now that
was some fun I always wanted to kill a buck in the snow
welcome to Eastman's hunting TV on today's episode we're going to travel down to southern Wyoming
in pursuit of big mule deer bucks
it's big open sage brush country with aspen pockets and it holds a lot of bucks
those of you who watch the show probably have seen a lot of episodes down there with my
brother Ike and my father Mike it was kind of a father-son competitive thing but since
my dad's been more into photography and less into hunting as he retires now it's Ike and I
so it's brother versus brother to see who can get the bigger buck so let's not waste
any time there's a big storm front coming in which could make the mule deer hunting
epic so let's get down to southern Wyoming
see if we can find some of those big sage brush mule deer bucks
that was a clean miss was it
yup there he is
this area is known for producing big bucks but deer numbers have dropped through the
floor after a string of devastating winters three years ago the deer herd seems to be
bouncing back slowly as we're starting to glass up a few more mature
older class bucks this year than last year
an early October snowstorm is rolling in as we head out for an afternoon hunt let's see
if fresh snow and colder temperatures get the bucks on their feet and out early today
Ike spots a good buck on the skyline but the deer disappears over the ridge
before he has a chance to set up
we relocate the buck one drainage over and before I can punch the record button
Ike has squeezed the trigger he wasn't about to let this buck slip out on us again
[laughter]
now that let the air out of him oh my gosh I just couldn't be happier and the snow God
this is this is like live this is like hunting in a snow globe so beautiful
let's go check him out
he's just a beautiful four point an older buck big old Roman nose on him this is awesome
we're here down here at Wendell's shooting deer obviously dad couldn't make it this year
so it's guy and I bro versus bro thing this year I missed the buck this morning which
is if anybody's ever missed a deer those everybody has but it's
kind of starts wearing on your conscience
midday today we knew it was going to start snowing it's supposed to snow a foot
of snow tonight when I thought to myself I got to get this thing done found this buck
up here in the sage brush he's standing there and I get set up and I looked a guy I said
you better get the camera out and get rolling because I'm gonna shoot that buck he looks
at me like really let the old Savage bark and that was it it's a freaking fantastic
he's an old buck lots of character just a beautiful four point both eye guards still
got some velvet on him I just couldn't ask for more we only have one day of the season
left guy hasn't killed a deer so we'll see how that uh it how that turns out I just can't
be happier he's an old battle axe just a beautiful buck
just a great Wyoming mule deer
It's the final morning of the hunt a heavy wet snow has piled up overnight
Ike's tag is notched and now it's my turn let's see if I can make the old man proud and keep
the tradition going by turning up a bigger buck than my brother
I saw a buck go behind that bush big back tines he's heavy
but there's another one in there
it has longer points
never came clear
i think he's down
buck is down
now that
was some fun I always wanted to kill a buck in the snow
[Laughter]
oh man it's toasted one shot 6.5 Creedmoor baby
he tried to play a dirty trick on us and split off from the other two bucks
and then went up up country and he went down we caught him
in this little pocket of brush here and he knew he he was had he didn't want to go out
across that open hillside and 250 yards crack pop bang down he goes let's go take a look
at him this is awesome last day of the season
there he is right there that is a nice buck you know I saw the forecast of snow coming
I said man would it be cool to kill a big old buck in the snow here we are we got a
big buck down in the snow there he is big ole backs nice fronts good eye guards 250 yard
shot boom down he goes awesome well here we are on the last day of the season here in
Wyoming and the weather report called for a foot of snow we didn't get that much we've
got probably four to six inches I thought it'd be a really cool to kill a buck in the
snow and uh usually this season you know it's first week of October we don't usually get
snow this kind of snow that early but this year we did so really cool to get out here
and chase these bucks in the snow and they're out moving around and elk are moving around
everything is moving around just a perfect morning we saw probably 200 head of elk
probably 30 40 bucks including this guy
kind of caught him down in this brush and he knew he'd been
had he didn't want to go out across that and got about a 260 yard shot on him 250 yards
something like that perfect shot right through the shoulder 6.5 Creedmoor gets another one
so this is really awesome
just a perfect buck everything you'd hope for in a four point buck right here
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