Favorite Bowsite threads
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From: Medicinemann
09-Dec-19
Every now and then, I will read a Bowsite hunting story that I somehow missed when it was first posted. Frequently, I will even re-read some of my favorite Bowsite hunting stories. With my hunting season winding down, I have started to look for some enjoyable stories, and would like to encourage others to share some of their favorites.....either by title, or by posting the link.... Happy Holidays......
From: M.Pauls
09-Dec-19
M.Pauls's Link
WELL, there is this one.. (Kevin Dill's 15 days alone)
From: M.Pauls
09-Dec-19
M.Pauls's Link
OR, this one.. (JSW's monster typical WT)
From: Ace
09-Dec-19
Well, Hell Jake. YOU wrote most of them ...
So get out there and do an exotic hunt and write it up, we're living vicariously through you!
TThomas, Paul@TheFort and Herdbull go on hunts and write stories I re-read over and over. As mentioned Kevin Dill always tells a great story as well.
From: Busta'Ribs
09-Dec-19
Busta'Ribs's Link
My name is Buck and I'm here to...
From: bigeasygator
09-Dec-19
bigeasygator's Link
There are so many good ones. Here's one of the first threads I read on Bowsite and to quote one of my favorite movies..."tractor beam...sucked me right in"
Busta's Canmore hunt.
From: kota-man
09-Dec-19
If I had to vote for ONE, it would be Busta's Canmore thread. That one actually fueled a sheep hunting fury within me. :)
From: Bowfreak
09-Dec-19
Bowfreak's Link
This is the best that can be done to salvage the original. No original photos due to photobucket.
A Season on the San Juans
From: Grubby
09-Dec-19
I’ve been saying for years that these should be put in a special forum of their own. There’s some epic stories on here every year!!
From: Brotsky
09-Dec-19
Man these are some adventures, they have really fueled the fire in this bowhunter over the years. Good to have the flames stoked again from time to time!
From: Cornpone
09-Dec-19
Killing a dead cow.
From: Ned mobile
09-Dec-19
Busta’s Canmore hunt is my top followed by jakes polar bear updates
From: orionsbrother
09-Dec-19
Jake - I’m still voting for Pat to create a “Library Forum” with links to the high quality, inspiring and popular hunt recaps.
Including yours.
I’ve been meaning to create another thread along that line with links, but I’ve been swamped and am somewhat hesitant. I don’t want to overstep my bounds as though I’m some arbiter of Bowsite Quality.
From: Medicinemann
09-Dec-19
Medicinemann's Link
Here is one that I shared in the event that anyone was ever considering hunting south of the equator.....unfortunately, not all of the photos survived.....2013 New Zealand Red Stag
From: huntinelk
09-Dec-19
There have been a bunch of good ones that have contributed to the deterioration of my retirement account....
From: JohnMC
09-Dec-19
This is a terrible thread. I am going to spent even more time on bowsite read a links above :)
From: Bowbender
09-Dec-19
Bowbender's Link
One of my very favorites.
Bugles over Bourbon
From: HUNT MAN
09-Dec-19
The Pauls brothers moose hunt is a instant classic!! Hunt
From: elkmtngear
09-Dec-19
From: elkmtngear
09-Dec-19
elkmtngear's Link
Brun's Colorado Hunt definitely made the list for me, this Year!
From: jingalls
09-Dec-19
TBM...will I get “POOFED” for that? LOL!
From: orionsbrother
09-Dec-19
Hunt. Please post your elk recap from last year again. I can’t remember the title.
From: bigeasygator
09-Dec-19
Another plug for an awesome thread. The first time I met him at Sheep Show, I said “you’re the guy that wrote A Tale of Two Goats.” I can’t find it now. Not sure if it got archived somewhere but I can’t find it now.
It’s titled A Tale of Two Goats by zackman.
From: Treeline
09-Dec-19
Several of the great ones been mentioned - Kevin Dill’s 15 days alone is certainly top shelf.
Loved the Pauls brothers moose hunt! That was one hell of a great story and adventure.
Dang, I gotta go moose hunting...
From: cnelk
09-Dec-19
The Paul’s Canadian Moose Hunt = Top Shelf.
From: Brotsky
09-Dec-19
^^^This guy has some good ones too! Well, Ryan anyway. :-)
From: Medicinemann
09-Dec-19
Medicinemann's Link
Back by popular demand.....Paul's brothers moose bowhunt
From: Brotsky
09-Dec-19
Brotsky's Link
I love both of those Scoot! Man where does the time go? I have to say this one was my favorite, beat rifle hunt in Bowsite history! Ha!
The Paul’s bro’s moose hunt was something else! Hunt and Beav have had some awesome ones too. So many good guys on here and we all share the same passions, makes for great stories!
From: Ambush
09-Dec-19
Definitely some doubly talented hunters on here. First in the hunting then bringing it alive here in print and pictures. Too hard to limit it to several, never mind one!
From: Brotsky
09-Dec-19
Rod you have one of my favorites each year!
From: Medicinemann
09-Dec-19
I'd prefer to keep the thread about hunting stories....
From: Medicinemann
10-Dec-19
Medicinemann's Link
Tom Edgington's 2011 Desert Bighorn Sheep bowhunt
From: Medicinemann
10-Dec-19
Medicinemann's Link
Ned Greer's 2010 Desert Bighorn Sheep bowhunt
From: bigeasygator
10-Dec-19
Was it Busta that had the moose hunt where the raft flipped? That was an awesome thread.
Seems like every thread that hadn't been posted on since late 2016 is now deleted. Did I miss the announcement that this was happening? Or does anyone know how to find them?
From: Fuzzy
10-Dec-19
"dead cow" and "Igota ompomsum"
From: Stalker
10-Dec-19
The Kevin Dill story, the best
From: Medicinemann
10-Dec-19
Bigeasygator, Due to Bowsite search command limitations/restrictions, I do my searches on Google now....especially for the older threads. They are still "out there".....you just need to know a couple effective "key words" to find a particular thread. If you do a search on Google, I'd suggest using your keywords, then a dash, the type in Bowsite….it seems to work as well as anything else that I have tried
From: Brotsky
10-Dec-19
Brotsky's Link
How about a classic live hunt? Miss that old redneck here on Bowsite!
From: Brotsky
10-Dec-19
Brotsky's Link
….and for you boys itching to gitcha some opomsum.
From: Brknarrow1970
10-Dec-19
Some amazing hunts here thanks for sharing and great thread
From: TrapperKayak
10-Dec-19
The Kevin Dill 15 days alone thread is the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this.
From: Medicinemann
10-Dec-19
Medicinemann's Link
Pat Lefemine breaking his 13 year elk curse......
From: bigeasygator
10-Dec-19
bigeasygator's Link
Jake, I had tried that with Zack's "Two Goats" thread but didn't have any luck. Did manage to track down Busta's moose thread though!
Looks like Photobucket has gotten to the pictures, though you can still make them out. Trust me, the "original" pics were spectacular, as is the story that accompanies them!
From: Marty
10-Dec-19
I loved following Jaquomo's semi-live mulie hunts!
From: EmbryOklahoma
10-Dec-19
The video from Pats 13 year elk curse was AWESOME! I remember watching that several times. That arrow tracked beautifully!
From: loesshillsarcher
10-Dec-19
Pat's son tracking that deer is a classic video
From: mn_archer
10-Dec-19
Hunts goat hunt
From: Willieboat
10-Dec-19
A BigDan classic....City hunter are you ready ?
From: itshot
10-Dec-19
itshot's Link
still on my favorites list, must be ok...
From: itshot
10-Dec-19
itshot's Link
another
From: badbull
10-Dec-19
In recent times, I think that those hunt stories from the " Fort Collins Gang " are hard to beat. Can't remember the thread titles offhand but maybe someone can help to find them for those that may have missed them or want to re-read them like me. Thanks.......Bob
From: Brun
17-Dec-19
BBs story from Colorado Unit 61 was the first one that really got my attention and inspired me to write a recap, and also take more pictures on all my hunts. It was titled Broken horns and broken dreams, or something similar.
From: Shiras42
17-Dec-19
My two all time favorites are Kevin's moose and BB's Season on the San Juan. Lots of others right up there though. Always like Jaq's mule deer hunt, the Paul's moose hunt, Busta's Canmore hunt, any CT live hunt, Jake's polar bear, and so many others. Oh, and the first time I saw the trapline thread I was hooked.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
17-Dec-19
A little surprised the MI Baiting thread has not received an honorable mention;-)
From: Heat
17-Dec-19
Medincinemann's 4 sheep in one year all come to mind. That was an epic year!
From: grape
18-Dec-19
Just read Paul's moose hunt......Awesome
From: Medicinemann
22-Dec-19
Medicinemann's Link
Ki-Ke's 2008 Moose hunt …..with Oscar, the nervous horse - (for a good reason!!)
From: SBH
23-Dec-19
Great Post Jake! Fun to see these classics again. There are some great hunts and stories on this site. Good timing with the holidays to re read them. Lou's mule deer hunts, Hunt had some great elk and bear, Thomas used to post up some good ones, BigDan elk hunts, Busta's Canmore hunt was intense........man I could keep going on and on. Thanks to all of you for sharing these stories they have been an inspiration and encouragement of whats possible. Keep at em boys!
From: Empty Freezer
23-Dec-19
Anyones that takes us along for the hunt are really cool.
From: Bowman
28-Dec-19
Some amazing hunts here thanks for sharing and great thread
From: Bowfinatic
29-Dec-19
Bowfinatic 's Link
One of my favorites from Rocking R
From: Medicinemann
01-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
Since it got brought back up and people seemed to enjoy it, I've added this story to the thread, as well as one other one......2010 Mountain Caribou
From: Medicinemann
01-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
2007 Polar Bear bowhunt…...Mostly a story of the hunt. If I can locate the "feature hunt" that shows some photos, I'll link that too....If you just want to read about the hunt, you'll need to skip about the first 60% of the posted comments......
From: Medicinemann
01-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
2007 polar bear bowhunt - Photos
From: Medicinemann
01-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
Since this hunt was done under some pretty cold conditions with no internet access, instead of posting an online update every evening, I simply called Pat's answering machine, and left audio updates. His machine would only allow about a 3 minute message.....so most messages are rather abbreviated. The day nine message is the one that summarizes how the hunt unfolded. You'll have to pretend that it is the early 1900's (before television) and the family is huddled around the radio, listening to an update - LOL
From: PoudreCanyon
01-Mar-20
OTC Will’s 400 miles and Come September are 2 of my favorites. Will hunts (and tells stories) with a level of tireless dedication that few can match, but all can aspire to.
From: t-roy
01-Mar-20
Just finished reading Jake’s polar bear hunt story. Holy cow! What an adventure!
Jake......Do you have any lingering negative effects from getting your fingers frost bitten during this hunt?
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
OTC Will's 400 miles thread.....2016
t-roy…..I NEVER used to get cold. Now, my hands get cold a little from time to time, but so do my feet, which weren't frostbitten....so I suspect that it is due to aging versus frostbite, but can't prove that.
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
OTC Will's "Come September".....2015
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
OTC Will's "Bugles over bourbon".....2018
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
OTC Will, Hunt Man, and T Embry....."Don't threaten me with a good time!"
From: IdyllwildArcher
02-Mar-20
I seem to remember Orionsbrother making a thread with a bunch of classic Bowsite threads on it...
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
Ike, yup…..see Orionsbrother post on 12/09/20 (the second one).
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
Medicinemann's Link
Ike, Here is a link to the Orionsbrother thread that you might be thinking about. It started out just for elk.....but then started to expand.....
From: bigswivle
02-Mar-20
Speaking of older Bowsite, what happened to bigpizzaman? He was always good for a few hunts
From: Medicinemann
02-Mar-20
I know that he just hunted for iguana's with two other Bowsiter's within the last week or two…..and they pounded them!! I saw a photo of their results.....the biggest surprise was the beard that boy is cultivating!!
From: WV Mountaineer
02-Mar-20
WV Mountaineer's Link
I like all of Hunt Man's stuff. OTC Will does real good too. Deerslayer does some good ones as well. And, of course, I love the Paul's brothers. those dude's are straight up killers! All of Cnelk's threads in general are one of my favorites too. Embry's yearly thread gets me going. I really like all the hunt recaps. But, the all time favorite thread of mine is at the following address. Copy and paste into your browser. Pure Bowsite classic where crow was served to a lot of people.
https://forums.bowsite.com/tf/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=434940&forum=5#3876301
From: bowbender77
02-Mar-20
The Adolf Hitler parody about the Utah tag grab was a hoot.
From: huntinelk
02-Mar-20
huntinelk's Link
Hard to believe it's been 7 years already, this was what I felt was my first bowsite worthy hunt thread.
From: deerslayer
04-Mar-20
deerslayer's Link
I enjoyed putting this one together..... The best year I've had.... with the exception of 2019. More on that in the near future;)
From: Coyote 65
21-Mar-20
Elk Rassling, but it is probably not on the site anymore.
Terry
From: Bou'bound
22-Mar-20
Remember the dude who wanted to mount a fetus from a road kill doe.
From: eBike John
22-Mar-20
I wanted to find the link to the thread about the snakebite ordeal, but just realized I don't know how to research for older threads!
From: bluedog
22-Mar-20
bluedog's Link
Snake bite thread should be here
From: Medicinemann
25-Dec-20
Medicinemann's Link
A new entry....Two more sticks!
From: WV Mountaineer
25-Dec-20
Two more sticks is in the lead. Best thread I ever remember.
From: Old School
25-Dec-20
BB’s Unit 61 recap - a unit I dreamed of one day hunting. Then reality set in.
https://forums.bowsite.com/TF/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=373244&forum=5
From: Buffalo1
25-Dec-20
A couple that come to mind were Bigpizzaman's hunts- his Alaskan-Yukon moose hunt, his double story on taking his desert sheep and his sheep hunt where he shot the ram and it fell into the river and he was never able to recover the animal.
There are many super hunting adventures on BS !
From: orionsbrother
25-Dec-20
Hunt’s recap from two years ago ( I think ) was especially good amongst a lot of winners.
Hunt - Post up links to your recaps please.
From: orionsbrother
25-Dec-20
Hunt’s recap “Following the noise” is a great one, but when I search and pull it up, the pics don’t load.
From: Beav
25-Dec-20
So many great ones over the years. These are what brought me to bowsite and keep me coming back.
From: Treeline
26-Dec-20
Treeline's Link
Lots of great stories here! Some of the greatest hunting stories you will find anywhere!
This was was my greatest adventure.
Kind of hid it with the title at the time because it was late winter and everyone was getting seriously cabin fevered up on here...
From: HUNT MAN
26-Dec-20
This is a good thread^^^. Great hunt Tavis
From: Whocares
26-Dec-20
Just read it for the first time. Congrats a few years late Tavis! Great story by an awesome skilled hunter! I can only imagine...
From: trophyhill
29-Dec-20
My favorites are the ones that stick with me. Hunt’s had a few, OTC will has had a few, but I really love those Jaq rutting plains muley threads. I don’t recall seeing one this year unless I just missed it.
From: Medicinemann
05-Dec-21
From: Medicinemann
05-Dec-21
Medicinemann's Link
Twinetickler's sheep bowhunt
From: Medicinemann
05-Dec-21
Medicinemann's Link
DIY butchering.....a lot of interesting suggestions/ideas.
From: Treeline
05-Dec-21
Gotta agree with you Medicineman, that sheep story is one of the best!
From: goelk
05-Dec-21
ill take Treeline story
From: elknailer
05-Dec-21
BB's broken horns and broken dreams. Got to hunt the same area this year, what a blast!
From: Dikndirt
05-Dec-21
I am a little biased but Twineticklers “Impossible….until it’s not” just posted last week is a good one.
From: wild1
05-Dec-21
Did anyone mention the "Rowdy Dowdy Photo Shop Bear" thread...? How about the "Bigfoot" thread....?
From: Medicinemann
12-Jan-23
Medicinemann's Link
"As luck would have it...."
From: t-roy
12-Jan-23
“AK float hunt recap” is my new favorite.
From: Medicinemann
12-Jan-23
Medicinemann's Link
T-roy, I agree......here it is!!
From: Whocares
12-Jan-23
Wow!! First time I read it. I double all the complements and expletives. You guys are amazing and congratulations on such a memorable adventure!
From: T-rex
13-Jan-23
HUNT MAN "Two More Sticks"
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
13-Jan-23
Jeeze, i can’t pic between hunt man’s, adams “as luck would have it” or the float hunt recap….
From: fuzzy
18-Jan-23
The 2022 Missouri black bear archery hunt was my favorite for the year
From: Medicinemann
27-Sep-23
Medicinemann's Link
Bowfinatic's Dall sheep hunt....with a great surprise ending for another hunter in camp!
From: Altitude Sickness
27-Sep-23
IMHO the best hunt and best story ever posted here ? , the top adventure, writing quality, hunt quality is:
The two young men from Hawaii , and their moose hunt starting with miles of portage and not knowing if or when navigable waters will be gained. Killing two great bulls, the epic rains causing the river to overtake the camp. then rafting two moose through whitewater.
Like any good book, it goes too fast and you don’t want the story to end. I may just go back and read it again. Thanks for re posting it Medicineman.
From: Timex?
27-Sep-23
The first deer I killed with a recurve. Been over 40 years ago & I can still feel the tension of the string on my fingers when I think about it. Was standing on the limbs up in an old wild pear tree, on the top of red oak mountain. The shot was about 10' straight down , the bow between my legs & I released when the string was digging into my crotch. The zwicky tipped 2117 hit exactly where I was looking. The big doe made it about 50 yards. Still makes me warm inside thinking about it all these years later.
The first deer I ever killed I was 11yo I was hunting with a 12 Guage, that was 51 years ago & the memory is just as vivid.
Funny thing is I can't remember the first deer I killed with a compound ????
From: RonP
27-Sep-23
July Funnies (2023)
From: tobywon
27-Sep-23
There are a bunch. Similar to what Altitude mentions above, I do like the Kevin Dill Alaska moose hunt threads. Very well written accounts of the hunt.
From: APauls
27-Sep-23
This thread is my new favourite thread (And I did actually favourite it lol) because it has all my favourites inside of it!
From: Ambush
27-Sep-23
Us Canucks think alike, Adam. I also have all these saved in “Favourites” (proper spelling) And there has been some epic hunts and story telling!!
And the video of the Moose Float Hunt is posted on BS now too!
From: Smtn10PT
27-Sep-23
Im pretty fond of any of the meatpole threads that I was able to contribute to
From: badbull
27-Sep-23
I agree with the many hunting stories cited above as being great. For being clever and intertaining two come to mind for me. The first one is Paul at the Fort's "Dots Pretzel Story" and the second is MPauls thread regarding what you can tell about a person by the brand of bow they shoot. I am sometimes pleasantly surprised by the high level of cleverness and writing abilities of some here on Bowsite, Badbull.
From: Scoot
27-Sep-23
Badbull, I couldn't agree more! There are some very, very talented people here. Some have really great writing skills, some photography, some are craftsmen of different types, etc.... lots of skill!
From: Medicinemann
26-Oct-23
Medicinemann's Link
A four year quest for that one opportunity...
From: Zbone
26-Oct-23
Zbone's Link
Over on the Leatherwall, "Bow Test On A Dead Cow" is a classic: https://leatherwall.bowsite.com/TF/lw/thread2.cfm?threadid=279837&category=88#5187971
Heck, there were even T-shirts made up, I have one...
From: Bou'bound
26-Oct-23
The one on trans swimmers holds a special place in bowsite lore
From: Knifeman
26-Oct-23
Man Bou you really are a jackwagon
From: Orion
26-Oct-23
I'm surprised Bou's poached and confiscated mountain lion isn't in the top 10
From: fuzzy
31-Oct-23
Jake your polar bear adventure thread was one of the all time best
