go head-to-head with one of these guys in archery equipment when they're hard horned
that's saying something
this stuff's like walking on corn flakes
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that's five inches or better
welcome to Eastman's Hunting TV I'm your host Ike Eastman today we're going to come down down
here to Southern Colorado on an archery mule deer hunt these guys are it's late season
so they're they're starting the rut and I've we've never done it we've been down here hunting
a lot but we've never done the late seasons it should be a lot of fun so come along with
me as I try and redline the fun meter and shoot one of these guys with my bow
I had the unique opportunity to hunt this area early in this season with my rifle a
Savage lightweight Hunter
I don't see another buck but that doesn't mean there's not one in there
couple nice bucks there's a couple weird bucks in there one of them there's a couple of that
we call ehds when they get affected by that disease their antler growth gets all messed
up and one deer is a nice deer is just not quite what we're looking for so
head off and see what else we can find
I don't think I've ever seen a deer with g2s on both sides that short it's interesting
welcome back to Colorado on eastmans I've hunted this area a ton and I know the key
to it is covering country not just with boots on the ground
but also glassing through my sig sauers
well
forward progression I guess
well we changed areas a little bit we just weren't seeing anything up high in the burn
these deer have a tendency to follow the green oak brush down they like it when it's green
and sweet I guess and when it starts to turn yellow like it was up high they start moving
off so we're changing stuff up we're halfway through the hunt we've seen a lot of bucks
this morning but it's kind of nice because we have a cloud cover which means these deer
will stay out longer because it won't get hot see what happens haven't seen anything
shootable yet today a bunch of little bucks but at least there's bucks
a couple freaky ones keep looking
this has been one of those hunts five days and all I can turn up is little bucks and
a ton of elk one thing to keep in mind is mule deer bucks don't like being around elk
especially with the rutting activity going on well back to the drawing board
well not seeing much it's like these deer have disappeared little bucks nothing one
little tiny four point see what happens a little bit uh frustrated we have a little
bit time left maybe we can drum something up
we spent I don't know five days here in Colorado looking for what I would consider
a shooter buck we've seen a couple maybe 170 deer nothing in that 180 and above which was
what I was looking for so this is the end of this we may have the opportunity to come
back later in the season if time allows it is what it is frustration and that's why we
call it hunting not killing because it is a stalking and it is a pursuit and sometimes
those pursuits uh don't always turn out the way you planned so
beautiful night though
sunset storms in the background lightning going off over there so beautiful place
we did in fact get the chance to come back during the rut this time I'm going to try
and take one of these bucks that moved in here with my Matthews vertex bow what an awesome
way to pursue these monsters
we found a buck's got some cheaters on him so we're gonna see what happens
not much else we can do yeah
he's 93 yards
if we really wanted we could go over there
come back the other side
i just saw antlers bouncing
thanks for sticking with me on this frustrating hunt I just located in a stalkable area
a buck that has more mass than Sunday morning let's try and put this Matthews to work
he was bird dogging something up there
the buck went over the rise and out of sight I decided to quickly cut some yards off as
he's not worried about us just his depraved mind with that doe
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you see him he's right there behind that down log let's see if I can draw
behind this tree without him squirting out of there
of there he goes right through the Wheelhouse
good job 54
good job good job good shot
well that was because he he went like this and the doe went around underneath this underneath
this and he ran over here and stopped on the other side of that on the other side of that
log I thought all I could see was his tops of his horns I went you're screwed buddy
and so we just used this cover I ran right up here drew stepped out and thunk well that was
worth coming back down here that was pretty fun
there's a lot of blood he's hit really hard really hard
he's gotta be hit hard man I saw that fletching barely sticking out of his shoulder
a little far forward and a little worried about the quartering away shaft
the amount of blood he's got to be dead It's gotta be dead
i think he went down
oh there he is there he is
he's a stud buck
i can't be happier
pretty sure he's dead
she would jump up and gore me
yeah he's dead
oh my gosh look how heavy that buck is go head to head with what with the one of these
guys in archery equipment when they're hard horned that's saying something
what a heavy buck I mean that's heavy big long main beans I mean good Lord he's got
long main beans the only thing he's just a little short on his g3s but I will take it
take it man what a buck these old big old Roman nose on him great face just an awesome
buck here in Colorado he's got freaking messed up ears it's just an old old battler
see his little got some droppies oh he does oh my gosh I didn't even see that I shot hey I shot
drop type it's a drop type buck i shot a drop type
I could hang a ring on it if I said if I put the antlers upside down
well guys thanks for joining me today we will put the sharp stick through this big old heavy mule deer
it was just a ton of fun I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did remember
fair chase is the only way to hunt take trophy big game we'll see you next time right here on eastmans
bladed right there that's cool actually both sides are bladed
really cool
that's five inches or better is five inches up there you just don't get that