What's your best idea for a "____ hunter" costume?

October 23, 2011 10:36 PM

I'd like to be a "______ hunter" for Halloween this year. Help me fill in the blank!

I have a bunch of hunting-y stuff lying around (camo outfit, blaze orange vest/hat, camo face paint, super-soaker "gun", etc.), and I'd like to roll this into a not-too-difficult-or-uncomfortable costume for a party this weekend. Sure, I could go as a deer hunter, but it feels like just a little more cleverness would pay off here... ideas, please!

Details: I'm female. I'm not into the Sexy [Insert Noun] costume thing (thus the idea -- comfy and easy!) I'd prefer something simple-but-clever/ironic/nerdy/funny over something complicated or ultra-crafty, but I've got a week to work on this, so all ideas are welcome... thanks!

posted by vorfeed to clothing, beauty, & fashion (32 answers total)

beer hunter
posted by bottlebrushtree at 10:38 PM on October 23, 2011

Martian Man Hunter
posted by chrchr at 10:40 PM on October 23, 2011

Hipster Hunter
posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:44 PM on October 23, 2011 [3 favorites]

Can you go as Elmer Fudd? Or, similarly, go as duck season/rabbit season by splitting a line down the middle of your outfit and have a "duck season" sign on one side and a "rabbit season" sign on the other? Memorize the dialogue as necessary.
posted by lilac girl at 10:45 PM on October 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

Ha, great so far!

If you can give specific costume ideas/details along with the general idea, that'd help -- I'm terrible at this sort of thing!
posted by vorfeed at 10:46 PM on October 23, 2011

How about you combine what you've got with a bunch of rainbow-colored and brightly-colored wigs, which you refer to as "clown scalps", and be a clown hunter. Perhaps come up with an "origin story" about being traumatized by a clown when you were a child.
posted by XMLicious at 10:47 PM on October 23, 2011 [6 favorites]

vampire hunter is the first thing that sprang to mind. make a bandolier with wooden stakes, or things that look like wooden stakes. paint a cross on the Super Soaker so it looks like a Holy Water Super Soaker, like what they used in at least one Buffy episode.

or just go as Kraven the Hunter
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 10:47 PM on October 23, 2011

Deer Flee-er?
posted by bleep at 10:51 PM on October 23, 2011

Bargain hunter?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 10:52 PM on October 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

cool hunter
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 10:53 PM on October 23, 2011 [2 favorites]

Chris Sims has your answer, as usual
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 10:55 PM on October 23, 2011

I think it would be pretty funny to be Harry Whittington. Just wear your hunting gear, a Bush/Cheney button, and use one of those Halloween makeup kits to put wounds on your face. Perhaps too obscure.
posted by i_am_a_fiesta at 11:03 PM on October 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

With the super soaker, you could be a Bad Kitty Hunter.
posted by amtho at 11:19 PM on October 23, 2011 [3 favorites]

"Billionaire"
posted by EatTheWeak at 11:33 PM on October 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

Details: I'm female.

Go to a craft store, one that already sells Christmas decorations. You want to be Holly Hunter.
posted by 23skidoo at 12:09 AM on October 24, 2011 [15 favorites]

Witch Hunter.
posted by lrobertjones at 12:10 AM on October 24, 2011

For the beer hunter idea, you could carry a string of beers you've taken (crushed beer cans). If asked, you could point to the one expensive beer in your catch and brag about how good it was. You could also go on a bit about some really good beer you saw but couldn't catch.

If you want to a little more elaborate, there's a credit-cards-as-ammo idea you could play with.
posted by nangar at 12:31 AM on October 24, 2011

The credit cards as ammo thing could be a simple as having some sort of pouch-type thingie with some dead credit cards in it, and possibly a small amount of cash, as part of your outfit, which you could show people as part of the 'what's your costume supposed to be' conversation, along with the hunting stories.
posted by nangar at 12:53 AM on October 24, 2011

Monster hunter?
posted by obiwanwasabi at 3:28 AM on October 24, 2011

Red Hood, Werewolf Hunter: Red hoodie from Salvation Army, artfully tattered; hiking boots; jeans; red domino mask and/or bandanna hiding nose & lower half of face. Fake axe or machete (avoid anything that looks like a gun, of course), spray bottle labelled wolfbane, leather belt decorated with fake-fur "tails".

Added fun if you run across someone dressed as a werewolf: flip a coin to see if you cure him/her or if you battle to the death! Or at least until you're both tired of flipping coins. (Bonus dork points if one of you has dice.)

For even more fun, talk a few friends into doing something similar-- members of the Red Hood Corps!
posted by ElaineMc at 3:41 AM on October 24, 2011 [3 favorites]

The game version of the above is BB Hood from Darkstalkers.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 3:55 AM on October 24, 2011

Bedazzle a stake and go as a sparkly vampire hunter!
posted by amarynth at 5:22 AM on October 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

wascally wabbits
posted by theora55 at 6:59 AM on October 24, 2011

Carry an inflatable crocodile and go as the Crocodile Hunter?

Carry rolls of paper towel and call yourself a "Bounty Hunter".
posted by wwax at 7:11 AM on October 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

I like the idea of (Not so) Little Red Riding Hood, wolf/werewolf hunter. It has an old-timey feeling that fits well with Halloween and (with the red hood and some dead wolf bits) will be easily recognised and appreciated.
posted by jb at 7:30 AM on October 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

Rubber duck hunter. Get a bunch of ducks, tie them together at the neck, throw them over your shoulder like they're a bunch of corpses/pelts/whatever you call 'em.
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:20 AM on October 24, 2011

Be a Big Game Hunter. Wear all your hunting accoutrements and then sling a net sack over your back with the boxes from Twister, Cranium, Operation, Connect Four, Trivial Pursuit, and/or any other large-box board game you have around the house.
posted by Mchelly at 8:37 AM on October 24, 2011 [2 favorites]

Internet troll hunter?
posted by bz at 10:02 AM on October 24, 2011

My Little Pony (Friendship is Magic) hunter?

Have colored "tails" (dye pieces of a wig varying colors) tied together on one side of a belt. On the same side, or around your neck, wear cutout versions of their cutie marks.
Dress in brightly colored camo (especially something like pink, blue, lime green, yellow, or a combination).
Depending on how into it you want to get, make up a relatively quick hard cover "Peterson's Guide to Ponies" with folded over paper, cardboard, a cover paper over the cardboard, and perhaps plastic wrap to give it a shiny look (decorate or use internet pictures of the ponies as you will).

Other hunter accoutrements can be applied (and spray painted bright colors) as needed.
posted by DisreputableDog at 10:13 AM on October 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

Where are you going to be wearing this costume (and how chill are the people at this party?)? You could designate a costume type -- Sexy Costume Hunter, Zombie Hunter, Ironic 80s Cartoon Character Hunter, etc. and then "hunt" the people in those costumes.

Pretty sure my friends would be amused. YMMV.
posted by AmandaA at 11:14 AM on October 24, 2011

Awesome, thanks guys!

I think Beer Hunter is the winner -- I'll take five or six different empty cans to the range this week, put a couple bullet holes in each, and then string 'em to my belt like trophies. I like the "ammo pouch" idea, also, and Amex just sent me a fake credit card this afternoon... how convenient!

Runner-up goes to Little Red Riding Hunter; I'll probably do that next year.
posted by vorfeed at 1:58 PM on October 24, 2011

Executive headhunter. Dress like a recruiter but carry a string of shrunken "executive" heads. Bonus points if they're recognizable, and unpopular, execs.
posted by zanni at 8:16 AM on October 25, 2011