Hunting Colorado Mule Deer with Randy Newberg (FT S4 E2)

[@mtplainsman1068]

Tag not filled and still I left this video completely satisfied! I quit watching hunting shows many years ago, cause as far as I'm concerned they are all under the very best conditions with a seemingly endless budget, and they sicken me, no... they repulse me! This is the only show I fell apon and now keep up with. This is reality and kill or no kill, on public land, how well you explain yourself to us, and your true appreciation for what you get to do so often... I'm all in! Thank you so much Randy for keeping this hunting privilege real for all of us. God bless you my friend.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks for the kind comments and thanks for watching. I was disappointed that I didn't make good on my opportunity. Not because filling another tag is that important, but I feel I failed by not executing what I practice all year round. That said, it happens to all of us. That is why we show it on our episodes, the good, the bad, all of it. For those who want to be on some sort of a pedestal and pretend they never miss, I feel sorry if they find that facade to be a worthy story of how hunting unfolds. Again, thanks for watching. I hope to do better next time.

[@Aged10Years]

You’re a model sportsman, Randy. Hell of a guy, you are. It’s an absolute treat to watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

[@thomasmackay9264]

Your videos are the only videos I care to watch any more REAL STUFF THANKS !

[@TheMdinkle]

lol i watched this whole hunt and nothing! love the determinability of not giving up and that deer just layin dead cause you just didnt want to try as hard and try going to kill another. great sportsmanship. great respect for hunters like you

[@1977Mappy]

I appreciate that you discuss your strategies based on the area, season, & your historical experience in your interviews.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks, Matt. Nice to know you like it. Best of luck.

[@Prairie7777]

All these lounge chair experts??? You did your due dilitgence. you rock no matter what!

[@pokerman9108]

Randy, I have to say. You have the best hunting show out their!! Ethical fun hunting, they way it is done in the northwest. The way it should be done. Keep it up my man.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thank you so much. I am glad it resonates. Appreciate you take the time to comment. Best of luck this season.

[@atozcool5114]

I agree with PokerMan. You are my favorite big game hunting show and I really like your perspective on hunting public land. I always hunt in Colorado and I would like to know what area you are hunting. Thank you for the great show!

[@johannbarnard5243]

Another enjoyable hunt video, thanks Randy. You'll get him next time.....

[@speeddating8505]

Thanks for spoiling :(

[@joechristensen6522]

Thanks for being different than most hunting videos out there! Your hunting approach should be required curriculum for anyone buying a tag. Keep up the great work, I learn something every time I watch one. Ethics, Research, Hard work, Great attitude, Valuable insights and instruction... You have got it all

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks for that kind comment, Joe. I try my best, though as this video shows, even at that I will fall short. Best of luck this season.

[@ridertdm2687]

Great video. Not every hunt is going to end up successful, thats why I love videos like these. They show the side of hunting most people don’t think about.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

I feel we need to show the tags unfilled as much as the tags that are filled. Thanks for watching. Good luck this season.

[@Kevin-em4lk]

Randy, It's great to see you put so much effort into trying to locate the deer you took a shot at, so many fall short in the dedication required when attempting to take an animal. It is also nice to see it doesn't only happen to me! Happy hunting and good luck to you next season!

[@Fresh_Tracks]

I wish I did not have to invest that effort. I should have made the shot. I have made similar shots many times, but I just screwed it up. Thanks for watching.

[@pine8806]

Randy your awesome love the description of the constitution in this video! I'm a 32-year-old North Eastern Maine guy. And I love watching your videos I'm heading out west this fall to Idaho northern part to do my first hunting trip with my buddy out west who moved there from here and what I get to see from your Videos is awesome.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks. I hope Idaho is a great hunt for you.

[@markwoodbury8845]

Another great video, Randy and Tyler. Thanks. I'm so happy I subscribed. It took me a while to get to watch it because I have been busy getting skunked during early whitetail archery over here! Haven't even loosed an arrow. Keep them coming!

[@boydcrowder6130]

Man its a good thing you guys were filming that hunt. Can you imagine the feeling of thinking you hit him decent and wounded him?? aweful! Its great that you were able to review the footage. That hunt could have haunted you for life if you hadnt filmed it.. I wouldnt worry! Ryan Callahan missed a monster at 90 yards with his rifle.. It happens to the best of us. Thanks for all you do Randy, You inspired me to travel out west each year to take an elk. Only been twice and taken cows both times because of tag price.. but one day i will find a nice bull. and probably miss it from being so excited!! anyhow. Shoutout from Chattanooga, TN

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks for the kind comments. And thanks for watching.

[@davidnave4349]

happens to the best. I love your hunts. I would love to hunt with you some day. You all seem to have so much fun.

[@lukeruskell8338]

thanks randy you have a good season too.

[@blessedtohunt5304]

Love what your doing for the hunting world randy. Shout out from Belen New Mexico

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thank you. I was in Belen on Friday, dropping off my friend's elk at the taxidermist.

[@pismoadventures7117]

Watching your hunting show I feel like I'm there with you. I also used some of your strategies when I went hunting in CO this year. thanks

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Glad to hear. Good luck in your hunts.

[@kodydurfee4017]

thank for doing what u do. You inspire me to hunt

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thank you. And thanks for watching.

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

Another excellent video! Tough break on the shot. You'll get'em next time.

[@lukeruskell8338]

hey randy in a HUGE fan and love how you you just get to hunt all the time I wish I could do that

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks, Luke. I am a CPA in my other life and that it what funds the hunting operation. Hope you have a good season.

[@OdegardOnline]

Since the first couple days end up being scouting days anyway, I try to get out to my hunting spot on Thursday morning (before Saturday opener) so I can get a day and a half of scouting in before the season starts. It also helps me get the camping spot I want before everyone else in the world shows up Friday afternoon.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Good plan. Good luck this season.

[@sterlingwilkey2124]

yet again Randy awsome hunt and video

[@sancharino6878]

Valiant effort. Cant get them all. Great episode

[@derickmoua2504]

love your videos and love the effort you put into your hunting.. even though you didn't filled your tag you still post this video amd your other videos also.. just show your passion into hunting

[@Fresh_Tracks]

We try our best. Wish the outcome was different, but sometimes the deer win. Thanks for watching.

[@jacezuniga915]

Love your show Randy and keep up the great work! :)

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thank you, and thanks for watching.

[@oscartalbot6095]

Randy...good job fantastic hunt...not always finishing with bloody hands is the pay off you ..i enjoy your channel keep up the great work

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks, Oscar. Glad you liked it. Wish it had a different outcome, but we try to tell what happened. Best of luck this season.

[@davidc7mm276]

The Best Hunting Videos !!!!

[@dubgrug89]

Hey Randy, thanks for everything you are doing for the hunting community, especially your advocacy for preserving public lands. I noticed in this video that you have a system of attaching your rifle to the shoulder strap on your backpack. I have been looking for a solution to securely carry my rifle with a backpack while being able to free it quickly. Can you please provide some detail on this rifle attachment setup? Thank you

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks for the kind comments. Google "Gun Bearer." There are many companies making them now.

[@alechughte9524]

Nice hunt!! Shout of from zuni new mexico.

[@Thetinebroken]

sweet hunt @530 looks like great country se of Bayfield

[@Thetinebroken]

and I seriously hope you are hunting there 2016 looking forward to this seasons hunts

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Nope, won't be there in 2016. I have a friend with this same tag. Hope he finds that buck.

[@edwardsabo8368]

Randy you don't need to explain not shooting that buck to me . If he's not the one for you go get the one you like. Great video. Keep up the great work .

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thank you. I still have no regrets. Hope you have a great season.

[@parkerbrothers75]

I know how you feel. I made that same mistake on a whitetail buck here in NW Montana. Nothing but hair and a lot of time spent looking. It's funny how those things happen but even a miss is still a experience you will remember and appreciate for the chances at such an animal.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Still trying to determine how I missed. But, I did.

[@davidnave4203]

Randy never apologize for passing up a animal . You wait for years for a tag might as well make the best of it.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Good point. Thanks for watching.

[@jacksonwholeexperience409]

Randy, you have a great show and it's my go-to "medicine" for getting myself over the summer blues and into the rut! Question: Did you hang that lion-killed buck's rack up in the tree like you mentioned you do on a different hunt?

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Good to hear. I did not. The camera guy kept this dead head.

[@2dResq]

Don’t know what speed pill you pushing. If it’s like a SST they have the same inheritance as the Remington Bronze Point they just don’t open up reliably either they work or just open up 2/3’s the way through sometimes act closely like a FMJ🥴 Sierras I’ve shot deer and caribou, one hole going in two going out the core separated from the jacket. A good soft point never fail like Speer hot core I prefer Hornady SP’s. Ya’ they don’t have the 500ish ballistic coefficient but they do work well out to 700 yards. If I knew what cartridge I’d know what to tell you Sir Randy. Keep the barrel hot And the X-Ring full of holes targets....... UP🤙

[@BigRedPower59]

I'm watching this on my iPad and listening to the audio through a set of Sennheiser studio headphones. At 19:25, if you listen very closely you can actually hear Randy's pulse pounding through his microphone. No fooling.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Hmm. I don't have an iPad, so I'll just have to relive the thumping of my heart via memory. Thanks for watching.

[@jerrysmith2415]

Randy, my son will hopefully be bowhunting mule deer in Colorado this year and wanted to know if you had any tips on what to look for when scouting and if you would ever bowhunt burns?

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Mostly look for tracks and beds if you are archery hunt. Mule deer are pretty localized in early season, so if you find their sign, odds are they are close by. I would bowhunt a burn, for sure.

[@luke.p5087]

Randy, what is your favorite state to hunt big mature buck mule deer?

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Colorado.

[@benemmert3755]

what did the second shot do? after watching it a few times, it really looks like a possible gut shot? great buck and video, always enjoy your films

[@pierrotgodot]

you can 100% see that second shot hit

[@Rufustoe]

thes second shot wasn't even close

[@benemmert3755]

could very well be a miss and i am just watching it on a little screen. just looked like the second shot made the buck hunch up and stay that way, one thing for a deer hunch from the shot, but to walk that way after looked like a potential hit. I'm sure Randy would put in the effort either way. great video

[@nativetexanoutdoors37]

That 2nd shot hit 100% he hunched over and walked off slow

[@chadtalbot810]

That second shot definitely hit guts, no blood understandable. It sucks and it's happened to great hunters. Great effort into trying to recover the deer.

[@jeronmcnair226]

What camera gear do you use because I want to get into videoing my own hunts I have another KZbin account that I will put it on.

[@deerhunterodsifvh]

That second shot like alot like a guy shot the way the buck haunched up and carried his back end off centre

[@Fresh_Tracks]

It hit something in front of the buck. We have blown it up on a big screen many times and I sure wish it was a hit. Thanks for watching.

[@premskee]

@ 20:58 while on your knees looks to be a buck on the ground to your left?? Maybe just looked like one. Great effort you guys put in still.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Nope, no buck there. Thanks for watching.

[@mistermystery472]

Randy what caliber rifle did you use in this hunt?

[@tbrace9]

7mm-08 with 140gr Nosler E-tips

[@promma88]

Randy, awesome footage! Im pretty ive seen most of your videos, twice! I have a question can a non resident apply for a general unit deer tag? And if you can, and draw, are you able to purchase a otc bull tag as well. Thanks.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

There are no general unit deer tags in CO. You have to apply for all deer tags in CO via a limited entry drawing. If you draw, then you can do an OTC elk hunt.

[@shednesshunting2578]

Boy that was a tank of a buck 😂 that sucks man it happens

[@702havingfun]

hahahahhahahha i know the feeling !

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Me too. :(

[@youngmucklet9132]

Enjoy the channel and these episodes are about the best thing in the whole world keep it up!

[@dustinswartz9870]

Man I am a fan Randy but I would be willing to put alot of money on it but that buck was gut shot that second shot without a doubt in my mind

[@Fresh_Tracks]

If he was, and he may have been, we never found him, never found any blood or hair. I kept searching until season was over, though other bucks could have been taken. I hope it came across that I look at my tag as good for one animal and having concern I had hit that deer, I was not willing to go hunt others, rather continued looking for this one. I feel terrible if that was the outcome, but I'll never know.

[@dustinswartz9870]

Randy I'm not doubting you didn't do everything in your power to recover that buck that I am sure of what I was trying to say was I am sure the first was a miss or a hair cut but the second shot punched him and the way he acted it was a gut shot and I as well as every true Hunter has done it before, if they say they haven't they either haven't hunted enough or there liars and sorry if I offended you, he may not have been hit, I prey he wasn't honestly but it looked like a hit sounded like a hit and he looked sick and as you know gut shot bucks can be impossible to track and it's almost impossible to track something you have nothing to follow, by the way sorry about your slump my friend, Colorado has always been a dream/fantasy of mine!!!! Someday I will life priorities keep getting in the way but watching your shows keep the dreams alive so thank you for being real life and a good down to earth outdoorsman!!!

[@dustinswartz9870]

And Randy what do you think about this I know it's public land but could that smaller buck could have been the one you passed on earlier

[@eltonroberts8817]

Your camera guy 😆

[@334outdoors8]

Where's the dive hunt?

[@334outdoors8]

Dove*

[@galereynolds4171]

I wish I could send you pics of some of my co bucks

[@montejones2890]

thats why they call it hunting not killing you cant win them all!

[@eltonroberts8817]

Need to listen to marcus....

[@danelobe2524]

I think you hit him with the second shot. It looks like a gut shot. That buck died. But there is no definitive proof either way, and more evidence you missed clean. This is also why I keep preaching heavy bullets. 140 gr bullets at that distance may not exit if they plow threw a few bones first, like rib bones. Big Mule deer are tough, just like big whitetail. I believe that at distances beyond 300 yards the bare minimum for bullet weight has to be 150gr. with +160 and heaver better. What this does is ensures, that no matter the angle or bone you hit your still going to get an exit wound. For elk my experience is 180gr. with 200 better. We have all killed deer with light bullets and well placed shots, but when you get an opportunity to shoot a 30" deer sometimes he doesn't pose for the script, and your forced to take that NOT perfect angle. Your second shot hes facing you slightly quartering to your left. You can see the dust fly off his lower abdomen, (gut shot). It looks like your back in the lower stomach to me. All your going to get out of that wound is a yellow fluid, and if his belly is empty clear fluid. He will live for 2 to 6 days before the bacteria in his gut makes him so weak the coyotes get him, because he cant move. A heaver bullet might have broken his back leg on exit. I would have given him 24 hours and then started looking for him on the first ridge were you spotted him racking brush, he has a safe area and were you saw him the first time I think was close to that safe bedding area, just by the way he was acting. Being wounded he would go to the very place he feels safest, if he can. It will be a cold dark spot no one goes, if he can. That 7mm-08 is a hammer on deer. My 2 cents I could be 100% wrong with this buck, I wasn't there. You might have missed him twice. Remember : down hill ~ rounds are high ! up hill ~ rounds are low ! What a great hunt thanks for sharing the video !!

[@nateeller2683]

That was a nosler e-tip. If it hit that buck, it exited and then some. However, that mono bullet may not have expanded and acted like an fmj, because mono bullets need velocity, or heavy resistance to expand.

[@danelobe2524]

@@nateeller2683 that is a possibility bullet under performance. why shoot them then ? Nosler ballistic tips better ? Dad always said if your going to gut shoot deer you better hit them with a 300gr bullet. Ha ha ha ha... I shoot Barnes TSX 168gr out of my .300wsm. I shot a rutting 5x5 in area 25 Colorado in 06. Big 30" guy jumped him out of a thicket under a rim, and he ran 600 yards before he stopped and looked back. Quartering away shot slightly up hill. I pulled the trigger before he got his head back up front and hit him low in the back ribs and took out His liver exiting under his arm pit on the other side. I thought I missed the way he launched off, but the report sound was a thump, I knew I hit him. By the time I walked the 600 yards up the game trail (9600' elevation) I saw his rack just over the bench, he ran 50' and laid down and died. Half his liver was missing. Lungs and heart were intact. My experience with that shot is you don't find that deer, he runs far away. I was 6" low and 4" to far right, the solid velocity and bullet weight saved my hunt and a deer from suffering. Moral of the story, speed, weight, and good expanding bullets save your mistakes and help make you successful.

[@nateeller2683]

@@danelobe2524 a 7mm-08 just doesn't have the ability at least in factory loading to launch monometal bullets very fast. I'm guessing Randy forgot about the limitations that come with the e-tip

[@danelobe2524]

@@nateeller2683 why I reload. I want the best for my dollar.

[@JamesKlukas-lu7xd]

". doin ' what lions do " Right , like here in the Black Hills where the lions have decimated the white tail and especially devastating to the mule deer herd ...Not only are the lions destroying the deer herd but the diminishing deer herd translates to diminishing hunting oportunities. less draws means less hunters , dwindling hunting camps and a dying tradition...Randy , those cute kitty cats are killing our hunting tradition !!!!!

[@Raevenswood]

The bright side is you made a bad shot but you also didn't connect with the bad shot and the animal wasn't out there dying a slow death all night long. You may not have been successful but you also didn't make a bad kill which I think is worse than getting skunked.

[@lastcalloutdoors4474]

Nice video Subscribed!! Looked like an awesome hunt!! Check us out for vids this fall

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thanks. Good luck on your hunts.