it's been tough this week with full moon and the wind and the heat I think we just got lucky
so we got this buck he's he's gonna be around 300 yards really nice deer tall big back frame
all right David he's 262 go ahead and put one in
get another one ready please
hi I'm guy Eastman and welcome to Eastman's on today's episode we're headed
to eastern Montana with our good friend Rod Paskey at sizzliness Outfitters each year
as many of you know we give away a hunt for each magazine so we have one ebj hunt winner
and one ehj hunt winner well this hunt is our ehj hunt winner for 2018
it's going to be an exciting hunt he's from Iowa so he's a flat lander but he's going
to come out to eastern Montana and chase some big trophy bucks during the pre-rut phase
we're going to be hunting on the Montana opener which is at the end of October and these bucks
are starting to stage for the rut a little bit so hopefully we can find him a good buck
and have a good time which we always do with Rod and the crew but let's not waste any time
let's get out there to the wide open country of eastern Montana
and look for a nice trophy mule deer
that one's built the right way he's just
i'm just afraid he's not going to be what we think he is
tell me if i'm wrong
i'm afraid if we ground checked him he'd
disappoint
hello folks we're here again with uh hunt winner it's a 2018 hunt winner Dave Matthias
he's from reeland Iowa and the first morning of the hunt opening morning we just
found this group of bucks it was about a dozen or 15 of them in there and a couple that are
right there on the edge but I don't quite think they're old enough mature enough so
I think we're just gonna walk away from them for now and like say opening morning
we're gonna keep looking okay what do you think okay it's beautiful out here
in addition to this great mule deer hunt David is also getting hooked up with some outstanding
gear from our fine sponsors
got some awesome footage doing it I mean pretty just the lighting and everything
God there's two there they're just yes it's hard to find them built that perfect you know
where he's long everywhere
well we have a big buck spotted here and he's kind of got us in a bind because he's looking
right at us he hears us I don't think he can quite see us I'm watching him rod and the hunt winner
looping around and gonna get up to that saddle they're gonna get set up and then I'm gonna
come up and meet him and we should be able to shoot from that saddle there's gonna be about
a 350 yard shot so hopefully this works
well Dave that didn't go as well as we planned yeah that's funny you know well
folks we spotted this buck from well we were 556 yards from him we were sitting on a point
glassing Dave and I took off and we needed to cut about 200 yards off it and we did stayed
put pretty good and by the time we got camera over there he had up and left so like guy
said that's the difference between hunting mule deer and hunting big mule deer right there
but I bet we can find another one somewhere sounds good all right
welcome back to Eastman's hunting TV we're hunting today with our 2018 hunt winner David
Matthias from Iowa rod and I have found some pretty good bucks one of which has given us
the slip let's find his Grandpa
I guess it's time to put on some miles and try to find a plan B for David
well we've got one spotted that we like
but we're running out of daylight
tomorrow's day four so we better make something happen pretty quick
but Buck looks good I'm guessing he is 25
26 probably and got good forks all around can't tell if he had high guards but uh beam
looks good everything's good so I guess we'll uh we know where they're at so in the morning
let me see which way the wind's blowing and we'll come in from whatever direction we need
to see if we can get done
and they're just with this full moon and this warm weather it's not moving till right before
dark so doesn't give you much time in the morning they're bedding right away so we gotta
find them right away in the morning I'm gonna have to put them to bed but the problem is
there's so many deer in this drainage that we have to wade through a bunch of them to get to
where we want to be but I guess
welcome back to Eastman's hunting TV we find ourselves yet again in Big Sky
country looking for a nice mule deer buck for our 2018 hunt winner the weather has been
hot and dry and not serving us up any favors so far rod and I might have just caught a
break in the north wind however well I got this buck it's gonna be around 300 yards
really nice deer tall big back frame and we're gonna slip up this hill and he might
we might be here a while he's in his bed as soon as he gets up oh yeah put it right back down
in it it's been tough this week with a full moon and the wind and heat I think we just
got lucky so we're gonna make sure it capitalize on it
are you on him can you see him he's the one on the right dude do you see them both yes
all right David he's 262 go ahead and put one in
wait til he turns broadside just keep your hands on the trigger
all right anytime go and send it
get another one ready please
yep he's down good job good work
again folks we're here with Dave Mathias he's from Iowa and he's our 2018 Eastman's
hunting Journal hunt winner and this is day five the five day hunt and we very seldom
go five days on this hunt it's opening week and it has been a full moon it's been windy
it's been anywhere from 62 to 70 degrees every day and of course these bucks still in big
groups and it's been tricky we got lucky found these two up a draw and and we got slipped
in here laid here for probably 45 minutes I'm guessing and finally he got up to stretch
and that was a big mistake for him David made a great shot 262 yards doesn't get any better
than that it's awesome this worked out great I'm very happy for you thank you thanks again
thank you very much well we're gonna go up and check that bad boy out
oh yeah Dave good work look at the body on him
oh yeah
good work Dave good shot
just a nice strong Montana mule deer
congratulations David thank you that's a nice buck we uh it's been kind of a tough week
it's been really hot 70 degrees most days
well we got it done nice shot on this buck he was how far two
two 60 something
260 yards right through both shoulders and down he went so
well another hunt winner in the books here in eastern Montana thanks to rod and Sizzle Ness and
all our fine sponsors for all the equipment and gear and we had a great time out here
hunting was tough as you can see it was a little too nice 70 degrees and
and pretty sunny and a full moon to boot but we're able to get it done on the final day of the the hunt so
congratulations uh David on a nice eastern Montana mule deer
and remember until next time fair chase is the only way to hunt and take trophy big game
we'll see you next week right here on Eastmans' hunting TV