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Stories about dealing with Amish!!!

Bigcountry40

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I figure its the slow part of the year and dealing with Amish was brought up on a another thread, so I figure it maybe worth a few laughs. Anyone have any stories about Amish while hunting? When I was a teenager hunting with my uncle, he shot a doe and found a Amish field dressing it about 100 yards away. When my Uncle asked the Amish what the hell he was doing, he literally had no reasonable response and apologized. I would sure like to hear if anyone else has Amish stories.
 

JPN

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Amish own land beside both of our farms. We've caught them multiple times. Just last week my dad and I went up on the hill and it was unreal how many footprints were up there all coming from the amish property. Im guessing they were shed hunting. Its really getting old. Last year on a shed hunt with my dad and our friend, we came across some fresh footprints. We saw my dad take off running and looked at each other like what the heck lol He finally caught up with the amish guy but was so out of breath from running he couldn't even yell at him. It took a min but then he let him have it. As mad as we were we couldn't help but laugh haha
 

at1010

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Just like anything there are good ones, and bad ones. I had one guy who lived down the road from our farm (Allen). Allen was my buddy, he was a nice guy but like most Amish he was a bit goofy. The guy loved to hunt big bucks, and loved to talk about it as well. He agreed with me a few years ago that the doe numbers where down, and we both layed off them. Unfortunately, he just sold his mineral rights and moved to PA with family.

One thing he used to do a lot would be just show up at the house, or sneak up on ya early in the morning. My buddy was changing the starter in his truck in the barn at 7am one morning. All of a sudden he hear "hey there!" said it startled him so bad he bought through a wrench at Allen! HAHAHAHA
 

GoetsTalon

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They like to ice fish also. We use to go up to mitchels bay in canada and if you caught fish you would have to hide them because if they seen ya they would walk over and drill a hole right next to you like you were fishing together.
 

Mike

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I've only had one experience with Amish and that was at a Nasa Plumbrook gun hunt. We hunted with two mid 20s Amish guys. They were in the sector across the road. My buddy Mark shot a buck and a doe and they insisted on dragging them out for us when we were getting picked up. I'm fortunate to live and hunt in a place where the Amish are scarce.
 

Buckmaster

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I've only has one instance while hunting.

Mid 90's I shoot a buck on opening day of gun season in the snow.
I left my buck and went to get my buddy down the woodlot to help drag the thing out.
Upon return I found a Amish guy dragging my deer out for me,,,the opposite way.
He claimed he got dropped off 5 miles away and had been tracking this deer in the snow.
Well, I killed it and obviously he missed my tracks in the snow. I enlightened him of his trespassing and he drifted off.

Before I bought my Jefferson Co. property in 2000 I heard stories about school bus loads of Amish being trucked in (early 90's) to hunt the strip mine lots of the old coal companies.
They shot anything that was brown. For a few years...there wasn't a deer to be seen in the area. The deer are back but not like it used to be.
 

Bigslam51

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I know I told the story on here about me catching the 2 Amish guys with a poached doe on my land the first day of gun season, can't find it though.
 

Redhunter1012

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I used to attend the Kenton Coon Dog Trials every year, which was loaded with amish. At our camp we always had a couple sets of Boxing gloves that made things more fun after drinking. So one night my 2 buddies are going at when 3 aish walk up to the camp and ask to box either one of my buddies. So, my 1 buddy, barely sober enough to stand says "hell yea, but for $20 bucks". The Amish guy pummeled him into submission about 10 seconds. Then he says he box any one of us for $100. My buddy Sam, who was a psychopath, took him up on it and began to pummel him immediately. Instead of giving up and paying, the guy starts trying to wrestle Sam and actually street fight him, not knowing Sams a State qualifying Wrestler just a few years before that in high school. The gloves came off and before we could get to Sam, it was a bloodbath. He broke the poor bastards Jaw, some teeth, and Im sure a few ribs. The guys 2 buddy had to carry him away. The craziest thing was 1 of the Amish came back the next day and paid Sam the $100 and apologized for his brother. The only other dealings Ive had with them was trying to stay upwind of them this summer when they were subcontracted out to put up a small metal bin for us here at the elevator. By the end of the week they were fuggin ripe!
 

Buckmaster

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The only other dealings Ive had with them was trying to stay upwind of them this summer when they were subcontracted out to put up a small metal bin for us here at the elevator. By the end of the week they were fuggin ripe!

Oh yeah....I forgot about that one.

I had an Amish guy do some of the inside finish wood work in my house. He got dropped off at 7am in the morning and was already stinking to high heaven. How does one stink at 7 am in the morning already? Do they only bathe once a week whether they need it or not....wondering minds want to know. Hey Huck, ever date an Amish girl?
 

Bigslam51

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Oh yeah....I forgot about that one.

I had an Amish guy do some of the inside finish wood work in my house. He got dropped off at 7am in the morning and was already stinking to high heaven. How does one stink at 7 am in the morning already? Do they only bathe once a week whether they need it or not....wondering minds want to know. Hey Huck, ever date an Amish girl?

The Amish stink at all times of the day, the season don't matter either. It could be -10 below and you can still smell them from 5ft away.
 

at1010

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I used to attend the Kenton Coon Dog Trials every year, which was loaded with amish. At our camp we always had a couple sets of Boxing gloves that made things more fun after drinking. So one night my 2 buddies are going at when 3 aish walk up to the camp and ask to box either one of my buddies. So, my 1 buddy, barely sober enough to stand says "hell yea, but for $20 bucks". The Amish guy pummeled him into submission about 10 seconds. Then he says he box any one of us for $100. My buddy Sam, who was a psychopath, took him up on it and began to pummel him immediately. Instead of giving up and paying, the guy starts trying to wrestle Sam and actually street fight him, not knowing Sams a State qualifying Wrestler just a few years before that in high school. The gloves came off and before we could get to Sam, it was a bloodbath. He broke the poor bastards Jaw, some teeth, and Im sure a few ribs. The guys 2 buddy had to carry him away. The craziest thing was 1 of the Amish came back the next day and paid Sam the $100 and apologized for his brother. The only other dealings Ive had with them was trying to stay upwind of them this summer when they were subcontracted out to put up a small metal bin for us here at the elevator. By the end of the week they were fuggin ripe!

boxing gloves and drinking......I could have told you how that story was going to end hahahah!
 

giles

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The Amish stink at all times of the day, the season don't matter either. It could be -10 below and you can still smell them from 5ft away.

What does that say about scent control while hunting?

They all stink! None have any personal space concept. Fishing or hunting they flat out do not think the rules apply to them.

I do enjoy buying sandwich meat and cheese from them though.
 

Redhunter1012

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boxing gloves and drinking......I could have told you how that story was going to end hahahah!

You gotta understand, every party or get together with people from my hometown (Hoytville) there is usually boxing gloves present. Hell, its a town of 150 people that could only support 1 business, a Bar. And plenty of boxing matches at the bar
 

at1010

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You gotta understand, every party or get together with people from my hometown (Hoytville) there is usually boxing gloves present. Hell, its a town of 150 people that could only support 1 business, a Bar. And plenty of boxing matches at the bar

i fully understand! I am not judging hahahaha just saying that typically turns out the way you described. Id be lying if I said I never did that before hahah! I thought it was a great story!