alright so we've been backpacking for two days we made it up to this
ridge this morning and we spotted five different bucks and there's two shooters
this is what uh back country bow hunting is all about
alright so we're all loaded up here we're headed to idaho so we've got a general season
deer tag down there and going to go try to find some big deer and get after it
we got a spot that we've been looking at that we're going to go hike into
and and we're just we're we're flexible we can either hunt high country or we can hunt desert or
wherever the deer are at so loading up now and we're gonna go hit it
well we're not starting off too good we made it to idaho here and
we're just working up this canyon just kind of stopped to glass and shut the truck down and kind
of look around we saw an elk up there and looking for some mule deer and the truck won't restart so
i don't know i think we got a bad battery gonna have to run back to the nearest town here but
got to get a jump first so not starting off too good but you just gotta roll with the punches
and get things fixed and get back in the hills so we're gonna do a little mechanicing and then
get our gear on and start hunting hopefully so see what happens here
alright so a little mechanic-ing got the battery changed out we got a jump from a guy coming down
the road and so not the way you want to start your trip but now it's four o'clock and so
we're back where we started up this drainage and we're gonna get way up on top and see if
we can't start finding some mule deer here so um fixed up and rolling again it's a good thing
alright this is where the rubber meets the road we've been looking around idaho for a couple days
just haven't been able to find the quality or the numbers we're looking for so we got
this high country spot we've been looking at that we're really excited to get into
so we're going to get in here we're real light we got three days worth of stuff on and just see
if we can't turn up some good bucks in the back country so trailhead looks good nobody
hunting in here we got it all to ourselves so only thing left to do is find a big buck
alright so we just made it into our first night camp here
looks really good boy we've been waiting for this all year long uh it looks like muley country
there's a couple other guys in here but that's what you get when you get public land so
we're going to hold up here tonight and go up here and glass a couple drainages and then
tomorrow morning we'll probably load up our stuff and do another day's push back and see
if we can't separate separate ourselves from the pressure but looks muley it's all we can ask for
welcome back to eastman's hunting tv before the break we left brian at his first night's
camp due to some hunting pressure in the area he's opted to push deeper into the back country
all right so we've been backpacking for two days we made it up to this ridge this morning
and we spotted five different bucks and there's two shooters so there's one big uh hard horn and
then a big velvet so we're just keeping our eye on them and gonna try to make something
happen here put them to bed and then try to make a play around them so we're pumped this
is what uh back country bow hunting is all about so keep with us and see if we can't get on them
alright so we're up here glassing the idaho back country and i just had a quick glassing
tip for you guys so we got on this feature this morning but when we're glassing features
we try to set up so the sun is behind us so it just illuminates the feature we're looking at
the animals we're looking at and we're not looking into that haze of the sun when we're glassing so
when you're planning your glassing strategies always try to be with the sun at your back and
and the other thing it does is it hides your presence as well animals can't see as well
into the sun they're looking into the haze as you're looking into the illuminated basin so
just a glassing tip for you guys as we're up here in the idaho backcountry
alright well we just got camp set up down in here heat of the day it's like 11 o'clock we made
our way off that ridge so we got a buck over here and a buck over here and we're far enough away
water on either side we're really set up good
alright so we sat up on this vantage point we watched these
these bucks bed down but the one hardhorn kind of went in some thick cover there
and then the other one uh the velvet went out of sight but we're gonna go down and make camp
in this basin there's some other basins we can hunt and we're on some bucks so
we'll make camp and then we're gonna go up the ridge and try to relocate these bucks i'm not sure
if we'll get a bedded play on them or if we'll wait and let them come out this evening and get a
play or maybe when they go to their second bed but we're pumped high country mule deer we're in them
okay we got up here and uh we spotted two bucks one buck was out of his bed and he laid back down
he's a nice four point we saw him this morning so he's in a good spot we're gonna make a play
around and then put a tree in between us and him and start slipping down into him so got
a good chance of that one we also got the hardhorn over here we spotted him as well
he's not bedded in a good spot we're gonna have to wait till evening but we're pumped at this
play this is a great play for high country mule deer so we're up about 9 500 feet we've
been climbing all day our camps down in the bottom and we're going to give this thing a go
god what an awesome stalk we were stalking down to that tree we were
trying to get to the tree and we were going to put an arrow in them and
coming down and they all stood up and i had one little opening in those tree branches i knew i
could get my arrow in there and settle my pin and buck the shot dropped right in hit him good
all right so we hit that buck hit him pretty good i know that
buck's gonna die but he made it up over the ridge
so we're just beating feet to get another look at him we've seen him go over too
now he's starting to be hurt bad and slow up but we just got to
figure out where he went we're finding blood along the way and trailing him
he's going to die we just got to make sure that we can get eyes on him so we can find him
alright 2017 idaho buck unbelievable i just can't believe it came together
we were able to put a perfect stalk on this guy and send an arrow through them and we've
been tracking them all day long shot him this afternoon and and finally caught up to him what
a beautiful buck um just just so thrilled i just i love hunting the high country there's nothing like
it and to harvest a buck like this is just uh icing on the cake so um i'm just thrilled we're
gonna get this guy taken care of and and get back to camp for tonight and haul them out tomorrow
alright well just making our way out i got the buck on the back um
just awesome this high country hunting this stuff and getting your buck out it's
part of the adventure so we got a few miles down the trail or maybe more than a few but
uh just good i got a good cameraman that's willing to take half the meat