the early rifle seasons in Colorado are just beginning let's go check in with my
brother Ike as he glasses for a big buck well folks welcome to the southern
Colorado down here hunting mule deer again this year should be a good hunt
we found these these bucks here on the first morning just some decent little
four-point bucks one's got a little kicker great deer but obviously not
what we're looking for so come along with me as we hunt the gray ghosts of
southern Colorado
the strategy worked I think the deer just aren't white to that level we're
looking for you know that hard horn he's not quite 180 probably he's got really
good fronts but it just you know not great backs the three-point is a three
point even be a fantastic deer don't you think if he had four plenty more right
first this is the first night of the hunt see let's keep looking
Ike is patiently combing the country thoroughly looking for something special to put his
tag on every day that passes by means a few more bucks have stripped their
velvet making the hunting just that much tougher
you know that's a great buck he's just not very wide he's got everything else
got the great forks he's got decent main beans he's got back forks he's got
everything he's just only about 22 inches wide we
saw another buck on this on the other side of this ridge see if we can
tear apart this oak brush over here and see if we can't find that other buck
Ike and Johnny think they have the big buck spotted but they want to get a
closer look just to make sure it's the buck they spotted early the first
morning of the hunt
we're gonna get to the big rocks and see if we can't sneak through
we're gonna get up here get set up see if we can't wait until that buck stands up see if we
can't take him
Ike and Johnny are struggling to keep up with the buck as he quickly feeds
through the burn and back to his bedding area with his nose into the wind
I don't think we go any further I hope he didn't go hard horned and he's gonna just stay
in there
late that afternoon Ike sets up on the spot where he thinks the buck bedded and
soon catches a glimpse of movement as the buck feeds his way back out of his
bedding area and into the creek bottom
I think he's down is he down I think he's down yeah done kicking
let's go check him out
well I was able to find this buck a couple nights ago but the storm rolled
in and started raining and it took us a couple days to find him again we found
him late yesterday morning he's a great buck he's got some really cool features
on him just a typical southern Colorado nice deer and remember fair chase is the
only way to hunt and take trophy big game we'll see you here right here next
week on Eastmans' hunting TV