The monster mountain Whitetail.

[longwalk]

After reading MarkT308 and Rackstar’s hunting accounts I had to put my story of my 2022 whitetail hunt into words. I had initially shopped this story to Field and Stream and Outdoor Life. No takers as they could not believe a story so amazing. Same for BC outdoors. Jokerswild dismissed it as a complete fabrication but I assure you it is all true.

[landphil]

So far it’s a believable whitetail story. I see nothing, but I’ll wait in silence to see if anything shows up. :mrgreen:

[Arctic Lake]

Strange ! We are waiting though !
Arctic Lake

[longwalk]

It all started with some pointed remarks that the freezer being empty so I deployed my trusty Browning game cam to see what was on the mountain. Many wily bucks came in the dark for a photo op. Some massive specimens were seen. One notable one would have been guaranteed to break 8 to 10 Boone And Crockett. Then there were the true giants. These mountain monsters would have given true HBC hunting legends such as the Walking Slaughter House and Yappy Doodle Dog and other Noted names such as Hunters Paradise uncontrolled buck fever. They would have used hushed terms such as piss cutter and ball draggers. But I digress. ….


With cellular enabled cameras and drones now illegal for hunting in BC I had to resort to my tried and true method, looking out my kitchen window. One day in early November I happened to be at my observation post when I could not believe my eyes. A monster from the mountain was slowly making his way down the hill, cautiously he picked his way through the open spots between the trees. Trembling with excitement I made my way out the basement egress dressed in the latest camo pattern consisting of red plaid pyjama pants and a black Eagles on Tour T shirt. Ploughing quietly through the nineteen centimetres of fresh powder with the minus six temperature burning my lungs with the contrast of the bright blue sky above I made it quickly and quietly into my ground blind.

[Brew]

Looking forward to this. You had me at Walking slaughterhouse and yappy doodle dog lol

[Islandeer]

Popcorn and brew in hand!

[dru88]

The suspense is killing me.
Keep it coming

[longwalk]

And so it continues... Mountain hunting as well as mountain hunting requires rest and nourishment.

The magnificent brute unaware aware of the impending danger daintily picked at some grain on the ground spread around by the quail and pheasants, never realizing the mortal danger he was in. Once inside my six hundred square foot ground blind I hastily cocked the Excalibur matrix crossbow and nocked a bolt. Carefully I inched the window open. Something in the great animals instinct warned it that something was terribly amiss but it was too late. A finger stroke sent wasp broad head tipped bolt at a blistering three hundred plus feet per second into the mountain giants vitals.
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[Spy]

:-) :-) got popcorn and another beer

[longwalk]

...... There was no jubilant fist pumps or cries of elation, just silence and respect witnessed only by the truck, motorcycle and quad stored in the blind.

I watched as the giant deer bucked and turned to race back up the hill whence it came, snow billowing up under its hooves. It stopped. Turned 180 degrees and crashed to the ground, its blood stark against the snow.

I followed the trail of blood to where it lay on the frozen snow covered ground. With shaking hands I cut my tag and made it all legal. I stood over this animal for a minute marvelling at this creature that had survived at least two years of cars and coyotes and other back yard hunters, letting its guard down only for a split second to eat some birdseed. I grasped its massive typical four by four frame and began to drag it off the mountain.

The old ghost nearly had the last laugh as he began to toboggan behind me and hooked his antlers in my PJ pants and taking me down.

Seventy five yards later I was back at the shop/blind with my freezer filling trophy. The mountain giant is now cut and wrapped and stored safely in the freezer, but the memory remains sharply etched in my mind of my 2022 mountain whitetail giant.
Thank you for reading my account of my backyard hunt.
Longwalk.

[srthomas75]

great hunt, any photos?

[longwalk]

I did take one photo if there is anyone kind enough to post it for me.

[Bustercluck]

Pics or it didn’t happen

[Bustercluck]

And here’s the monster in question….

https://images2.imgbox.com/2c/de/OMBVUilr_o.jpeg (https://imgbox.com/OMBVUilr)

[longwalk]

The author reserves creative license. Hey we are all hunters and fishermen at heart. Stretching the story takes more talent than the hunt sometimes;)

thank you Bustercluck for posting the picture for me.

[IslandWanderer]

Nice work on getting the deer, and a very well told story.

[BimmerBob]

Awesome job on a fine Whitetail and a great yarn. I think it would have been even more epic if there had been a scrap of red plaid PJ's skewered on the antler of the downed beast. I guess this is Longwalk's shortwalk mountain hunt of 2022, congrats on the success and thanks for letting us in on the story. Be well.../B

[longwalk]

Awesome job on a fine Whitetail and a great yarn. I think it would have been even more epic if there had been a scrap of red plaid PJ's skewered on the antler of the downed beast. I guess this is Longwalk's shortwalk mountain hunt of 2022, congrats on the success and thanks for letting us in on the story. Be well.../B

Thanks. The world always needs a bit of humour otherwise it would have been a boring five line account of a small freezer buck. It was the truth, I was wearing red plaid pyjama pants and when the carcass started to slide it did hook me down. A scrap of red cloth might have stretched it too far.

I still remember getting a chuckle out of a story posted by Gates about a flat top hunt with Bartell using some hot rod center fire .22 round.

[RackStar]

Nice buck! Thanks for posting. The more hunting story’s and less political bs on this site the better. Nice long tines

[markt308]

That is a great story! Pretty sweet that you got it with the Excalibur in your PJ's haha. Well done.
Let's go people post your stories. Drown out the bickering on this site with positive hunting and fishing stores and photos! #makeHBCgreatagain

[IronNoggin]

Excellent!

Loved the tale & your great sense of humor!

Well Done!

Cheers,
Nog

[Islandeer]

Great suspenseful story, and it actually happened!!
Great buck, he has solid genetics, who knows maybe you will give us a sequel next year….. Godzilla Mtn buck??

[HarryToolips]

Very nice WT congrats and I loved the story .

[longwalk]

Great suspenseful story, and it actually happened!!
Great buck, he has solid genetics, who knows maybe you will give us a sequel next year….. Godzilla Mtn buck??

Actually got a couple of nicer looking bucks on the camera. The potential is there for a sequel.....

[kennyj]

Nice buck!
Thanks for sharing your adventure.
kenny

[Imdone]

Epic .....

[DannyO]

Great story to start the day! Thanks for sharing