hi I'm Mike Deming with Sportsman's News television on this episode we're doing an outfitter evaluation
trip on Compass West Outfitters and Chris geikema he comes very highly recommended and
Chris has killed a lot of big bulls with his clients but before we're willing to spend
any money to buy these trips for the pro membership sweepstakes we always go down and check them
out personally stick around this is going to be a great show
our hunt takes place in early October with the rut in full swing the main camp is
in the heart of elk country and bulls screaming throughout the night makes
those early rises a bit easier to take
New Mexico is known for having great elk as well as good numbers the fact that the state
offers transferable landowner tags makes it very appealing since you have the ability
to purchase the tag without having to draw through the standard lottery process
other side of that canyon big
grassy flats real sparse PJ the wind's ripping out of the South this morning from the front
so what's happened is those bulls are going to come over we came here this morning to look
for those bulls on the back side of those ridges they're going to come off the flats
instead of bedding in the flats should come up over and get on the downwind side
our private ranch hunts consist of rolling hills and vast expanses of open terrain
this requires a lot of driving walking glassing and repeat until you find a bull worthy of
your tag having hunted elk for the majority of my life I would say that big bulls are
as hard earned and require a lot of time I haven't been in many destinations where I
felt like I was elk shopping but this area provided a true elk shopping experience
well you got him there
dropped
more wind up there
wow
well typical Sportsman's News fashion last night of the last night
down
Sportsman's news last light of the last night we're so known for getting this done
and it could be we shop around Chris geikema and his operation here at Compass West
is phenomenal and you know they kill a lot of really good bulls down here so
you gotta shop some even though this is a droughted out year
a little bit tough we've seen some mature Bulls
this is a mature bull but as you can tell it just didn't get the groceries they need
you know what we've been rained on every day that we've been here
pretty phenomenal we gotta head back home tomorrow because we're on another deal so
can't say enough great things about Chris and his team of people just got a great group of guys
they've got stuff here and they've got stuff in Northern New Mexico they've got stuff
in Colorado got stuff in Texas
you name it he's got it covered
we've got very little daylight left so we're gonna get this guy broken down
get him back to the buggy best thing is we can probably get the buggy to about 500 yards from here so
make the most of it steak dinner tonight but it's going to be late let's get her done
Compass West Outfitters is obviously one of our endorsed Outfitters after an experience
of this quality the Sportsman's news Pro membership sweepstakes will be giving away a hunt each
and every year with compass West Outfitters become a member for your chance to win