sugar coat a kill by calling it a harvest.
I agree completely.
Esse quam videri
Anybody ready to put the smack down on some ole freak nasty thunder chicken ?
Quote from: guesswho on March 15, 2017, 06:53:43 PM
I know some will disagree, but I can't stand people trying to sugar coat a kill by calling it a harvest.
One of mine too, "harvesting" is for corn...
When I give seminars I always say I/We "Killed" this gobbler and go into the details from there. I feel no shame in saying I killed an animal, I am putting food on the table and I don't need to hide it from anyone, if it's not their thing or their offended by it they don't need to listen to me... I am not PC, I am real about what it is. I don't give out "participation" trophies...
MK M GOBL
I don't like the term swamp donkey either
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Quote from: Cottonmouth on March 15, 2017, 07:01:26 PM
I also can't stand when somebody on a deer hunting show says " tonight we are going to hunt at the so and so stand". I dont deer hunt at night. Just sounds tacky and overused.
X2 also the" I just hung this set"
It's super annoying
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Me too! Set of what? I hang a treestand and only a treestand. Maybe they say set because it's usually two stands, one for the camera guy. I don't know, just guessing.
Don't we have Michael Waddell to blame for the term Thunder Chicken? He gets on my everlasting nerve! Wish somebody would lay the smackdown on him.
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I am not friends with some people simply due to there descriptions of gobblers. Petty and silly, probably. . . but its true. A guy called a gobbler a pine buzzard once, I explained that he was lucky he wasn't within reach because he deserved to be throat punched. Haven't spoke to that guy since. . . .
Quote from: Cove on March 17, 2017, 10:09:53 AM
I am not friends with some people simply due to there descriptions of gobblers. Petty and silly, probably. . . but its true. A guy called a gobbler a pine buzzard once, I explained that he was lucky he wasn't within reach because he deserved to be throat punched. Haven't spoke to that guy since. . . .
:TooFunny:
Quote from: Bowguy on March 15, 2017, 08:48:47 PM
I'm not a fan either. A bigger pet peeve is when people call a black powder gun a Muzzy. Ugh drives me nuts
It is a smoke pole! ;)
I think Waddell and crew were/are just trying (too) hard to appeal to the younger hunting crowd. Unfortunately, it stuck with some of the older crowd.
Quote from: deerbasshunter3 on March 17, 2017, 11:39:19 AM
I think Waddell and crew were/are just trying (too) hard to appeal to the younger hunting crowd. Unfortunately, it stuck with some of the older crowd.
Seems like he is not as popular as he once was for some reason I guess everyone has their time in the spotlight.