that's a big bull for wyoming that's one of the biggest bulls i've ever seen in here he's probably
pushing 370. i mean his he's a seven point just a straight up royal seven is his six points are
probably ten inches long unfortunately gotta leave for colorado tomorrow gonna have to leave the
iceberg and come back in october and maybe hunt him with a rifle at least we know where he is
hi i'm guy eastman your host and this is eastman's hunting tv
on today's episode we have an elk extravaganza for you elk are big and it can be a lot of fun
to chase them around on public land even in october we're gonna head to wyoming the 15th
of october when the elk are starting to pull off the rut the bulls are starting to pull
off the cows but there might be just a little bit of rutting activity left also we're going
to head to montana with dan pickar's good friend todd and chase some big bulls in big sky country
for 2017 i'm going to be carrying this uh
savage lightweight hunter 6.5 creedmoor i've got it loaded with 143 grain eldx bullet
um got them going just under 2800 feet a second and it's a little of a light caliber for elk as
a lot of people would say but it's all about bullet placement so we want to make sure that
we stay off the shoulders as much as we can and put it in the right spot should be just fine
see the timber patch that's on the far side over there
that dark timber that's where they went up and over and slipped into bed
i'd like to get right here
so we've been sitting on this ridge and uh just kind of waiting we've found some elk
that we're moving across coming down feeding to get a drink down in this bottom down here
and there's a herd bull with uh four or five cows
and we're going to try and get a little closer and get a little better look at him and
um if if it looks right and what we want to do then we'll go ahead and try and get this bull
after several close encounters on opening morning in eastern montana eastman subscriber todd federer
is hoping his nick stalk will be the one that lands him with his very first six-point bull elk
good shot
so i finally killed my first six-point bull ever 48 years old i've hunted hard all my life as long as i could
and uh finally got a six point bull down and it's going to be dedicated to my dad because i lost my dad this year
and uh he's up there watching this and i'm pretty sure he woke me up from my nap to make sure i look down and saw that bull
so pretty fantastic hunt
been a long time coming
busted him right there did you see a bullet right there well i can feel it
right there where i hit him right high excellent yeah big body there eh
look at how big they are geez he's photogenic he's gonna make some good photos good
well guys opening day in montana got his first six by six it's a great bull for this area we
came out we found this big bull here and we literally made a sprint it's not too bad of a
pack out but we still have our work cut out for us get working on this guy and get quartered up
tonight and out tomorrow right congratulations yeah thank you
good work this is going to be really heavy isn't it yep yep that's the glory load though
todd is tagged out now let's head into the grizzly infested country of western wyoming where
i'm hunting for an october bull of my own this limited dry area has a fairly low success rate
but a big winter storm has blown through the area it's likely the storm will get the elk moving
and maybe even kick up some late rut action to keep these bulls out of the dark timber
well it's the first night of the hunt got in here this afternoon set up camp
hiked up here into one of my little honey holes and sure enough there's a bull in the bottom it's
the 15th october these bulls obviously are pulled off the cows and they're in these pockets ahead
of these drainages and uh he's a good bull he's probably like a 330 type bull but we're hoping to
find a 350 or bigger so we're gonna pass on this bull and you know if in a few days we decide to uh
go for it he'll probably still be in here they usually don't move much unless someone bumps
them so he's uh he's probably here to stay put but we're gonna look for a bigger one
found a big bull up in this clearing with some cows
because he's with four or five cows and it's pretty late 17th october so she must
be coming in late he's pretty interested in her we're gonna hopefully use that to uh
our advantage and get in there and hopefully maybe he's still tinkering with her that's a
good sign it's not like he's gonna go out of the country on us as long as we don't screw it up
we're going to uh go ahead and pull out we got in here um i was so we were hoping they would
meet up in those sagebrush bands up there but they didn't i think they they went to uh bedded
down and just on the other side of this meadow i don't think they're more than 500 yards from us
right now bedded down but we're gonna pull out of here because i'm afraid if it gets too warm these
thermals are gonna work their way up and they could smell us so we're gonna pull out of here and
come back this evening it's kind of tight quarters but this is a dead end canyon it just clipped out
up the head of it there's no feed on this side it's just rocks and timber so they're kind of
i mean as long as they're in here bedded down they got to come out somewhere so we're going
to play it safe and pull out and come back this evening we'll be back in here about about 3 3:30
that couldn't work out any better
man i'm shooting a 270 short mag so you got to be careful where you place them
been a great hunt holy smokes we have had some ups and downs we've seen a lot of bulls i think this
is probably what tim the 12th or 13th six point bull we've seen this is a limited draw area it's
not one of the ones at the top of the list not a blue chip it's a green chip put them to bed in
here and it came right back out the way they go in i was sitting there thinking to myself this never
works the this way they uh went right in came out on a shoestring the same exact way they went in so
worked out perfect about a 350 yard shot straight across this clear cut and got us a dead bull
after squeezing the trigger on a big wyoming bull
now we're bringing up the horses for an easier and quicker pack out
nice well folks here we are the next morning we got the bull dressed up last night
propped open and uh got plenty cold plenty cold last night there's still snow up here and
thank goodness no grizzly bear no gummy bear on it this morning so we're in luck and it definitely
helps to have family members who can pack so ike brought up the horses and mules this morning
and we're going to break this bull down and pack him down off the mountain and make light
work out of this so just been a great hunt we're hunting here in the middle october
wyoming public land diy it's really a nice bull he's got long points just in the prime of his life
he's with those cows had eight cows which is a little bit late you know it's the 17th of october
but when i hunt in here a lot of times there are bulls still with cows clear till the you know
20th october so it's a high bull to cow ratio area so there's a lot of competition kind of the post
rut but some of the bulls like this one are still with the cows so made for an exciting hunt we saw
a lot of elk and uh saw some great country always always just a real gift to be able to come into
our public lands and hunt like this and and chase big bulls and meet other hunters and talk to other
guys out here we had a great time hope you enjoyed today's show remember fair chase is the only way
to hunt and take trophy big game we'll see you next week right here on eastman's hunting tv