I told Corky we've been doing this for nine years
and you guys finally killed a deer before we did.
Look at that roman nose on that sucker
yeah I'm kinda glad that they got one before us to Ike
now we can go pick between the three bigger than this
Lots of luck guys
I saw a forked horn bigger than this I think
okay master hunter, how wide is that buck?
28
28 huh? you want to know what he really is
no
I'm going to tell you anyway.
I'm going to pull the tape out because you guys are too old.
Well hell I'll hold it and you go get the tape
Mike and Ike are back in southwest Wyoming once again
Our family has been hunting this area with the Frotton family for nearly 20 years now
Over the past 20 years
we've seen the mule deer herd surge and decline more than a few times in this area
some years are just better than others
and last year was a pretty good year
Mike and Ike both took very nice bucks on the hunt
Well welcome to Wyoming, Southwest Wyoming
we are down here again hunting,
should be a fun year. It's warm this year
warmer than normal
normally we usually get a little weather here and there,
but I'm just gonna try and find a really nice buck.
That's a good buck!
We're just trying to find one step above him.
Nearby, Mike has no shortage of Bucks either.
We're out hunting Mule deer in Southwest Wyoming
This is my 18th year out here
I've seen some really great Bucks
I've seen some book heads taken out of here
This buck just laid down;
I think we saw him last year.
It kind of passed time last year because he was pretty narrow,
but this year he's pushing 30 on his main frame.
Really great. Just a big ol' slick 4 point.
A lot of guys will get all fired up when they see a big trophy buck,
and push a stock that really isn't a good one
and we really don't have a good stock here.
He's 375 yards away and he's not going anywhere,
so we're gonna take a look around and see if we can find any other bucks
and come back here maybe this afternoon.
We got a buck over here.
Wendell spotted him awhile back,
and he's got real good fronts,
They're probably 24 - 25" main beams
and the funny thing, his G 4's follow his main beam like this, so it's deceiving.
He's probably 8 - 10"
and he's got really good back forks.
Heavy buck!
Well we've come down off the mountain
and we got the buck in here somewhere.
He's laid down of course, in this.
This sagebrush is this high.
You can't see him.
He probably heard us coming
and he's laying flat on the ground.
And that's what these Bucks will do.
Laying out here out West.
People will just drive by them or walk by them
and those old bucks will just lay there and watch them just go right by them.
he's in here somewhere
but we can't seem to find it because the sage brush is so high
We'll just keep looking
It's kind of like a cat and mouse game here with this buck
He's not dumb.
He's right over here.
It's right over here laying down
and all you can see is about that much of the top of his g3 with a split in it
Is he up?
Yeah, he's up.
Ready Guy?
Well I didn't even look at him,
[celebrating]
It was up and all I saw was the shoulder and crack pop!
He was closer than I thought he was!
When he jumped up,
I could see right in and he went down,
and I looked as he went down,
Boy he's a heavy buck isn't he!
Oh man... Wow look at that buck.
Look at the main beams on him.
Oh my gosh!
Look at how heavy he is!
Look at here.
He's got a cheater starting off here.
Got an in-line right here.
Really heavy!
Look at the big old Roman Nose on this brute!
And look at these main beams curl in and almost touch...
Look at this. I can almost put my hand in between them.
This is a real trophy buck.
We saw him way up there.
He bedded down in the sagebrush.
I waited a hour to a hour and a 1/2 before he finally got up
Sitting, I was all padded up on my bipod sticks
and when he got up, I just hammered him.
Well the old guys did it again.
Corky and Ike are going to have a long hard look to find a buck butter than this buck right here.
We do this every year.
We kind of have a friendly contest
and it's gonna be interesting to see if they can top this thing
I don't know
I told Corky we've been doing this for nine years
and you guys finally killed a deer before we did
Look at that Roman nose on that sucker!
I'm kinda glad they got one before us.
but now we can go pick between the three bigger than this
Lots of luck guys.
I saw a forked horn bigger than this.
Okay master hunter how wide is that buck?
28
28 huh? You want to know what he really is?
no
I'm gonna tell you anyway
I am going to pull the tape out because you guys are too old...
Well hell, I'll hold it and you go get the tape.
Here this is how they did it
Wrapped it again. 31
These young guys don't know anything about scoring;
I taught him everything I know
Well that ain't saying much...
They took what I taught them and just embellished it...Thats what they did
We can make it 40....35! Look at that! [laughing]
I am impartial, I am the referee.
Yeah
Mike has managed to tag out first.
That just leaves Ike to find a big buck
before the Wyoming rifle season ends tomorrow evening at sundown.
Well we found a buck down there,
it's the third night and it's too late to go down and see,
so probably just gonna put him to bed
and try and come back tomorrow and
see if he's in there in the morning.
According to what we figured out,
he's been up on top and and we found him in the bottom,
so at least we know he's in the territory.
He'll probably be either here or
between here and the top tomorrow
so hopefully we can find him.
Well it's the next morning
we found him again, he's just feeding up on a hill.
He's probably gonna go up on top of that hill and bed down in sagebrush.
So we're gonna try and get a little closer,
go down to the next knob and see if we can still look across
and see what he's like.
At this distance he's got a good frame; that's what we know.
He is a nice buck.
He's got really really good fronts.
He's got a little problem.
He's got a little crappy on one side on his back,
but he's really wide,
and really good fronts.
He's a great buck.
Mike and Guy actually saw this deer earlier
and they were looking for this deer when they found the one that Mike actually shot.
He's a great buck.
Yeah he's different than Mike's.
See how he actually has a frame, from sideways,
versus Mike's, which looks really compact.
We're going to try and get up close
and see if we can Red Line the Fun Meter!
Behind him!
Down.
Other than it's the wrong one...
Shut up!
Yup, you shot the wrong one...
Your kidding me!
Yeah, I am...lol
Woooaah! Sheez! You son of a .....
Nice Shot!
What a buck!
Look at that dude! Look at that!
That is a big G 4!
It's got to be 28 inches wide.
Just a big old mature buck!
Folks, we were finally able to redline the fun meter on this guy.
This is the buck that Mike was actually after
when they found his buck.
They didn't know his buck was in there
until they found him and were able to take him.
They paid it forward from last year
since we found his buck for him last year
and so this morning we found this buck.
and he was 500 yards from where we saw him last night
and we were able to sneak through the cottonwoods
and take a 300 yard shot on him and broke him down.
He's just a great buck.
Of course, Corky had to play a joke on me
and tell me that I shot the wrong buck, because there was 2 bucks in there.
I about fainted, but he's the right buck.
He's definitely the right buck.
Look at this!
Just just an absolute toad.
28 1/2" wide
He's just an absolute giant!
13... 21 1/4...2 1/4....Is that the final?
What's everybody saying? 184. 186. 181.
I am going to be conservative with 223.
My guess is 181 3/4
181 3/4
Nailed it!
So you beat us two years ago.. And last year.
But not this year. He, He , He!
That's it, thats a wrap for a year
Old guys rule again!
Well folks, glad you could come along with us
on our annual southwestern Wyoming trophy meal deer hunt
this is my 18th year down here
with with Wendell Frotton and the family .
I'm glad you were able to participate in this hunt;
remember fair chase the only way to hunt and take trophy big game
we'll see you next week
on Eastman's Hunting TV