I just stuck the 190 buck. Biggest mule deer I've ever laid eyes on.
I'm gonna give him at least an hour. Oh I'm so nervous, he's so big.
Oh my gosh he's big.
Well just had a long drive, four miles up prego going three miles an hour. Day before
opening day of deer season, Wyoming. We're up here about 8400 feet and we got to
go to 9800. We're gonna get up on the ridge and hunt some upper basins.
Just trying to get my pack together and get up there before evening so I can get
an evening glass.
Eastman's Bowhunting Journal staffer, Dan Pickar is embarking on one of bow
hunting's most difficult endeavors. A high country mule deer hunt with a bow,
and to add fuel to the fire he's filming himself on the hunt a
nearly impossible task. Oh here we go, 45 pound pack, up two and a half
miles to the ridge top, and a few miles down the ridge.
It'll be a long hike.
I hope so
big high country Wyoming mule deer. 2013. Here we go.
Dan couldn't ask for better weather as Dan finally tops the massive ridge, he
quickly finds the perfect campsite to base his bow hunt from. Well here we are,
on top. I'm gonna camp here, tired. unload all my stuff and day hunt out of
here. Come far enough. Dan has located a solid 170 class buck on the other side
of the canyon, and is putting together a stalk. Got a 170 buck spotted before dark,
just gonna make a move on him. He's coming up a valley here in a good situation.
There's some other deer with him, I got some good cover if he comes
close enough. Should be able to get a shot.
Despite bumping the doe, the big buck continues to work his way up the draw.
Unfortunately, Dan doesn't have time to set up his tripod before the buck makes
his way to within bow range.
I just stuck the 190 buck.
I hit him far back I was so nervous, so nervous. I figured I just set my camera
down and kill him because it was the biggest thing I've ever seen.
All I could see was giant horns running off. I'm leaving, leaving the bow
here. Gonna go get my pack and give him at least another half hour.
Oh he's toast, yes. I got him. I got the 190.
Oh he's got a drop tine too. Holy cow. A buck of the lifetime.
I'm sure he's 190. I'll put a tape on him here soon. Little dropper, didn't see that
that's cool. Just a magnum Wyoming muley. Absolute
magnum. I'd like to thank Jordan Bershears who drew this tag and he was supposed to
draw it, and he's busy and couldn't make it down here. So I came in solo five
miles from the truck. What a hunt of a lifetime for me. Day two I saw a lot of
bucks, this is by far the biggest. Next biggest was at 170 I was on last night.
Glad I didn't kill him because I got a chance at this guy, but unbelievable this
is a dream come true and an answer to prayers, that's for sure. So I'm gonna get
a tape on him this is absolutely amazing. It wouldn't happened without Eastman's
Bowhunting TV and Bowhunting Journal. This is absolutely what dreams are made
of. Dan's incredible public land high
country buck scored 210 gross Pope and Young points and stretched the tape at
nearly 32 inches wide. Congratulations Dan.