well we just got dropped so we're gonna set up camp and I will do a glass
tonight see what we can do
we spot this bull from the top up this bottom so we're just moving down gonna try
to go
just rolled downhill he just died right there c'mon
well we're at the LZ and we're gonna do a few sling loads in to camp and then
we'll all haul in so I think probably four trips total so not too bad but
bringing a little bit of luxury items on this trip ice and water and we are
gonna have a generator up there so we're just gonna pack our stuff up and get
everything sling loaded and start making trips so all begins right now
gotta have the fanny pack on
I'm Bob staples with blue mountain adventures we've been in
business for 14 years we guide in Eastern Oregon I would say
we specialize mostly in elk and mule deer and spring bear we have some
in-house hunts out of the ranch we have horseback hunts we also have helicopter
hunts for areas that we cannot access with horses and mules so the only way to
get in there and get public in there on public land is with helicopters
well we just got dropped so we're gonna set up camp and get our latrine set up
and water and everything like that and we'll do a glass tonight
see we can do sling load time
we got dropped off today or yesterday actually and today's opening day we're
in the middle of private there's this little chunk of BLM that we're hunting
surrounded by private and I don't know coming in here at the helicopter I think
it kind of bumps on these elk and deer out of here so we're seeing some stuff
on private there's other hunters that we're watching hopefully a few days of
doing this we can get a stock on something that moves on to public
looked all down there through that country nothing
kind of disheartening but
just gotta keep covering country this week we're in here elk hunting
however Oregon we can hunt elk and deer at the same time so we're elk hunting
primarily with a deer tag in our pocket
been looking for this buck this morning 3x3 he rubbed his velvet off yesterday and so we
didn't see him out in the open today so he's probably timbered up not a lot of
deer on this public piece so we're just gonna cross our fingers hopefully we get lucky
well we put some bucks to bed up in this basin that came down into the trees kind of
into the bottom we've been waiting on him for maybe an hour and a half to two
hours I kind of moved behind some junipers so we're just gonna kind of move up
all right we are on the basin where these bucks were bedded
down here trying to relocate them
just scanning all these junipers with the shade looking at that shade and
trying to find them I haven't seen them yet a lot of stuff below me I cant really see very well
so we're just gonna pick this apart maybe they're up
on their feet moving probably feeding maybe it's a full moon and it's a noon
and so they could be on their feet who knows
there's no way we would be able to move quiet enough this calm out it's all this air leaf balsam
where its like freakin potato chips
these bucks are up and feeding and they kind of zag back up the hill and they
didn't go to water kind of got overcast out and the wind changed actually
switched its going out our back now so we're just watching these bucks and I
think we're just gonna let him be for the night we're not gonna blow him out
of here we're just gonna watch him that's huntin weird front blew in and
that's a lot cooler and the winds like directly out of the north now so
and instead of south so we'll watch them feed up this open-face and call it a night
we've got a bull coming up this draw he's in the bottom somewhere we lost him
and we have a bear and deer right here too so we are kind of pinned down
well we spot this bull from the top he's coming up this bottom so we're just moving
down gonna try to cut off he's coming right up the bottom
we lost him in the brush down here about 150 yards he was gonna work down here
and hopefully we can get on him and get a shot on him down here
thats how you do it baby
double long
how fricking cool was that
video video
smoked him smoked him beautiful beautiful
dude for what we've seen in here I was screw gonna kill him double longed bull you kind of draw it up
the draw I thought he'd go down a little quicker
we gave him about 20 minutes I'm going to take a layer off and we're gonna go sneak down
there so you can find him
and it happened so quick I don't even know it don't even know what to say
really it's just we haven't seen a bull on public land today and it's pretty
unusual and this bull was working up the draw we had a good wind so I took
advantage of it
well he had to of gone down right down that trail into the bottom
he just rolled down hill
like literally he just died c'mon c'mon
man I'll take this any day on a general over-the-counter archery license
nice six by six we were in this area didn't see any bulls on public today
they're all on private and man did I was worried a little bit but but how this
transpired was just absolutely crazy it's just boggles my mind today's August
25th this is all spot in stock hunting which I love to do
there's no bugling yet or anything as things still has velvet on it which is
really cool it's a rush cover and country let the glass do the walkin and
be patient it'll pay off down the bottom of gully
probably two miles from camp got a lot of work to do before dark we got about
an hour till dark we're gonna get butchered and get these quarters hung
and pack some back to camp huh that bears like 200 yards down from here
hopefully doesn't take my meat tonight
good stuff well we're halfway done gutless on an elk is a lot of work but it's
nice and clean let's get them rolled over this side
ah well we're gonna get this hindquarter out well as the backstraps the
tenderloins and we'll get the rest tomorrow two miles back
bon voyage
don't fall in the fire
the contrast elk tenderloin and then spam for the peasants
I thought you were doing it for us
this spam for dessert then okay is that how that works
raspberry crumble and apple crisp for dessert now you're talking
we're going to eat that last night we're too full hopefully that spam don't split
fall on the fire on you we're just gonna give big old cut down here I'm gonna have to
flip my card over there right after this oh wow isn't that beautiful not at all I mean that's money
that is money