the Eastman family has been hunting mule
deer in this area for nearly 20 years
now and somewhere along the way we seem
to have developed a friendly family
rivalry to see who can take the biggest buck
So far my dad Mike and my brother
Ike are tied with a couple of wins each
and this year's winner is anyone's guess
the western Wyoming weather is beginning
to change quickly with a small cold
front pushing through the region Mike
and Ike are hoping the big bucks will be
on their feet just a little bit longer
now let's check in with Mike and see if
he's having any luck turning up a big buck.
in the wash you can barely see his
antlers he's right there's a buck in
front of him feeding the buck in front of him
turns and looks this way he's kind of in
the bottom of that wash I ain't to sure
I got a buck over here
he doesn't have any eye guards but he's
probably twenty-seven twenty-eight
inches just a big slick four point he's
with a with seven other bucks a couple
of really good bucks in there but this
buck is really outstanding we're gonna
kind of wait around here hopefully
he'll go and lay down in that
canyon right there and then we're trying
to make a stalk on him and see if we can
get to that job done but he's a
magnificent buck guy saw him during bow
season and so about a month ago and so
we've been kind of hunting this area and
found him last night it's just a slick
four point no cheaters or in lines or
anything just a big old typical buck
deep forked in the back
Mike and Ike are turning up plenty of
good bucks but nothing worth racking
a round into the chamber over just yet
the next morning Mike manages to stumble
into a big buck bedded in a huge sage
flat this just goes to show you you just
never know where a big mature buck is
gonna bed down this buck has been living
in this flat for the entire fall and the
glint of sun off his antler has finally
given him up for perhaps the final time
after a 45-minute standoff the buck
senses something is very wrong and
decides to stand up and make for cover
but Mike is more than ready
my gosh folks uh what has it been 45
minutes on these sticks that buck's hiding over
there in that brush finally as the sun
goes down he gets up looks around big
heavy buck looks around and 150 yards
away crack pop it's a nice shot nice
shot good job good job
eye guards really good fronts 24-inch
main beams a little light in the back as
far as length but look at the webbing on
on him big ol mature buck webbed out here
look at here six inches five and a half
around the bases he's living out here in
this sagebrush folks a lot of people go
past the sagebrush country maybe go to
quakers of pines and these big old bucks
are laying out here this is a great buck
he's heavy he's got really good fronts
he's got 23 inch main beams really good
g4s and an old buck big bodied so
I'm glad you came along with me on this
southwestern Wyoming trophy mule deer
hunt I do this every year it's a quite a
hunt and I hope to see you next week on
Eastmans' Hunting TV and remember fair
chase is the only way to hunt and take
trophy big game see you next week
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