User blog comment:The Gold Guild Knight/Discussion of the Week: Funny Hunting Moments/@comment-5020152-20131110145009

1) There I was on MHFU, finally ready to hunt my first Plesioth after having my interest in MH sparked by it all those years ago. I brought the Sonic Bow with me, and somehow managed to wear it down without getting hit once (even by that infernal Hip Check). Then, when he fled to Area 6, I killed him with an arrow to the knee. Pure gold.

2) I was hunting a Rathian with a couple of buddies on MH3 online, and it started limping out of the area. We decided to capture it for a chance at a Ruby, so when she flew off, the Bowgunner in our group decided to try and knock her out of the air for a quick capture. He fired once at her, knocked her out of the sky, and killed her. Most awesome kill ever.

3) In MH3U just a few weeks ago, I was grinding for High-Rank Lagiacrus parts and had worn my prey down pretty badly. He got enraged and started preparing for his Electric Fireworks attack, and I was in the middle of an attack animation and couldn't dodge. I finish the animation, cut his tail off, and stop the shockwave. He then limps off right afterwards, as if saying "I give up". Heh, that was lucky.

I think this happened a second time while I was recording a Lagiacrus hunt for my playthrough as well.

3) On a Barioth hunt in MH3U, a Lagombi dropped in and generally began messing things up for me. I did my best to ignore him, and shortly before I killed Barioth, he threw an ice chunk into Barioth's face. Nothing notable happened, but I thought it was hilarious.

4) In MH3U, the first quest I ever failed was a High-Rank Great Baggi quest. Gigginox showed up in Area 7 and totally destroyed me every time I entered the area again. But it was Great Baggi that had the last laugh, putting me to sleep right as the Gigginox was about to start its Devour attack. And before I could whip out a Dung Bomb, it was curtains.

5) Another Gigginox-related death I had was in MH3, where it pinned me into a corner somehow and just wouldn't let me possibly get out. It backflipped onto me, then immediately backflipped back and shot poison at me. Then as I got up again, it backflipped on top of me, did a Neck Lash at Cha-Cha, and did one final Body Slam just as I got up again. The entire episode made me rage quit for the first time ever in any video game.

But it was kind of funny at the same time.