The stuff of Legends

Everyone has a Big Buck story.

Now, your Big Buck story might just make you a legend.

Play Mechanix has announced a 'Big Buck Legends' contest. Players are asked to submit their Big Buck story in the form of a short video uploaded to YouTube.

Maybe you named your firstborn 'Boy Howdy'. Maybe you re-wrote your wedding vows to include the phrase: 'No such thing as a bad day to hunt'. Whatever your story, write it up, get your video camera out, record it, put it up on YouTube, and send the link to dsnipes@playmechanix.com. The Grand Prize winner will of course receive a befitting trophy, but more importantly you will be bestowed the title 'Big Buck Legend' with all the fame, glory & privileges therein.

Flee mediocrity, seize your potential. Become enshrined as a Big Buck Legend.
Send in your story today! Play Mechanix has agreed to allow us here at Pappy's Porch to post a number of the top entries. So even if you don't win the Grand Prize, you may still be able to make a stop in to the porch, and have a sip of Pappy's Moonshine.

Big Buck Legends: Viva Lost Vegans

The legend of Big Buck Hunter continues to reach out to all corners of the earth and across all divisions of mankind. The lure and addiction of Big Buck crosses all ages, creeds, nations and culinary preferences.

None can resist the lure of the orange and green guns.

Andy Lin, of New York, NY, tells how the craze has even found fertile ground in the vegan movement.

Big Buck Legends: How Thor got his groove back

Herman Hochegger and the Institute of Anthropological Research published the results of a 30-year study, titled "Hunting Rituals in Congolese Tradition, Vol 1". In the book he describes a number of complex hunting rituals, including rubbing lime on your forehead, asking a virgin to spit on your gun, and sacrificing a white hen for for any lapses in your pre-hunt abstinence.

While these rituals may or may not improve your Big Buck hunting scores, some Big Buck players have developed some hunting rituals of their own.

Recently, Thor Fox, of St. Louis Missouri discovered an online Big Buck Hunter Pro at his local Cabela's. However, he noticed that he could never play as well at the online game (at Cabela's) as he could at the offline game at his local bar. Try as he might, he remained in a funk. Finally it dawned on him that he needed to follow the same hunting rituals at the Cabela's as he did at his local bar. So finally, to get out of his funk, and get his groove back, he had to bring a six-pack with him to Cabela's, set up shop, and suck down the beers while he played. And Voila! instant hunter hero. At one point his scores began to lag... so...(like popeye) he had to go out and get more spinach beer, to get his groove back.



Thor, we have to respect a man who is so in tune with his inner hunter hero. We salute you. We are sending you your own 'Big Buck Hunter' beer sleeve, to keep those beers cold to keep your scores up.

Do you have a Big Buck Legend of your own? email it to mailto:dsnipes@playmechanix.com