2020 Talkie Award - Most memorable hunt recap

[Hunting Wife]

Ok boys and girls...here’s another one. Most memorable hunt recap of 2020. Some folks had some great hunts, and were kind enough to take us all along. If this crowd enjoys one thing, it’s a well-told story. Preferably with pictures.

There are so many of these that I’m sure I missed some while out doing my own hunts. If you have a write in candidate, please share a link so we can relive the pain, sweat, agony and elation.

For your consideration:

The Gift

I have been struggling with how to accurately articulate this story, how do you do justice to something and someone so special? Last Saturday morning only an hour into our hunt, this beautiful bull cooperated long enough for my son to get in the right position to make a shot. All hands were...

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3 Teenagers and a bull- Season Finale

A few months ago, my son asked if a couple friends could come along for their first elk hunt. I said sure. They are on the same Cross Country running team and they are great guys. Knowing that these guys literally run up mountains, I picked a particularly nasty hidey hole that involves large...

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Once In a Lifetime

North Dakota offers once in a lifetime hunts for bighorn sheep, elk, and moose. These hunts are only available for residents and thousands of people apply each year and a very few are drawn. Having applied unsuccessfully for decades, I found myself in disbelief when I beat the odds and drew an...

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Dave's 521 Journey

I've decided to start my own thread on my 521 Montana Goat tag. I will be posting here as I continue to prep for my hunt. I will update as I go through this summer and into the season. Stay tuned! So yesterday I was checking drawing results for elk and deer B-tags and the FWP website...

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MT 316 Goat adventure

There are times when I am so lucky that even I wonder if is but a dream. I drew a non-resident Mountain Goat tag for Montana this year. As is typical for me, I have never set foot in 316 though have worked the phones, forums, prior hunter lists, watched goat hunt videos of that part of Montana...

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[jvanhoy]

First elk ever. I ACTUALLY FREAKIN DID IT!!!!

This season was my 4th year elk hunting. I am like a ton of guys on this site, midwestern whitetail hunter their entire life with the itch to try western hunting. I started watching Randy on tv back in 2014 or so. His claim was that anyone can come out to these public lands and and harvest...

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I really enjoyed this one because I remember how bad I wanted to kill my first bull.

 

[Jbotto]

Wow. What a great list! This one is a much tougher choice!

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Kinda partial to my pack goat threads
Matt

2020 WY Deer w/ Packgoats

I better get this thread going, that time of year again. Get myself and the goats in shape! This year we’re off to WY for deer w/ @publichunter1 Should be a great great adventure! Been on two, 2 milers with the goats fully loaded down with gear. 1 set of panniers goes 32 lbs and the other set...

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Or my most memorable live hunt -

On the Mtn. Idaho

Season starts tomorrow, it's stormy, found 1 bear, 1Doe, 1 forky, in 4 hrs of scouting so far, Matt

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[huntin24/7]

Write in-Coming to Eastern Montana to hunt deer? Bring snowshoes!​

 

[Hunting Wife]

Write in-Coming to Eastern Montana to hunt deer? Bring snowshoes!​

I don’t know what category that thread belongs in...

 

[huntin24/7]

I don’t know what category that thread belongs in...

Haha. I knew that was a reach but couldn’t help myself . It was a hybrid thread of sorts. Lol

 

[EYJONAS!]

We'll give @OntarioHunter an award for the most WTF THREADS in a season.

 

[EYJONAS!]

While I did cast a vote for @Schism moose adventure I want to say that the write ups and efforts put in by @LopeHunter and @elkfishing were definitely great adventures to follow and encourage anyone to read them. Very, very cool hunts this season!

 

[Irrelevant]

Hard to pick just one of those, I also went with @Schism but the persistence in @LopeHunter was fun to follow along with, and having just read @appaloosa my eyes are darn watery.

 

[ignorethefringes]

@Schism got my vote, but @wllm1313 was a close second. His sister is a champ lol

 

[Pucky Freak]

I really enjoyed @diamond hitch elk hunting notes. A different kind of hunting than I am familiar with and love the decades of knowledge about animals, weather, and the mountains.

Long hunt -maybe

I haven't done one of these before so please bear with me. It might get kinda long. One time in the 80s, we were scouting a new chunk of land and had my 75 year old father along. As we broke over the top of a long slope, Dad's horse all of a sudden layed down and he got off- kinda. He lost his...

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[MarvB]

I didn’t write it in because of the timeframe (spans Nov 2019-to date) but Sunset on a 50+ year Hunter by @Addicting really touched home with me. The rest are all great as well just that one brought back memories of my own I hadn’t thought of in quite some time.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

I’m going to write in @vanish 2020 journal. It’s all good, but I especially like the Colorado archery elk hunt. Amazing write-up.

 

[Wildabeest]

I don’t know what category that thread belongs in...

Most sarcastic replies to a serious post?

 

[Schism]

Wow! I'm honored and humbled to have my story considered as a most memorable hunt recap. It was the first time I've ever shared a story like that and I'm glad others enjoyed it.

 

[DouglasR]

I’m pretty sure Illinois whitetail archery season runs through January 17th and you haven’t read the write up about my hunt for Tillamook cheese yet.
This thing ain’t over.

 

[RobertD]

Wow! I'm honored and humbled to have my story considered as a most memorable hunt recap. It was the first time I've ever shared a story like that and I'm glad others enjoyed it.

I voted for your story. It was just a good story that kinda highlights all the good things about hunting trips. And it ended with a heck of a bull!

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I’m pretty sure Illinois whitetail archery season runs through January 17th and you haven’t read the write up about my hunt for Tillamook cheese yet.
This thing ain’t over.
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Right... I feel like @Hunting Wife is playing the academy music on my whitetail hunt

“A totally wicked pissah; tales of the masshole, Part I quest fo da ridge runna”

has yet to be released.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Right... I feel like @Hunting Wife is playing the academy music on my whitetail hunt

“A totally wicked pissah; tales of the masshole, Part I quest fo da ridge runna”

has yet to be released.

Bring out the big hook....