The Big 3- Mule Deer Hunt

[Music] [Music] f So the plan today is see how far we can get or how close we can get to where we want to get because we've got a we've got a big buck that we've seen this is the Year this is the third year that we've seen this buck and py really wants to get this buck and it's a buck that it was actually the very first buck that we put a stock on her first year of hunting and he's now 3 years older so um I just happened to see him last week out in this spot but we've had a ton of weather ton of snow snow drifts are bad now we're having a tough time just getting close to where we can hike in and try to find or relocate that buck but we're going to try today see how close we can get we may hike in it may take us six miles to hike in there and through the snow drift but um we're just going to day hunt today and get a better idea on how close we can get to this Buck cuz it's kind of our Focus um he's the one we're going for we might see others but this is the buck we're going for for her so we're going to load up here um get the cold weather gear on head up the road and however close we can get we're going to start hiking from there and start plowing through snow drifts [Music] not sweating no okay the TRS are numb though are they known yeah look all there things around good well we've got the big three that we're going for is out here somewhere saw him a few days ago before py got here and we left this area alone so we wouldn't run him out so we got a few miles to bomb out into these flats and get to where we last s there plenty of do's in that spot a few Young Bucks and then the big three we got history with this big three very first buck py ever stalked was this guy and he slipped over the ridge on us which worked out cuz we ended up getting a her a great buck after that but we saw him again last year and he got bigger and older and this year he's just an old he got to at least be six years old now so big heavy three so that's the goal and uh see if we can find him why are we on our knees so I can glass off this thing so R your Bine house on top of this they really stable how stable you are yeah that's the best way to Glass really just kind of lean back into you like this and glass all that find your bug he's out there somewhere is that where he was two years ago he was over on one of these knobs but it's such a nice day it could be anywhere he could be on the top is that where you found him a couple days ago yeah he was up a little bit probably my half but he could travel there's some Sage clads out here he could be vetted in there right now that's why we want to look at it okay so you see that Sage Brush line want to Glass that look for Antlers look for ears so you see that flat top up there be not the first one second one oh yeah so 3 years ago that's where he was that he was right there on that one or the one to the he was on that top one and we crawled up to the just disappeared over the hump oh that last Light okay and then we went back and we camped over here but so that's right where I saw this year here some gu spot on the side Hill R he could be anywhere okay so I know that box up here right what way going feel it like that way yeah yeah pretty good this one so because we know this bud's up here I want to give it a wiper so we're going across this going to P these fingers looking back so we don't push our wind into them okay so we're going to get over there we got some good glass points we can look back into this Assuming he's in this area don't move look like he had one hour or he broke off his right side I'm surprised you didn't see right there it must right on that top St are we that buck looks like he's been beat up like his right side look busted that wasn't our buck that's the two tow tracks and the buck track that was coyot see all the deer looking at the coyot he's right next to him oh yes chase him Bailey you're missing this the dear chasing K way to go sweetheart stop him again that was the bug D must be a red head well we um put a few miles on got out of here we saw a few bucks between uh where we started in here uh nothing nothing uh bigger than what we're going for which is that big three we haven't located him yet we um watched the group of do have a little standoff with a coyote and one of the do's went and stomped on him so that was cool to watch but right now got a young buck here two Young Bucks over behind me and just kind of some dough spread out so we're in a great spot um just to uh sit back and hopefully that big three shows himself between now and dark but we didn't bring camp with us today it just kind of a just a day Mission so we're going to be bombing back to the truck once it gets dark and it's only a few miles it's not bad but hopefully hopefully that buck shows himself and we can run it make a play on him tonight that'd be great but P's not expecting a first day buck she's made that very clear she kind of expects this to be a last day buck and it probably will be all right plan for the day is uh we're not day hunting today we got the llamas loaded and we're bombing in in search of big three Oldtimer whatever you want to call him and um we got more miles to cover today we got a few miles just to get to where we parked yesterday to hike in the 3 miles so we got about 6 miles today to to get out there there but we'll get everything to stay um water wood hot tent so we don't have to hike back and so far no wind so that's good but we got a lot of walking to do it's just these drifts are too nasty and we ended up pulling a guy out last night couple times had to pull them out of the snow drift so we're going to just uh leave the truck here hike up the road past the drifts going hike into our area and look for big three got a pretty nice looking four should we go for him do we leave we leave the big three to be legendary the one that we never got or do we by going and trying to get this one or do we keep hunting for the big three I have a feeling if we pass this one up the big three is just still not going to be there he's not going to be there and then we're going to let go of a of a big fourpoint yeah this one's this one's a good bug for you he really is i' hate the one that you would ever take what's that this one yeah you don't need to ask that question I'm just asking that's a great buck is he like he's bigger than your buck last year and the one from before really yeah he's really different he's um he's just a cool nice fourpoint long kind of like all the other ones in the garage jeez no he's he's special cuz you if you get him you got a lot of work to do to get all the way over there cuz he's he's uh I say we go for this one it's 1500 yard over there because if we pass this one up tonight that you were not going to see another big one for a while well if this is a buck that excites you we're going for it what do you think I mean he excites me more the than all the other ones have these past few days let's go try to get him okay I have no idea where that buck went he just vanished he may have gone down in that cut our buck disappeared I saw it from over here it's right in the middle of these dos we got around here to shave some yardage got a perfect spot here and we got up here the do were there the buck was gone and I feel like we can see a lot around but we never saw him leave the do's left but never saw the buck leave just vanished so we're going to uh head back to the llamas yes never did end up seeing that fourpoint again but we think he went down that's where the other bucks went and the doe so we'll be looking for him tomorrow tomorrow but we're going to head back try to find a spot to camp um grab the llamas and look for a spot with maybe a little bit of wood that'd be nice we need a fire tonight what about you and Pinto Jack no reply Ed had gone to sleep head back against the seat mouth open and emitting frail little snores all right well this morning we're just glassing we got a nice little knob right up here we're going to grab it and scan everything we got to get 360 can see where we've been seeing all the buck so um hopefully we pick up one of the two buck box that we saw yesterday that would have been great box to take we're still looking for the big three that py wants he hasn't turned back up yet but maybe today's the day but I know everybody's pretty excited cuz I've told them we're putting miles on today we' got two days to make this happen so if we don't see anything up here that's worthwhile or or something we can put a stock on we are going to put miles on to the north of this and it's going to be a double full digit day cuz we got to make it happen today so P's really excited about that but we're going to hop up on here and uh see what we can get eyeballs on this morning well we've been seeing a lot of doze but we uh I just picked up the big three that we've been looking for he's a mile and a half out he's on two Do's so we're going to race we're going to race back off this glass and knob and just Boogie try to get over there get another Vantage try to see where he went he's hot on those dos I just watched him Chase off a forky so we got to play so that's exciting see if we can't get him this time my Buckle is too tight okay all right ready yeah go make it happen I don't know where yours is I grabbed CS do you want one okay want this one okay ready yeah it's quite a ways over all right there's that big sand um Sandstone thing up here I'd go to that but the wind is going this way if the wind was coming this way we could get up to that and sneak around the side and get a shot but it's going this way so we got to try to get on this side of him and see him before he sees us it's going to be a little bit tricky with this crunchy snow he's got does on both sides of him right on that Ridge looking down so Bailey the reason why we wouldn't go on that side see how the Sun hits that so it puts a yeah it builds a little crust cuz it CLS a little bit and then it freees at night so it creates a crust we're on the North Slope so it doesn't get sun so it's still nice and powdery yeah way quieter so we want to stay in the shadows to try to get as close as we can the snow's going to just be way softer try not to click anything like bows be really quiet right here we're close okay he's right there he's at 320 oh I get yeah he's beded take your back off got this rock here to kind of break up our silhouette we're going to get right in between it so he doesn't see anything come over this Ridge okay he's beautiful is he really he's he's the same exactly same Buck he was like three years ago just bigger heavier for I said get on it I got it I got the uh magnification up quite a bit find him he's petted down I think I might have to make get B petted down okay you see where his shoulder is yeah you're kind of putting it right in the middle okay think about where that bullet's going to come out okay um get on there try to find him he's straight if you bring the gun straight up he's in the gr he a big buck he's a big buck where is he see that dear beded see the middle of the mountain see this graay yeah he's on the top of it see a dear beded kind of silhouetted in the snow oh he's stff right in that that load crossair like perfectly level up and down right load yeah okay you see where to shoot you see how he's bed yeah but I don't see his shoulder it's almost middle of middle okay right that's where his lungs are yeah see how he's kind of angled a little bit Yeah quartering away so if you shoot middle and middle you're going to put it right through his lungs so I basically just need to aim for the middle of him yeah right where he's at you're going to want to shoot right smack in the middle that's going to be a double lung shot okay okay are you rock solid yeah you feel Rock shoot rock at the range okay okay you feel better as solid as you're going to be yeah comfortable taking that shot I think so you think so yeah or you're going to make that shot I'm going to make it 100 times out of 100 right yeah okay you I've seen you shoot this over and over and over you've never missed so take some deep breaths got we're going to take the shot should take all the time you need okay okay all right I'm ready are you ready dad are you ready yeah whenever you're ready P I'm just going to watch him [Applause] what you just crushed him he's not even moving oh my god oh babe that was an awesome shot she just put a perfect shot on this beded Buck the same Buck we saw 3 years ago on our first hunt and we didn't get him that very first stock he's bigger he's a stud stud and she just nerves of Steel crushed in his bed 300 yards on the button incredible wow those other bucks weren't meant to be P I told you this is what was supposed to happen we're going to relocate this big guy and you're going to crush it oh my gosh oh my gosh that's amazing animal right there pee it all paid off I'd say we earned this Buck what do you think yeah we smokes I can't wait to see this Buck after 3 years ago we have his shed from two years ago and he was a stud ah he's got he's just beautiful bug man I cannot believe he's still alive he's got to be at Le he's at least six years old cuz when we saw him three years ago he was he wasn't a young buck so and he is a long s of the buck standing on the ridge that's the one we were almost going to shoot cuz he's pretty close to where our buck is and you know what I bet it's his offspring cuz he's the same he's the same formation he's just younger not as heavy but he's he's definitely got his jeans like that three-point jeans he's standing right above him right now look at that buck in that silhouette just R in that dough he just became king of the mountain cuz he's got his does now oh my gosh wow look at that look at that big fella wow look at that dang look how cool he is ey guards he's heavy he even got a little kick coming out right there oh my gosh perfect shot P how he was sitting that's perfect What a buck oh my gosh wow wow look at this look how it curls it's got a big curve right there look how heavy he is at his basis want to sprout right there what a stud what do you think look how gray fa he is old Roman nose gray face stud bugp C off the 21st and you cut off a November yeah you little Notch I'll let you do it okay let's W the around right [Music] there yeah cuz the way he was bedded like this put it right there and it just took out both lungs and wasted no meat so we didn't lose either shoulder which is perfect nice got it just want to stand up and just it up when I look back at this hunt for the big three with py you know I can't help but laugh a little bit because um for this story line to just play out the way that it has you know from that very first hunt I can remember it so perfectly the the big buck getting away and you know as experienced Hunters know that's just a part of it and it's almost rare that you ever get another glimpse of a buck like that or the one that you really wanted you know we all have stories of bucks just disappearing and you never get another Glimpse well that didn't happen with py you know we had um we weren't able to secure that buck that first year she was able to take a incredible Buck an old troll of a buck in the end that first time and then that next year you know we laid eyes on it briefly and he just somehow found a way to slip through the cracks and he got away and then to have it spotted again 3 years in a row and I was able to let her know that buck still exists I laid eyes on it a week before she was able to get there and um you know she was excited she was really excited just at the idea of being able to come back and try to go after this this big three for this third year in a row and for it to play out like that for you know a young kid um that H has not happened to me all that many times so I uh I'm really happy that it that we were able to find a way to get it done on this trip um you know we had we had had one heck of a time you know um unfortunately Hillary wasn't able to join us on this this last adventure but um she was on paley's first hunt that was pretty special um looking back at that at that hunt and then her second hunt with her second mu deer and and then now this one this most recent uh mu deer where she was able to take this big three um you know I I I have I have a very supportive family and and uh they absolutely love uh going out with me in these experiences and and um you know this was this was one of my favorite hunts you know I'll always be fond of that very first trip with her but to see how she performed uh the pressure was on you know the anticipation of finally getting a crack at this big buck after so many years and uh she's just she's come so far in three years and so it's pretty uh pretty special to watch her that and uh see her her excitement that finally finally securing this uh this big three that you guys just saw in this film what you guys didn't see in this film was after we uh we broke down paly's deer and you know we had those special times there getting some really cool photos and getting the meat laid out and cooled and and ready to uh to bring the llamas in to to haul that meat out you know we we actually spotted some other deer some other bucks and you know Kim and I both had tags in our pockets we didn't really build a film around this uh this was just kind of an extra you know this this film was about her and um and her experience and so you know fortunately K and I were able to go secure I was able to secure a pretty nice fourpoint and and cim was able to take his very first mu their Buck which was pretty cool so in the end we were able to load up the llamas with not just her Buck but three mu deer take them out the six miles from that was the distance between our our base camp there and our truck and we had the llamas to do that for us uh it was a long trip out in the snow you know all in all heck of a hunt it could not have gone any better really when you dream something up like this for your your son or daughter you know how it planned out and you know we weren't able to kill it on the front end and it's always way more special when you're able to put in some days of work and and really work at it also I want to mention probably wondering how cold it was um so I was out in this country a week before my daughter get there got there like I said I was able to Glass up this Buck but we were parked at - 25 to -30° out there and we had wind it was really really cold and the storm that we had come through was really I mean it was intense and as she got there it warmed up a little bit but still you know we're dealing with single digits and just a bone chilling wind that comes through um that rips through those planes and um you I wish I would have documented a little bit better like the temperatures that we were dealing with but um again I'm just so proud of my daughter for being able to fight through this and we had wins you know you see our face masks up and it was just one of those type hunts you know this wasn't an easy one and again I found that my daughter's tough not not maybe tougher than I thought I won't say that she's just tough you know I don't have to worry about those things anymore and um you know she was 13 14 and um and she's like a a perfect little hunting buddy that I don't have to worry about like she's not complaining and wanting to go back to the truck and wanting to call it early or any of that she's uh she's proven herself um in these three years of of meal hunting so couldn't be more proud of her um she took that weather like a champ and um I think um um every year I take her out every trip I take her out I'm just blown away by um what she's able to do so um in the end great trip all around I hope you guys really enjoyed this um I know I love I love selfishly going back and watching these hunts of you know whether it's py or Tana to have these things locked in here on the tube YouTube to be able to go back and watch them later in life and have her to be able to go back and watch them later in life and maybe her kids it's pretty special it's pretty cool um and um I'm having a lot of fun you know documenting these trips with them so um in the end thanks for watching we hope to keep continuing to bring more films of um these Big Adventures with her and I okay last but not least um I've got a little giveaway going uh with this film drop I am going to give away two items for anyone who likes this video is subscribed and um also leaves a comment comment so I'm going to be picking a comment comment just randomly I'm going to be scrolling through and picking a comment and reading it and I'm going to give away this really cool tricer tripod um you're choosing it's the BC which is the one I use for Backcountry stuff you know it doesn't get as tall as the ad but very lightweight very compact very nice tripod along with the pan head which is extremely smooth use it for bin for spotters everything as well as the tricer tripod I'm going to be throwing in our new glassing pad it's kind of an updated version um we kind of split the pad here so that it fits really nicely on the back of all backpacks some of them were a little tight if you just put it to the back and fix it to the back of your pack now it's way more streamlined um so kind of really I really do like the design of this it's going to be much better so you get the glassing pad you get the tricer tripod and the pan head pan head all you got to do is leave a comment like And subscribe to the channel and that's it

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Length: 39min 15sec (2355 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 25 2024