today's episode we're going to go into some real horse country the country
Mongolia you know a lot of the modern-day processes we use for a
western saddle horse were invented by the Mongolian warriors over a thousand
years ago but we're not going to go there for the horses we're there after
trophy Siberian ibex we're going to take our Western hunting
techniques all the way east as far east as we can go and see if we can put some
big trophy ibex on the ground and it's going to be a heck of a trip just
getting to camp it begins with the legendary pioneer in wildlife filming
wilderness adventure and fair chase trophies define him the son adds to the
legacy and becomes the voice for a generation of hunters today the third
generation pursues trophy big-game in places where success comes from skill
determination and grit now 60 years of hunting tradition comes down to one
defining moment we're the Eastman's we've been filming and hunting for over
60 years and three generations and these are just a few of our adventures this is
Eastman's hunting TV it's big-game hunting and it's as real
as it gets for making connections to Denver and Los Angeles
we're finally preparing to bid farewell to the United States as we board our
first international flight across the Pacific Ocean twelve hours later we
touched down in Seoul South Korea will need a hurry through another crowded
Airport on the way to our next connection to Beijing China
needless to say after spending 24 hours straight in the airport system we're in
dire need of some time to recover and get acclimated to the 12 hour time
difference with the two-day layover in Beijing we took advantage of the
opportunity to visit some of China's most historic landmarks first up was the
Tiananmen Square in the Forbidden City the last stop in China was at the great
wall one of the eight wonders of the world and home to some of the most
treacherous stairways we'd ever seen
next day we touched down at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport located on
the outskirts of houla Bantar Mongolia
one last plane leg it's been six or seven
flights on this trip was the last up to alti got a 10-hour Jeep ride
Russian jeeps up the road so glad to have the airplane part of this whole
thing over at least one way anyway Altai after touching down in Altai we're
finally done with flights as the rest of the journey to camp will be over land
trip across the Gobi Desert in a Russian Jeep there's a very bumpy and unique
ride not so much different than antelope hunting in Wyoming
carburetor luckily after letting things cool down for a while
Jeep fired up we were off to the races
almost 12 hours later we arrived in camp with just enough time to unpack and get
2 hours of sleep before breakfast
we're glassing this mountain range right here and looking for ibex in these
pockets I was reported that there's several bands in here so we're up here
early in the morning first day of the hunt and we got a couple of the guides
up here and they're going through and glassing and then looking and seeing if
they can't find a couple bands of ibex that we can hunt so hopefully they'll
find a group or two we'll go from there
wasn't long before one of the guides spotted a band of ibex off in the
distance it'd be quite a steep climb to get a closer look for the fake knee Mike
is no spring chicken slow but sure he made his way to the top
although they looked over several ibex they never located a shooter so it's
back down the mountain they go the following day Mike began to feel sick we
still aren't sure how or where he picked something up let's just say for the next
few days and things weren't pretty needless to say they were forced to fire
up the Jeep and take Mike back to camp leaving Ike to fend for himself later
that afternoon Ike and his Mongolian guide were able to turn up a few good Billy's
bedded in the rocks off in the distance
without a cameraman Ike was forced to take matters into his own hands just
sneaking up to them right now hopefully they cannot see us
before they popped up over the rise above the ibex I traded the camera for
his gun although this is a very close shot it seems like Ike might still have a
little jet lag left in his system
finally things began to look up for Ike on the fourth day of the hunt as he and
his guide located a band of Billy's working their way across the distant
hillside after spending over six hours on the move they finally turned up one
of the large Billy's bedded on a hillside under some rocks and moved in
for the stalk
they've managed to get into position without spooking the Billy but Ike knows
all too well that these ibex won't stick around long after they've been spooked
he's ready to take the shot as soon as the Billy stands up from the bed it was
hard to see in real-time but because they were so close to the ibex the
bullet hits square on the shoulder and zipped right through
well this is a this is our 2012 ibex hunt it has been unbelievable it resembles
high country mule deer hunting you're finding glassing points or vantage
points and in glass and down inside these bowls so you got to its views
really good optics and you got to be able to judge them
one thing you look at is this hook how far this hooks down and then if you can
look when this way how far it flares out see how it flares out thanks for
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