you want to shoot him there was your chance two Hunters two speed goats
two happy tag Hub members it's Colorado antalope hunting at its finest
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give away lots of hunts at Eastmans we ramped that up recently with one of of our properties
called tag Hub which is our online research tool for Western hunting out of the elite members we
drew two guys that we get to go on an analou hunt with in Southern Colorado so come along
with us as these guys chase the white goats on the Prairie and Redline that fun meter
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and see if our 2022 hunt winner Brian Dinger can take a trophy antelope buck
welcome back I'm Ike Eastman and we're in
Colorado hunting trophy antelope with our tag Hub 2022 hunt winner Brian
Dinger you wanted to shoot him there was your chance
nice shooting
I'm not going to lie shooting sticks stand and up like that that's hard
nice shooting thank you sir appreciate it golly that is dropped Like a Rock
oh congratulations this awesome that's a heck of a shot that's a nice nice
antelope look at that see this is what I worried about remember yesterday I said I think it's got
a messed up cutter but it's just curls in yeah that's a heck of a goat right there heck of a
goat I almost missed him awesome well hopefully this is just the beginning of your trip you got
an Elk hunt yet and uh you got some other stuff deer hunt deer hunt later so but a heck of a
way to start it all off yeah that was awesome I don't know what to say thank you guys very much
for the opportunity to do this and definitely going to remember it yeah well every time you
look at the wall you'll be like yeah I remember that you'll probably be in my office well so I
can see him every day that's awesome you work with a place that they don't care no no that's
Ike Eastman here one hunt winner has notched his tag time for
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stand on today's onx tips I want to talk a little bit about water holes we're out here antelope
hunting we're on the public lands of Wyoming in Southern Wyoming there's a lot of public land out
here it's really aired but I'll tell you one of the things that is key to antalope is water a
lot of people think they're like camels they're not there will be antalope within three or four
radius of every one of these water holes so that dovetails into your e-scouting you can literally
take your area zoom in as close as you can and scrub your area for good solid water sources and
then use the radius tool and draw a radius 3 to 5 miles around every water source and there's where
you will find antalope there's vast amounts of country out here that doesn't have any antelope
in it because it doesn't have any water in it so you have to really key in on the water especially
in the later fall Seasons when things dry out out in this country now when it's earlier in
the season and it's green and there's lots of moisture and and in May and June in the spring
when you might be doing a little scouting or something the antalope will disperse everywhere
out in the unit but as that unit dries out as the fall comes and we get our drier months in July
August and end of September those antalope will start to con congregate back to the water sources
when the antalope start to rut in September the Bucks will set up their territories to include a
water source so a water source like this might have three or four different bucks and herds
coming to it almost like the hub on a spoke on a hub and spoke on a wheel so you have like a
pie-shaped area that may come right to here and that may be one Bucks area all out there
another Buck might be this another one this and another one that so there may be three or four
different herds of antalope using one Dependable water source like this obviously this one's on a
well it's not going to go dry and that's where we have the Cattlemen to thank a lot of people
complain about cows being out on public land on the BLM allowing grazing and grazing leases but
I'll tell you that actually helps the antelope cattle do not compete with antelope for food
they eat much different things and without the Cattleman creating and maintaining water sources
like this the antalope could not live right here there would be no antalope here they'd either have
to move somewhere else or die off so actually the ranchers and Cattlemen are doing us a large favor
now we there's a lot of wild horses out here and Elk out here and the horses and Elk will
travel much further up to 10 miles for water but the antelope won't they'll only be like I
said 3 to 5 miles from the water source so that's something when you're doing your e scouting or
even when you're out there uh hunting use your onx Maps software or app to flag and mark the
water holes and when you hunt an area over and over and over again you get more water holes and
water sources marked and in a perfect world after hunting an area three or four times or doing a
lot of e scouting you'd have every reliable water source mapped and so you could just go from water
source to water source each evening check in for big bucks like we just kicked some Antelope off
this water source and they went out into there and there's prob there's some more I see out
there with those wild horses that are coming into water so it's a great time to check it when the
sun gets low they lose their depth perception you can really get close to them a lot easier in the
evening is a great time to check water sources as is first thing in the morning they'll be coming
off the water sources instead of coming to it so that's just a great tip for you next time you're
out antelope hunting key in on those water sources it will make a big difference in finding antelope
and keep you out of those areas that have no water out in the Wasteland have no antalope in them
thanks for sticking with us in Colorado I'm Ike Eastman have you heard of our new 24/7
hunting research tool it's called Eastman's tag Hub and it's a game changer but hey don't
take my word for it Tony you're from Colorado your tag Hub hunt winner so explain to me all
right number one why tag Hub I'm from Western Colorado and tag Hub I like to hunt different
states and tag Hub gives me the opportunity to look around without doing so much research I
appreciate you coming and uh taking the time to come out and at antelope hunt with us um it's a lot
of fun this is one of my favorite hunts because you tool around you see a lot of animals we saw
a lot of animals cruising around this afternoon and I don't doubt that at all thank you thank
you very much Tony I look forward to sharing this experience with you thank you
was one of our 2022 Eastman's tag Hub anow punt winners there's still time to become a tag Hub
member and get your name in the Hat not only for all of our big game hunts but also our gear giveaways
nice work thank you very much well Tony congratulations what
what an amazing hunt I mean you made a great shot in the wind you know these animals have
unbelievable eyesight and it's hard to get on them get everything you know the Stars to align
before they roll on we've had a couple good stalks and just couldn't get it to do to until just now
really we had a lot of opportunities this morning and just couldn't get in the right place but this
Buck uh was in the right place at the right time and thanks for going the extra mile to
do it figuratively and literally we we've hunted a good hunt and did a lot of things excellent thank
you yeah it was fun yeah it was awesome you know it looks flat out here but you would it's amazing
how the terrain just slightly as you get 200 yards you know we had we were had a really good Buck
this morning and he'd just on the other side so we'd move up and he'd just be on a little
further and it was just constant you know and they're chasing does which is not ideal they're
really not paying attention to us you're really hunting the Does yeah and uh we got him by himself he
didn't have another buck so he wasn't running lot great it's great it's Unique he a it's a beautiful
example of antelope hunting in Colorado well thanks for joining us here today on Eastman's and remember Fair
Chase is the only way to hunt and take trophy big game we'll see you next time right here