We're in southern Colorado hunting elk again this year.
This is an area that my father had last year;
well this year it was my turn.
I was in here last year deer hunting
and I also found a really nice bull in here that no one ever took.
We're in the same spot as we were last year.
I'm hoping to find this bull because he is really unique.
He has really long royal, plus he's got really big thirds.
His royal and his thirds are really close together.
There's only 2" of main beam in between where they both branch off.
He's a really unique bull, so I'm hoping I can find him again
and be able to take him and put a tape on him.
Come along with me; we're gonna do an awesome, awesome elk hunt
down here in southern Colorado.
Well it was a good bull until it got busted off.
This old bull is all broken up.
He was a good bull.
He has good bottoms for a good bull,
but his tops are all busted.
He's not our bull, so let's keep searching
Well that's the basin that we found the bull in last year.
It's not in there right now,
but we've got a couple things stacked against us.
We have what's called a Harvest Moon.
It's a huge moon with a lunar eclipse tonight.
It's hot!
It's not even 8 o'clock and it's almost 70 degrees.
It's gonna be a rough couple days here until the moon calms down
and starts to cool off a little bit.
It's 8 o' clock and I haven't heard a bugle in about an hour.
They were bugling early and all night.
Its the first day. Hopefully we can find him in here.
Welcome back to Eastman's Hunting TV.
My brother Ike is in Colorado
battling unusually hot weather and a rare blood moon in an effort to put a
trophy bull elk on the ground.
But day one of the hunt is quickly coming to a close.
There's another bull over here bugling too.
Lets go take a look at him.
Lets see if we can get him to come out of that dark timber.
Well, another end to a beautiful day.
I haven't found the bull yet, but we did get into some which is a positive step
Lets see what happens in the morning.
The moon seems to calm down.
We have some cloud cover which will help.
That means these elk will sleep a little longer
and hopefully it cools off. We'll see what happens.
At first light the next morning Mike and Ike spot a group of elk on a ridge
across a massive meadow.
You do realize there's two bulls in there right?
Having located the big bull Ike found last year, they decide to play it safe.
They let the bull and his cows bed down and make a plan to return that afternoon.
With temperatures reaching well into the 80s,
Ike plans to use the only nearby water source to his advantage.
Ike is hoping the heat will push this thirsty bull and his cows out of their beds
and to a nearby waterhole before it gets dark.
Let's rejoin Ike and Mike
as they move into position for their ambush; only to hurry up and wait.
We saw that bull this morning from a long ways away.
We got set up on this pond in front of us.
It is one of the only water sources really close.
It was hot today with temps in the 80's.
So we are hoping that they come in;
that him and his cows will come into water tonight.
We got in here really early.
It's like 4 o'clock and we are setup.
Hopefully they come in.
It's now or never for Ike to seal the deal on his biggest bull elk yet.
Good Shot! Good shot!
What a blessing.
This has just been unreal.
With history with the bull and find him in the morning.
He does exactly what we hoped he would do.
He came down to water.
Just sitting in the water. You could hear him drinking...
Got up there and bugled; boom!
Hit him right through the shoulder with the first shot
and then the second shot, just to make sure he's dead.
Put one right in this spine; broke his back.
Oh my gosh, I couldn't ask for anything better...
Oh' My Lord...
He's got everything I love about elk; tipped in royals, big thirds.
I mean, what else is there? Big whale tail.
Thanks for coming along with me on this unbelievable adventure
to take this giant bull in Colorado
and 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
where we redline the fun meter.