Oregon Anyone's Hunt - The Hunt

[@cooperjohnstad7913]

I really appreciate how high quality your cinematography is! This is a beautiful episode and really well put together! Thanks for doing what you do

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!

[@williamcooke6056]

Tremendous video! Great job showing the reality of how difficult the high mountain hunts truly are. A beautiful blacktail buck is your reward. Well done!

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

Thank you! Very fun and rewarding hunt in Oregon. Should definitely be on anyone's hunting bucket list!

[@Joel_Unbound]

Nice work on a Very low success rate hunt! TY for showing some of the beauty of Oregon and the process.

[@jamesd5014]

That's the great thing about your videos. Whether you get one or not, they are still great to watch. Thanks!!

[@WallaceTheRed]

I recently moved to Oregon and was looking for a good tutorial on how to hunt the region. This is one of the most high quality videos I've ever seen for production value AND instruction. Thank you so much for taking this trip and sharing the experience.

[@jackdundon2261]

What part of Oregon do you want to hunt the gray ghost aka the black tail are a lot smarter and way more Wiley than those mules are in Eastern Oregon

[@WallaceTheRed]

@@jackdundon2261 This year I have general tags for deer and elk in the western cascades. I want to hunt the Keno unit some day if I can draw it.

[@deanmorris6679]

Learn how to glass clear cuts for blacktails. You might get lucky walking around in the trees but your success rate will be very low. If he would have hunted the burned areas when it was raining he may have seen more deer.

[@brendenthomas4343]

I live in Oregon, so fun to see you teach about ways to hunt here! Love your content, happy these are up on KZbin

[@bruceclark406]

Epic!!! Cannot believe you got one last morning - makes such a good story. Congrats

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

It was sure nice to be reminded what a buck looks like! haha. Fun times.

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

Way to grind it out and show everyone that there are plentiful options for hunts out there for little to no points. The coming out of the water with a blaze orange 🍊 hat 🧢 and binoculars cracked me up. 🤣 Congratulations on a nice Blacktail buck 🦌

[@anthonyumphrey519]

In oregon you have to be in your spot ready to glass by sun-up. It makes things way easier. And, fire years make it rough for all hunting.

[@Dillondeitz]

Loved this ep!

[@chrishigginsdrums]

I agree with the last guy. Great work on this one. I like also that you want to encourage more people to hunt. I am that person.

[@wchinook]

Entertaining as always! But I miss Keren in front of the camera, she's always so funny and a great counterpoint. Congrats on a nice buck in tough conditions!

[@chadclayburg1410]

Great work!

[@jaybrendel486]

Yes! Love the edit

[@BenchmarkOutdoors]

That is a GREAT buck on a TOUGH hunt! My hat’s off to you!

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

Thank you! It was a great adventure!

[@elitaylor7505]

Such a kick ass video!

[@5lbaroutdoors563]

Well that unit just got harder to draw.

[@peytonmahlberg427]

They are doing it for good cause. It may not seem like it but it is. More hunters there are, the more supports he have for a pontential ban on hunting in oregon soon. I’m a kid and want to be able to hunt the rest of my life in oregon

[@5lbaroutdoors563]

@@peytonmahlberg427 keep drinking the kool aid while he makes a living off blowing up your local units. Have you not seen what videos like this and others have done to other states? So long are the days of OTC. Hunter numbers aren’t an issue. The resource and places to hunt are.

[@Freedom17762]

Government is the problem not the solution. If government cared about elk and deer populations, they wouldn’t introduce a non native wolf species to oregon. Cougar population is off the charts and they still don’t allow the use of dogs to hunt cougar. Nothing they do makes sense.

[@EastCountyMtnMan]

That hunt used to be a guaranteed draw as a 2nd choice. I never hunted it but I know a few guys who did

[@andymicka9065]

Hunted that hunt years ago on horseback. Ended up getting a buck on the ride back about a mile from the trailhead.

[@SheepdogConservation]

Awesome hunt! And I don't think you shot the last buck out there, that is how pretty much every successful blacktail hunt I've been on seems to feel like!

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

Thanks! Ghosts for sure!

[@SheepdogConservation]

@@StevenDrakePhoto yep! You might have to come back to again for the coastal general season buck! Very similar but very different and still anyone can do it!

[@SqueakyWheelMakesNoise]

My mom used to work at Leopold and stevens as a cnc operator making those rifle scopes. I should ask her if she still had any. I know when she left the company they gave her one

[@hunterx2210]

I think I need to go to the class before actually doing this

[@eriklarson4321]

Curious what the hunting pressure was like. Run into many other people?

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

Handful of other hunters at each trailhead and a few folks scattered about in the mountains. Overall I'd say the hunting pressure was mild to moderate.

[@drewolm]

Surprised a company like Leupold would stay in a place like Portland.

[@Gardner33]

Thats the problem... if your optic loses zero riding in a truck, it is unreliable or something in your set up is unreliable. Quality rings with a quality scope should hold zero under abuse well beyond a truck ride. Ditch the leupold and get a NF lol

[@edwardabrams4972]

I have many many of both and for hunting the Leupold is about half the weight which is a big factor if your not road hunting. Just my short 60+ years of hunting and collecting rifles!

[@Gardner33]

@@edwardabrams4972 I had both, nx8 isn’t that heavy and the extra few ounces is worth the peace of mind that it’ll hold zero and dial correctly. Sold all the leupys

[@Rambonii]

Navigate with a compas bro the forest is not a maze

[@jakesmith7128]

Another video blowing spots/hunts up, making shit harder to draw.

[@deanmorris6679]

I have drawn this tag for the last 15 years on a 2nd choice. It's not hard to get.

[@lucasconlon7779]

I really enjoy your content, but respectfully I don't think we need to get any MORE people into western hunting.

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

I hear you but I think it's important that we have a strong # of hunters out in the landscape. Numbers = support. The right to hunt lives in a fragile state that I believe could be voted away someday. Yes more hunters means more competition and potentially less opportunity but for the long term right to hunt I think it's important. I certainly appreciate your feedback though!

[@edwardabrams4972]

That’s the biggest problem with hunting sometimes it’s only about you and not others! By getting more hunters we also get more power to control hunting in our state which means we hunters get a bigger say in how and where our funds are spent to preserve hunting so we get to go hunting in the future as well! I have been hunting Oregon 60+ years and one of 5 generations that have and are hunting oregon so I have seen just a little of what oregon has gone through over the years😳

[@highdesertmuleys]

Why do you feel the need to go to a state you don’t live in and drop unit names and show spots like this?

[@StevenDrakePhoto]

I believe that hunting could get voted away in our lifetime and the only way to prevent that is to increase the amount of hunters/voices in support of hunting. Knocking down barriers to entry, like this video series is one way. Other ways include taking out a new hunter, voting, participating with state and local groups, conservation efforts, etc. Through these videos series I don't tell people exactly where to go. I want them to work for it as the best things in life are earned. I share the general area they can hunt and help break down the hunting regs, how to draw and give some tips along the way. I've done 10 Anyone's Hunt videos series now, including 3 in my home state.