December, 2006
It was the opening morning of Kentucky black powder deer hunt. I had found a saddle on a map that was almost 3 miles back into the hills. I went into the saddle 2 days before and found a big rock over looking the draw and the ridge that leads into the saddle. It was some where around 1 hour before day light that I was slipping up the ridge about 1/4 mile from the big rock. All at once something jumped up out of the tall grass on my left side. Then all at once another something jumped up. I turned my 2 AA flashlight on and turned it at what ever jumped up. 2 sets of red/ orange colored eyes was looking at me no more then 50 yards away. The biggest of the 2 looked to be around 7 ft to the eyes. The other was about 2 ft smaller.
With my small light I could not see for sure what I was looking at. All I could see was 2 dark things looking at me. All at once they took off running and the eyes disappeared. I spotted the eyes again going out the ridgeline about 100 yards in front of me.I thought it was bears standing up looking at me in the grass so I didn’t think much of it.
I got to the rock and set up my gear for my hunt. I wear scent lock clothes when I deer hunt and I also drag a rag with deer pee on it behind me to mask my scent. I tied my orange vest up in a limb over my head so other hunters could see me. I put my ghillie suit on and set back waiting on daylight.
Right at the break of daylight I was looking into the saddle for a buck. All at once a stick about 2 foot long come flying at me and landed right behind me. I turned and looked and seen this big black brown monkey looking thing squatted down looking at me about 50 yards away. My first thought was somebody was teasing me or was trying to run me off.
I stand up and yelled HEY YOU BETTER SAY SOMETHING OR I WILL SHOOT ….. I pointed my black powder and it moved its arm back and I could see it had another stick in its hands. I yelled again… All at once it come rushing at me. I shot in front of it and it turned and took off. It went about 75 yards and stopped. It stood up and looked over toward a thicket and grunted. A smaller one come running out making a crying sound. By this time I had already reloaded and was headed off the rock away from the things.
I walked out away from the rock and left all my gear. The next day I went back in to get my gear. When I got there my backpack was tore open and my things were laying everywhere. I had crackers and potted meat and some coke colas. The cans had been hit on the rock and busted open. Anything that was food was ate. I had a knife and a game boy in my pack also. They were still there ……. that proves to me it was not somebody…they would have took them. The limb my vest was on was broken out. My drag rag was gone.
I think I seen a mom and a baby bigfoot. Where I had on scent lock clothes and had deer pee on a drag rag they could not smell I was human. Also I had a ghille suit on. I think it thought I was one of them.
Reid D
Oh dang that would have made an interesting hunt!!! Geez!!
Trent M
Wow, I’d like to hear more details, especially about the smaller one. What did their faces look like and more about the crying sounds the smaller one made. Pretty good encounter and luckily no one got hurt!
james s
point one should have a black powder pistol when hunting black powder season
Jan W
Good thing he was armed or this may have turned out very differently. Would love it if Wes could get this guy on the show.
Scott M
He should have tipped it over.
Paul M
Wes = this is great guy to have on. Very cool story of another hunter getting very close to the beast. I’m never going into the woods with blackpowder. AR – 10 lots of clips. Not for offense = better safe then 411
Kevin K
Ditto! When we moved to Alaska I bought a brand new LMT AR-10 with lots or high powered .308 APR with 25 round clips. Thinking about a bump stock with a belt conversion for simulated auto fire…..
After all the stuff that happened to us on episode 94…..I 100% agree and practice the same way!
Best,
Kevin
Dave T
Just some good advice for anyone that comes face to face with a BF and you are hunting with a muzzle loader. Never, never, never, give the squatch a “warning shot.” This guy got lucky the squatch stopped or he’d have looked like a camouflaged corn dog when that BF shoved that muzzle loader up his arse.
Robert P
If it had been me, the game boy would still be sitting on the rock.
Kim G
Who goes hunting with a ton of concealment, then packs a gameboy?
Jay Carlsen
Some one who does like to Clean dear.
Steven B
Note to self: Please carry at least one spare change of underwear or wear “Depends” when out hunting. Thank you.