I just got a call from Marty McMahon. It appears Biggie had a gut job to do if he holds up his end of the agreement! Marty killed a 25" 5x5 mule deer buck. Biggie hasn't seen much except forkhorns so far. Not much more info. Not the best cell service out there.
Marty better show up in Nashville with pictures!
Awesome! Hopefully Aram will get Biggie taken care of and they can run up to the PBS Youth Hunt to hang out for a few days!
Ooooh boy!!!!!
Way to go Marty :thumbsup:
Way to go boys!!!
Awesome!! Looking forward to some pics and stories when they return. :thumbsup:
Sounds like a dandy! Can't wait for the pics!
Claudia
Lets hope we get the story and a few pics...
Looking forward to it.
John3
Marty McMahon--- LEGEND!
Awesome Marty way to go.
Congrats Marty. Looking forward to hearing the stories around the campfire.
Steve O nailed it......Marty Mc...LEGEND
:clapper: Nice! lookin forward to pics.. Com-on Biggie !!!!
PICS !!! :thumbsup:
STEVE O- IN SOME PEOPLE'S EYES PERHAPS!
IN HIS OWN MIND- CERTAINLY!!!!!!!! :bigsmyl: :biglaugh:
Congratulations Marty.
Look forward to the pix!!
chris <><
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I'm telling you guys Marty McMahon is a legend. Have you all seen that video footage of him stalking and catching the feral hog by hand then turning him loose? The man is IMPRESSIVE!! bw
Marty McMahon could kill big game with his bare hands if he wanted to. The man oughta be overseas right now cleaning up on terrorists.
Sounds like a real life Davy Crockett to me!!
Well done Marty! Swamp rooter strikes again!
Unca Barry, sure is good to see you speaking well of Marty for once...all those embarassing stories about him that you told around the campfire had me worried. :saywhat:
I heard Marty is a heck of a pig guide as well. He put by brother on all kinds of hogs at 12 yards or less!
I'm telling you, Marty could do it with his bare hands. Someone told me he has choked a lot of chickens. If he can sneak up on a chicken he oughta be able to choke a deer....
Do you have to sneak up on a chicken to choke it? I thought you just grabbed it when you saw it and held on.
Excellent work, Marty. Need to see some pics... Come one, Biggie, your turn?
great! Looking forward to the story in detail.
Marty can really do it, he has almost killed more hogs than any man alive :biglaugh: Did'nt know that about the chickens though, That's impressive. !!
Can't wait to see some pictures!
Pictures of the deer that is, not Marty choking a chicken... just thought I would clear that up.
Sure hope there's no video of Marty choking a chicken! :scared:
Marty is also known for his stalking abilities. He was almost arrested for stalking a blonde last year...
I am not sure its legal in some parts of Pa. to choke chickens, but you are still allowed to stalk blondes as long as you don't catch them.
Marty doesn't usually get alot of penetration....i guess it was enough.......congrats friend!!!!
Personal experience there Joey?
So Gene, did he get the blonde? Or was he too chicken!!!
OK, I'm just trying to humor myself.
Don't get jealous Steve.
Up top for an Update..
A blonde...bear right? :)
Cool, can't wait for the pics! (of the mulie)
choking chickens and stalking blondes, Yee Haa! :scared:
Thanks for clearing that up, Thomas. You had me worried there for a second!
You guys ain't right in the head!
Can't wait for the deer photo and story! Poor Biggie having to be in camp listening to Marty the rest of the week!
When I saw that Biggie and Marty had meat in Utah I thought this was going to be a story of them stopping at a steakhouse and eating a 2 pound t-bone.
Terry,
You are right, they "ain't right in the head", but that might be why we find them so entertaining. :smileystooges:
John, a 2# T-bone is an apetizer for Biggie.
I got call from the Duo.....they drove 40 miles to town so that means one thing..they are out of food....or Biggie needs so more Gas X...there is dead deer in camp.....and a penetration issue.......they have one more day.....Biggie is snake bit
Which came first, stalking the blonde or choking a chicken?
Choking chickens just reeks of abuse. :readit:
Walt, you're right! Being a bit "touched" is what makes them so much fun. Heck, all of us are probably a couple cards short of a full deck.
Killdeer, you're asking a bit much. Or should I say, your axing a bit much.
"The Duo"; that is the best line here...
"Touched"...or is it just part of their "charm"...haha
Axing? Heard of dear? File shapening? Spot and stock hunting?
I can't wait!!! I'm gettin' that tingly feeling up my leg already!!!! :scared: :biglaugh:
Killie, you isn't rite, gurl.
Ann prowed ovit!
Killdeer :biglaugh:
"I'm gettin' that tingly feeling up my leg already!!!! "
Git outen that air anthill, boy!
:archer:
AAAAAYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Kate, too funny....
They're knocking and their arrows that they're nocking were heard by the dear herd of deer over there.
Well done!! :clapper:
Don't know about all that but I am very excited to hear about Marty's deer, could'nt happen to a nicer guy, Good for him !!! kicking myself for not going along.
Can I please put my dunce cap back on now?? I've got a brain ache. I done thunk too much today.
:rolleyes:
I got a phone call from Marty this evening. He was sitting 200 yards from Biggie, watching a buck walk right down the drainage toward Biggie. Trouble is, Marty passed up this same buck the first day of his hunt. If Biggie kills it, we will NEVER hear the end of it. NEVER EVER! :>)
:pray:
:thumbsup: :campfire:
I got the same info. in a text message from him, I think he is already planning to rub it in :biglaugh:
Their hunt is over. Biggie didn't get a shot at the buck Marty passed up but he did get a shot at another nice buck almost the same size as Marty's this morning but got a "deflection". Yes....we're going to go with the deflection excuse. By the way, I asked Marty if Biggie stood by his promise to gut each other's deer. Marty said Biggie actually PAID off a wrangler they picked up in town to do it! Marty said, and I quote, "Big heart my ass!"
My favorite excuse is "earth wobble". Earth doesn't spin true on its axis, and if you happen to make the shot at the wrong time...
It's happened to me several times. Biggie, you listening? Wobbles can cause deflections, either by throwing off the shot, or by moving susceptible vegetation in the way. And there's nothing that can be done about it! Rest easy, friend, there's always next time, the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.
Maybe Marty will share some meat??
I always knew you were good enough Marty. Good job boys.
Marty Mcmahon..........Legend!
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I was hunting with Biggie and Marty once in Florida. Marty killed a little doe (not with his hands). Biggie asked Marty if he could demonstrate how to field dress a deer the "Quick Way." Marty said sure. Biggie then sat down hard right smack in the middle of the deer. The innards all blew out the back end.
Hey, if Biggie Hoffman steps on a lit cigarette butt, that baby is OUT! You can quote me on that.
Gaaaakkkkk! :biglaugh:
So Marty rightfully deserved sitting in that first class seat on the flight home? bw
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Hey, Gene...I TAUGHT Biggie that trick. Works great on pork as well!!!!!!!!! I've always thought of it as a two step process- in one - gutting, AND tenderizing.
Boy, you guys can drag an empty thread on forever. I'd love to join you in camp one day. That'd be as good or better than the hunting!!!
homebru
You would think there would be pictures and a story by now. :pray:
Same here need pics :bigsmyl:
Stuck in Atlanta airport. Biggie got off here and is laughing at my delay, but I got first laugh. Most of the thread is fiction, kinda like Gene's books, but I did take a 5x5 or as we count back east- a 12 pointer! Biggie finally got a shot on Friday am and m........! He'll have to explain. Pics and story will need to wait for some rest, but I assure you it was never a dull moment! He and I did surprisingly well at 9600 ft for a couple flat landers. Maybe the altitude affected his shooting just a bit, but i'm not saying much cause my recovery was a challenge to say the least! I learned that Mulies from Double Bull blinds at less than 10 yes can hear better than your Mother -in- law in the next room! More tomorrow including pic's!
Oh yeah, before I forget- we had breakfast in Provo, Utah this morning. Biggie ordered a Hungry Man's breakfast. When he couldn't finish it he said, and I quote " my eyes were bigger than my stomach!" I said I didn't think so, and an elderly lady at the table next to us almost fell off her chair laughing! She apologized, but I thanked her!!! Kinda indicative if the entire week!
He told the guides that I just got out of prison, and that I would need to be driven to town every other day to check in with my parole officer( all behind my back). So Monday on the way to my stand the guide offers to take me to a phone! They never turned their backs on me!
No comment........
C'mon Biggster, don't be salty. Let's hear about that,ah...........miss?
QuoteOriginally posted by Killdeer:
Choking chickens just reeks of abuse. :readit:
:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Parole..... :clapper: Thats great.. looking forward to the pics.
Hope Biggie kept his pants on.
Killdeer :cool:
Well, finally up and around. Long trip home. It kinda went like this: We sat Double Bull Blinds near and around alfalfa fields in country that I had never hunted before. It was steep to Biggie and I , but we actually got around fairly well. I'm sure that both our guides were waiting on us, but they didn't let on. Good fella's! This hunt was purchased by Biggie at the last PBS Banquet and he offered to take me along. We tried several others to join us- including Hogdancer- to no avail.The outfitter was Aram Barsch out of Boulder, Utah. A town full of Organic Farmers and no French Fries at any restaurant! Believe me- we tried!
The season Opener was on Saturday and I passed a decent 4x5 and saw a few others-in fact I had action most of my sits, whereas the Big-man did not. He was playing cat and mouse with several nice bucks as the trail camera's showed them at every blind he wasn't sitting in!
On Monday evening about 8pm, we heard the rocks tumbling and we had about 10 bucks come by including the one that I shot. He was the dominate one of the group and showed it by kicking the others around and posturing towards them. Pretty neat to watch. It seemed like an eternity, but he finally turned broadside at about 8 yds and I took my shot.The guide had the film rolling.I immediately knew that I had a penetration problem, but I saw that the broadhead had done considerable damage as the buck really hobbled as he ran up the steep slope. We waited 45 minutes, til it was dark, and went to look for the arrow.
That's when the doubt started as it was lying there with hardly any blood and one of the blades of the Razorcap was broken off which had never happened to me before. I have used these heads on LOTS of game including all the African animals I have taken with no broadhead failure ever. We went back to camp and reviewed the footage many times. We determined that I had broken the buck's front right leg as the arrow hit about 2 inches forward of my intented placement. Like I said, these Mulies are sharp at close range.
The next morning, 5 of us, including the cook( a young lady wearing flip flops-but that's an entire other story!)went to look for the deer. We found blood about 100 yds from the point of impact and it really started flowing as the buck went up over the steep part of the mountain onto a large plateau! This was 7 am. One of the guides and I stayed on the blood trail and the others tried flanking the trail to see if they could spot the deer bedded anywhere. We knew it was hurt badly.
We quickly got seperated, with no means of communicating, but the guide and I were not about to leave the trail. Around 10 (//URL=http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w50/bbhif10/?action=view¤t=IMGP8053.jpg%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w50/bbhif10/th_IMGP8053.jpg)[/URL][/IMG] am we jumped the deer within hearing range and my spirits were lifted, even though I thought we had a good chance after finding all that blood getting up on this plateau, when we finally heard it jump up, I felt alot better! Jess and I just steadily stayed on the track-sometimes now with blood, sometimes not. We hit a Canyon and I thought I heard something and looked up from the ground to see him struggling to get over the next ridge about 400 yards ahead! I got a good look at the buck here and it was struggling to climb and it's tongue was out. This fella Jess is about 28yrs old and he took off a full gallop down into the canyon and up the other side. I felt old at 53! He waited for me at the top and we again had to look for the blood as he had crossed the tracks of many deer now. It took us about 15 minutes to sort it out and again the chase was on. About 11:30, Jess realized the deer was heading back toward the highway, which really din't break my heart until we saw where he went over a cliff that no one woulda bet a deer could go- let alone me! We followed him over and indeed it led right to the highway! It was about 1pm when we got to the road, we had nothing to drink, so Jess went to get the truck which was a mile and a half up the road. We figured the deer had gone over 4 miles at this point!!
At this time, I wanna say that I wasn't proud of this shot by any means, but I was proud to be part of such a tracking job that included such determination on this fella's part to help get this buck!!!
When Jess returned with the truck- I drove to town and got us water and Gator aid and when I got back to Jess, all the others were there, as they had trailed us the entire time! We all had a well deserved drink and took off across the highway. I told the outfitter and all the others, at this point after all this- the first person to get an arrow into this deer-please do it- this deer has been thru enough!
At 2:30, we broke out into a pasture along a mountain stream and the buck was down in the corner. He was down, but not completely out. the outfitter, Aram, was about 30 yds ahead of me and just instictively drew and shot after my little speech about geting this buck. The deer ran about 15 more yds for the final lunge. It had been 7 1/2 hours after finding first blood. I thanked the outfitter for finishing off the deer and he said he didn't finish it - that it was gone and just didn't know it yet. That's it in a nutshell. I'm sure I didn't remeber it all, but you get the idea. I have already relived it a thousand times.
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Trailing Biggie in a chair!!!
congratulations Marty, NICE buck !!
Kicking myself for not being there !!!
Next time !
Way to stick with it Marty :notworthy:
Nice buck...congrats
The old guy was boss because he had moxie. Beautiful buck, and an honorable effort in his recovery. He sure made you work for him!
Well done.
Killdeer :campfire:
Way to go fellas!! Nice muley! :thumbsup:
Congrats Marty!
Nice buck indeed!
Where's the chicken, nice buck though. You must of left the blonde back in camp.
Way to go Guys. Thats an interesting and beautiful buck. Congrats Marty! :thumbsup:
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Marty said, "At this time, I wanna say that I wasn't proud of this shot by any means, but I was proud to be part of such a tracking job that included such determination on this fella's part to help get this buck!!!"
Perfectly expressed sentiment. There is no better feeling than sticking it out on a tough trail and being rewarded by the effort. It is rare and treasured indeed to have other people that have the dedication to stick with you in those circumstances.
Man what a beautiful buck.. That was a great story. Sounds like ya had all the right people with ya on that one. Awsome.. just Awsome :clapper: :clapper:
Good job Martha and Biggie. I'm proud of you. Sounds like many good memories were made on this hunt. Way to sick with it.... and all along they thought you were a loser. :^) xoxo Uncle Barry
Nice buck Marty congrats :thumbsup: , and yes way to stick with it :archer:
Great Buck Marty!! :thumbsup: Congrats!! Guess our serving sizes at the resteraunts differ from those in the south? Think how big Biggie would be if he grew up out here!! :eek: :biglaugh:
Congrats :thumbsup:
Good job buddy. Your brace height is too high :>) How much weight have you lost? I bet you have wicked stretch marks all over your body!
Too funny. Nice buck.
Well done.
Great buck Marty, and a great tracking job to top it off! Congratulations!
Hold on now...I wanna see this pig rustling film that was mentioned!
That was pig wrestling.
Killdeer :rolleyes:
Gorgeous buck Marty......can't believe the weight you have lost. You use to have more Chins than a chinese phone book.....not no more.!!.........what happened to that chair in the previous pic?
Joebuck, the chair's they make out there are not Biggie Proof!! Sooo the outfitter brought out his chainsaw and whittled him a new one-problem is-it was too small of a tree, so Biggie opted for a tree trunk AND a chair for the rest of the week! Buncha little fella's out there!!
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Ha... too much... literally! bw
Marty, I'd love to see an article about your hunt in the PBS magazine. Aram is a member also. Maybe you could call it something along the lines of "Bowhunting Mulies with a Legend, and Biggie, too!"
Marty,
I don't want to alarm you, but it looks like that "cook in flip-flops" in the next-to-the-last photo is NOT a girl. You know more about the ways out West than I do, but I'm just sayin'..... :saywhat:
Congratulations on a great job of hunting and finishing well!
Daryl
Broke Back Mulie Hunt??????
Broke Chair Mule Hunt! Flip-flops were the norm in Boulder, Utah! I think they were standard issue at the local Survival School. No kiddin- most off these people attended this course called Boss Survival and stayed!
I still can't believe that you and Biggie survived in a town that had nothing but organic foods. No Burger King? Congratulations on the muley. Don't suppose Biggie will get any offers to field test new camp chairs in the near future.
Good one Hawkeye!!!
Biggie and Marty in an organic town. I can see them now huddled around Marty's buck with a knife and a Bic lighter. Probably not much of a pack job!
No Burger King but I did have a $43, 8oz. filet.
Anything organic is EXPENSIVE!
Ouch! That 8oz filet was almost as expensive as Marty's venison!
Nice Buck Marty, you guys crack me up. Maybe the next one Biggie. :saywhat:
I miss Utah some times. I lived there till I was 9 years old. Great hunt guys! Thanks for sharing.
AWESOME GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on a fine buck Marty.
Good story, Thanks for sharing.
no french fries???
I love checking this thread every day, lots of laughs.
Awesome buck Marty. Thanks for the story.
Looks like you guys had a good hunt, congrats. Aram and his "staff" from the survival school are sure a good group of people. I was amazed by the flip flops as well. Those people travel all over that mountain in them.
I can picture Aram making that shot. He is a really good shot with that Fox bow of his.
Great story Marty. Cant wait to hear it in person and see the video.
I wouldn't let him bring his video camera Les. He's bad enough with that danged iPhone.
I also told the guides that he'd had a bout of kleptomania........
Yep kleptomania. What is that anyway? I think I stole Biggie's soul with that buck! Is that what that is? He's been Very quiet on this thread!!!
Great buck!!!!!!!!!! and great trip - what a way to start the season - Congratulations Marty - Biggie we been working on big catfish up here - hope to call you with success on these soon!
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(wiping the tears from my eyes, from laughter of course). Awesome hunt and buck..
Gene and or Barry, either one of you have room for another chapter in your book? This would make a great one. This is the stuff legends are made of.... :notworthy:
Ever sine he switched to the Iphone Blackberry I have noticed a lot more critters sneaking out of his way.
Nice one Marty! This has been very entertaining thread to say the least...
Marty would you rather I be very quiet on this thread or tell the story the way I saw it?
Come on Biggie spill. I'm sure the TRUTH will be some where in between.
Well, Biggie, It's always interesting to hear how another views the same occurance. Let's see- I admitted the shot wasn't where I wanted it, so sticks and stones can break my bones.....- go ahead! I'd like to see the pic's I took of you climbing to your stand that day! Man that was steep!
Les- a good story starts with the truth- how it ends, well that's what makes it a good story!
We were givin Indian names by the guides when we left. Mine was " Bad Shot-Long Trail" Biggie's was " Two Chairs".
Can you guys do any better?
:clapper: :biglaugh:
One of you could be Chief "Running Hairline" :D
Nice buck, Marty, and great job trailing guys! And a great thread too.....congrats.
Steep trail, Marty, and you were BEHIND Biggie with the camera? Great photo ops, but verrrry risky. :saywhat:
Marty's Indian name would have to be "Runs With Wood"....
Biggie would be "Deep Tracks" or maybe "Stuck in Mud"
Marty Congrats on the Nice buck! Now about the tracking job...
Now Biggie knows who taught Peanut how its done!
For Biggies Indian name you could always go with something like "Blood Free Arrow Shooter"
and yes you are both legends. Urban legends.
pete
That 2 chairs is killing me. :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Finally got a chance to read this one....great thread guys...I needed a laugh and got plenty.
Congrats Marty! Beautiful buck.
Biggie's not a closer. Its the way of the "Spirit Sitter".
Sorry, couldn't help it!!! :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Nice buck Marty that is a super deer and between you and Biggie's BS this tread has had me rolling from the start! Again congrads
Thanks for taking us along... Great buck!
Todd