see the timber patch sits on the far side over there
that dark timber that's where they went over and over it slipped into bed
get down this ridge crest of the ridge glassing across we heard a bull bugling
down below us up in this side drainage it sounds like there's two
bulls one high one low we're just gonna try and get the wind and hook in
kind of on their level or maybe a little below them so we're going to move in slow and be looking.
I always seen a bunch mule deer here about a mile and a half away and I'm
gonna go up a coulee and see how close we get to him see if there's any decent
bucks in there these animals are running to us today here comes some deer
Okay there's some deer in the draw right up here looked like one's a good one so
they're a little bit small they're a little bit spindly the forks aren't very big
I think that's probably the smartest thing to do and unless maybe I'd shoot but you
want a bigger one
We're off the Pickar ranch we're on some block management okay we saw nice 4x4 but we don't know
if he's a 3 by 4 or a 4 by 4 one tine might been broken off but it's wide he's
solid he's a nice buck
I think we're going to go down and take a closer look at him
make a decision he's about 550 yards from us
right now
okay we're ready
they'll stand up yeah he looks good yep he's going to get up
he's watching all his does
all right those does are 290 he's 300 right
now 305 if he'll just go broadside give me a decent shot 300 yards awesome he's mine
right in the center, reload reload hit him again shoot him again got him again good shot
all right he should be just down over the hill here
he's dead alright yeah nice Montana muley it's got a nice brow tines
you bigger than you thought or what you
expected or what he's about exactly what I saw through the binos did you know he had
that little this little one yeah I saw that I didn't see the brow tines I
didn't pay attention to them I just know he's a solid three by four I'm happy
with him it's a good Montana buck yeah he's a nice east side Montana buck I mean he's
got some mass to him - for a east side buck he's good buck I like him now we're
out here in eastern Montana taking advantage of the nice weather
it's pre-rut today's October 30th this buck was with some does did pretty good
yeah yep shot my first muley buck 48 years ago tomorrow on Halloween really
yeah and proposed to your mother 38 years ago today so happy anniversary dear
48 years ago you must have been using flintlocks back then they didn't even have centerfire rifles did they? I was using a 22 that's all we had
well thanks for watching another beyond the grid anytime
you have a chance to go hunt with your dad taught me how to hunt when I was just a little kid
Imake a big point to go hunt every year with family you should too
the most important thing in life biggest lesson I got for me is always make that
time and go hunting and the more time you spend with your family the better so
enjoy that time together good shooting Dad Thanks must have learned it from me
I must have
I can't believe you agreed with me
for 2017 I'm gonna be carrying this Savage lightweight hunter 6.5 Creedmoor
I've got it loaded with 143 grain eldx bullet got him going just under 2,800
feet a second and it's a little of a light caliber for elk cuz 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 we put it in the right
spot should be just fine we're here 2017 opening day of rifle
season in eastern Montana we're out here on elk and mule deer so we're just
gonna get out I'm gonna do a lot of glassing try and spot some animals that
we want to look at and hopefully we can fill some tags I'm looking to
trying to get the elk first maybe move onto deer after that
so we've been sitting on this ridge and just kind of waiting found some elk
that we're moving across coming down feeding to get a drink down this bottom down here
there's a herd bull with four or five cows and we're gonna try and get a
little closer and get a little better look at him and if it looks right and
what we want to do then we'll go ahead and try and get this bull
I finally killed my first 6 point bull ever I'm 48 years old hunting hard all my life as long as I could and finally got
a six point and it's gonna be dedicated to my dad because I lost my dad this
year and he's up there watching this and I'm pretty sure he woke me up from my nap to make sure looked down and saw that bull
pretty fantastic hunt
been a long time coming
see a bullet right there I can feel it there right hit him high lungh
excellent yeah jeez he's photogenic he's gonna
make some good photos good well guys opening day in Montana got his first 6x6
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 quartered up tonight and out
tomorrow right congratulations yeah thank you good work
this is going to be really heavy isn't it? Yep
that's the glory load though