we got right on these elk and the bull hasn't shown up
i don't know where he is
hi i'm guy eastman your host and this is eastman's hunting tv
we're going on one of everybody's favorites a diy public land elk huntwe're gonna tag
along with ebj's own dan pickar as he chases bull elk here in our home state of western wyoming
out there on the public lands deep in the back country
well we're packing up we're in wyoming general elk deer lots of people around so we're not even gonna
try to hunt out here even though i heard some bugling last night by the truck so we're gonna
go about two and a half miles in just packing gear up and making sure we're not forgetting anything
elk tracks in the trail and they're even pointing that way we must be going in the right direction
well it's our first night in here so we're gonna head down the ridge oh mile or two and
do some glass and see we can find tonight this way and depending on what we find tonight this way
we'll determine whether we go that way or go that way in the morning so
a little exploratory mission let's go see we can find
luckily dan also has a black bear tag valid in this area
looks like he might just get a chance to notch it
all i did was just kept his attention we ran into him and he was like looking
looking and i just whistled at him kind of act like an elk and it's a bore so he's curious
well here's what the camera looks like when the nd filters are off it's not after shooting light what
it looked like during the shot but uh we're gonna go find this bear i heard him death moaning down
here so he should be right down in the timber look at that completely soaked that's that nightfall
oh he's right there he's right there he went 40 yards
dude that's a pretty good head on him
that's a pretty good head
teeth are all worn down she must be old as the hills i'll be darned teeth are falling out
bear backstraps for dinner ah no just joking
i was just i was coming up over the hill here and i threw up the binos
and i could just i didn't mean you didn't have to look twice
this giant backlit velvet two bucks i never seen anything like it
oh my gosh his back forks are absolutely world-class he's absolutely giant i haven't seen
a buck this big in five years he's got as big as back forks as you'll see anywhere conservatively
he's got to be 195. he's 30 inches he has it all we're just going to watch him go to bed
and try to figure out a plan for tonight on him there's another solid buck with him but
these are biggest deers you'll ever see anywhere on a general tag
well we uh changed camps probably like a quarter mile from this buck he went to bed with at least
two other bucks so we're in position uh we're gonna take it slow kind of just tiptoe tonight
we're just gonna play the wind and go slow and see what we can come up with that's all we can do
this buck that we saw yesterday we have them located so i'm gonna make a move we
don't really have anything to lose at this point we're leaving tomorrow so gonna give it a try
well we're just kind of packing up and mule deer camp what turned into mule deer camp was supposed
to be elk camp is over storm blowing in there's lots of people around now today's saturday so
we're getting out of here and we're going to go find some elk on the greener pastures we hope
well we're in wyoming elk hunting never been to the spot before we're just gonna kind of cruise
around the next couple days and just cover as much country as we can and do some bugle
and try to find some bulls that want to play i think today's like the 8th of september so
it's still a little early but we're way up in the high country it was frosty last night plenty cold
and we're gonna hike into a burn and see who we can find so gearing up and off we go
we're about two miles in having a heard bugle seen a couple tracks we're gonna hike up
over the top of the ridge here and bugle down the other side and kind of spend the morning
on that side and see we can find so pretty quiet so far
looks like great country but the elk just aren't here so just gotta keep moving
got a bull right here answered
different bull
we sat up here and we just waited we sat up here 30 minutes after dark just to listen and see if he
would sound off again but he hasn't we'll probably come back up here in the morning and just check
him and see if he's in here and see if he'll play a little bit and we can move in on him but
man at least we found something it's been quiet so far this season
well we came up to this knob this morning um new country just trying to find elk we found a
couple six points but uh it's just nice to find a couple active bulls so we're gonna spend the
day and work up to that saddle and see if we can't get in on some of that action tonight
i'm gonna call downhill facing down
i did a little louder because the wind got some good calls
now we're gonna move get up on top of the ridge
you just never know where you're gonna find a bull he was kind of this pretty small
little raghorn had an okay shot but
i just saw a bunch of elk sign right here and so i was like man we got a
good win i'm going to blow in the gall a little bit he came right into 15 yards
dan decides to stick with his gut and stays in the drainage hoping to encounter another bull
okay stand up
he ran over here stood there and then he started like coming down this way gotta be right here
hold this
well we gave him just a few minutes we're gonna go recover before it gets too dark
here i shot him about 30 minutes before dark and it's been about 30 so let's go
this thing has a gargantuan body
he's got some mass some rubbing
we hunted for eight or nine days
in early september man i just really appreciate my camera guys they stayed patient with me and
pounded the hills with me this year all three of them joe blake and tim okay guys this is the exit
this is what i shot him with caught on contact grave digger one and a half inch cut by an inch
now if you'll look at that shot you'll see it was far back and i i was like i didn't like it it was
a little far back granted i love those quarter and away shots because it drives that arrow
right up into the goodies and and that's exactly what happened i popped the diaphragm here's the
last rib right here so you got diaphragm going to the last rib i was just thinking about fair
chase and this season wasn't fair at all we got our butts whipped but persistence is deadly
and we came out victors on this thing unbelievable remember fair chase is the only way to hunt and
take trophy big game we'll see you right here next week on eastman's hunting tv