snipe hunting is a big joke for the uninitiated...... the jokers take someone out snipe hunting, usually give them a big bag to hold and they're supposed to catch the snipe as the other run it their way .... way in the woods.... leave them there and all go back to town. Leave the newbie literally 'holding the bag' and a long walk back to town. :)
I was lucky in that my sister was 4 years older and she fell for it hook line and sinker so I heard her whole story. When I got a bit older I was no way falling for that one!
(I did, however, go door to door at one point in a scavenger hunt asking for a Sky Hook) :D