i'll bet he's over 200 he might be
i think he's got a 170 mainframe with at least at least 20 inches maybe 25 or 30 inches of stuff
he's still laying down
that was our worst nightmare i was cramping up starting to shake
i think that four point's bigger than you think he is i do too i bet he's at 190 though is it
he's got eye guards on at least one side
that buck with cheaters is 190
he is heavy yeah he is well he's over 190
i'll bet he's over 200 he might be
i think he's got a 170 mainframe with at least at least 20 inches maybe 25 or 30 inches of stuff
i think it's one of those things you just have to keep coming back catch him in the right spot
if you want him yeah why is this even a question
well that one is really tall goofy shape
welcome to a new day we're searching for that trashy buck from the night before
we're hoping to find him in a place that gives us an opportunity for a shot
is it them or is it freaky
there was they were all mature bucks
his group is
that's the ones from down here last night isn't it i think so
oh there he is that's the two by four so this is that was right here
the one that you can just see his face is that two by four process of elimination
sometimes knowing where they aren't is almost as good as knowing where they are
i got his horns
huh
i said dang
you seeing this yup
all right he's moving again it's gonna stop huh i'll stop for you
320.
he was in the sagebrush for me all i could see was his head oh my god he's turning his head
he just turned his head again i think he can smell us and hear us obviously
hurry up and wait
like father like son
yeah it's definitely a strategy out here
this reminds me of a hunt my dad mike did down here he had a very similar situation
with one of these big sagebrush bucks let's see how it turned out
we got the buck in here somewhere he's laid down of course in this sage brush is this high and uh
you can't see him you probably heard us coming in he's laying flat on the ground and that's
what these bucks will do lay out here out west people will just drive by him or walk by him and
those old bucks will just lay there and watch them just go right by him he's in here somewhere
see where the hill just yeah goes up and into the grove yeah
just this side of him probably 15 yards to the other pocket
you can see about this much of his horns
is he up
that's a nice buck yeah well i didn't even look at him i figured you two got you know it was
up but all i saw was the shoulder and crack pop he's really heavy and he's got kind of a cheater
20 i'd say 24 inch main beams i waited an hour an hour and a half before he finally got up
sitting i was all padded up on my bipod sticks and when he got up i just hammered him
the wait was worth it folks this is a true trophy mule deer i hunt down here with a window
this is my 18th year it's a kind of a family thing just an awesome great wyoming trophy mule deer
thanks for sticking with me as we try and wait out this buck he's in a nice comfy bed
and is not willing to give us a shot how long can this go on i just keep thinking how do we
get him to stand up and give us a broadside we're all on point ready for just that moment
wind's going right at him just like we like it
we usually hunt with the wind in our back that way everything is aware
of our existence gives them a fair advantage to lay down and
lay there for a month actually it's not going at him it's going up the draw
320 yards ike
something just ran in front of him
oh he's up
not ideal i was cramping up starting to shake
the old back doesn't like sitting there for three hours
we're continuing to hunt this big trashy buck that we watch jump out of his bed
like he was shot out of a cannon it's been a whole day now since we've seen
him we're back in his living room where we saw him the first night
this is gonna be a tough shot i'm shooting straight into
the sun which gives me a sun glare on the scope plus the wind is blowing straight into my face
good thing this buck is on an open hillside which should give me a good broadside shot
not right here
how far is that corky you know
holy cow did you see that in the scope i couldn't see the other buck's front fork
i thought it was just a piece of sagebrush thankfully i threaded the needle through what
i thought was a stick and made a great hit that could have had a way different outcome
what a crazy situation he's done he's down i don't see him he's down he's upside down
probably not the ideal shot but it was getting late and it is
see him there yeah
jeez that buck look at that
look at that in lines man does he remind me of guys buck that that big buck guy shot about
15 years ago
this is a huge buck wendell
i think he's you know we looked at him
he's uh he's darkened his horns up and i think he's in there
he's got nine
we've hunted hard for that deer and uh we got up on that hill up there in salisbury bushes
and he was just close a little too close for comfort actually only about 80 yards
i made a shot hit him in the lungs and come straight down here
and i caught him coming out the back side of this and was able to finish him off
look at that bad boy wendell the one we've been after we've been hunting him for what
three days and you've been seeing him this fall and kind of tricked us a couple
this has got to be one of the biggest deer i've seen in the last 20 years in hunting
season where you can hunt in a general area you are really fortunate he's just an amazing buck
i don't think i'll ever kill a buck this big again in my life
jeez that buck look at that
look at that inlines you aren't kidding
one two three four five six seven eight eight one
two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven eight twenty points
but we were able to to connect with this big guy finally we had a heck of a hunt came back into his
home tonight and here he is standing here with a bunch of other bucks he's got lots of stuff going
on i was able to connect with him 250 yards the horn to the ldx out of that new savage with carbon
barrel packing that thing around for two days was lightweight awesome you know we come down here
every year with corky and it's always my funnest hunt we laugh a lot and we saw a lot of great deer
you know this is this is a testament that even in a drought they still grow we just weren't seeing
the numbers of deer that we usually do we also had some bad winters here a couple years ago that took
a toll on these poor bucks but this guy we were able to connect and take him just unbelievable