Rain Deer - A Sitka Blacktail Story

[@Longtrailside]

Just rewatched this again since it first came out. Can we get an updare or another movie pls and longer. Great job everyone!

[@Atlas531]

I didn't think I would be interested, but that scenery and the story of Sophie's progression from scientist to hunter is just awesome.

[@steelyeyedguy]

Good to see a biologist hunting !!!

[@zeldarobinson3382]

Beautiful country and you have to work for it to really see it and earn it's gift's to us all great video and good information.thank you

[@cameronchristensen3634]

Thanks for all you do RANDY NEWBURG! a true sportsman.

[@Fresh_Tracks]

Thank you. Thanks for watching.

[@tejawest44]

"You have to earn it" That might be one of the best descriptions of PNW rainforest hunting I've heard. With the amount of work involved... it's something you definitely earn.

[@steviegallegos9470]

Wow! Just watched this film, and words don't do it justice! This makes me want to go there, even if just to see this incredible place and it's deer, and finally a wildlife biologist I can relate to! Bravo!

[@teignghost]

Jim has such a passion for those deer and the country they live in. Around 9 mins in, that is a real 'grunt' but so worth it. As a non res alien hunter I could never afford to hunt there, but you brought the experience to me, it must be getting boring hearing this Randy and crew, but, best film yet:)

[@BJHoldsworth]

Lovely film, thanks to those involved for showing some paradise..

[@joshtaylor6748]

Just returned today from my first trip to south east Alaska. I just finished telling my wife that its hard to capture the beauty there. You did an amazing job at it. Thank you guys for the top notch content. This was moving.

[@stanleyshelby7460]

One of the best presentations I have witnessed. Thx Randy and nice cinematography Marcus. Mahalo and Aloha from the Big Isle "🤙"

[@clavy5420]

Beautiful perspectives. I love that there are people in this world that are passionate about things that most don’t even know exist.

[@oscarramirez8432]

Evolution of a scientist into a hunter--love that! Nice film.

[@BMCBryce]

Breathtaking scenery. Amazing adventure. Wonderful story. Challenging hunt. Stunning bucks. Detailed perspective. What else could we who may never experience a Sitka Blacktail deer hunt ask for?! The group of hunters that made this film of such a wonderful place have truly inspired me and I am sure many others to one day arrive to hunt that great deer! Thank you for sharing this magical film.

[@HuntandFish]

Fantastic video! The cinematography does an exceptional job of capturing the breathtaking landscape

[@Augminished]

Jim's the man! Thanks Randy this was a good one.

[@shanehammond2201]

This was the best representation of my home I’ve seen yet. Life is definitely earned here. But worth it. Great video randy.

[@pokerman9108]

Jim and randy are my favorite hunters. Great ethics and skill.

[@ronaldpetersen255]

I was raised in Juneau and cut my hunting teeth chasing Sitka Blacktail and have had the incredible opportunity to hunt Whitetail and Mule Deer and the humble Sitka is #1 in my experience. A true physical and mental challenge and I’ll take it over Minnesota corn feed Whitetail any day........ Sitka Blacktail is the best of the best for me!!!!

[@gb3378]

Fantastic. Thank you for spending the time and resources to create this great film and share it.

[@bradjp3]

Amazing film!!!! Great job gents and lady!!!!

[@stipro]

What an excellent film. Very well done. Thank you.

[@wimtheeuwen7315]

First clas documentery,, Hunting, filming, nature, and concervation at its verry best. Thanks you all.

[@Weatherby406]

Excellent video as expected! I have and will always support everything Randy does for public lands and hunting.

[@krazyk18]

Wow! What an awesome video! There is no place more amazing than SE Alaska and you guys captured it beautifully. Thanks for all that you do! And it was great to see Tyler back.

[@tyrellthiel5490]

Yes!!! I have been waiting for this film ever since the podcast episode! I am still crying a bit over a place like that, a truly GOOD place, still existing. Thank you for doing what y'all do

[@cahoots526]

21:35 "I'm excited to... keep working with Jim and other hunters like him..." Not too many *quite* like him! Really enjoyable film, you guys.

[@sophielgilbert]

He is definitely one of a kind, but I'm also now working with some great volunteers with BC Wildlife Federation on a mule deer project, same attitude of love and respect for the animals : )

[@Dnps807]

This cinematic documentary style of hunt, is top shelf.

[@johnnyhelton3746]

Awesome video, great job Ty and Randy

[@drewhelmes9319]

I've personally met Jim "The Wizard" Baichtal. You will not find a man who cares more dearly about Southeast Alaska than that wonderful, brilliant man.

[@JL-xn3zy]

Well done Randy! My most memorable hunt was hunting Sitka Blacktails on Kodiak Island. They are amazing, beautiful deer and the best tasting wild game I have ever had. They, like all of our wild animals, are a treasure that most be treated as such.

[@sterlingwilkey2124]

Randy this has got to be one of the best videos your crew has produced, congratulations you hit this one out of the park!!

[@rileyharvie4690]

Next level cinematography with a great focus on the ecology and conservation that goes into preserving this incredible landscape, very impressed with this beautiful showcase of such a great natural space and species!

[@mattbrem5]

Another amazing film! What an amazing place! Thank you

[@TheFlanman10]

Heck YESSS! Nice shot! Its always nice to see someone respect the animal enough to hunt it!

[@gc641]

what a great adventure and story !!!!!!!

[@jeremyarmstrong8413]

Amazing presentation of what hunters do for conservation. Sitka is one of my bucket list animals! Great show

[@sdslim6929]

Been up there 3 times one of the most beautiful places on earth. Great camera work Randy and crew. Keep them coming!!!

[@BillDay]

*Beautuful* thank you all for sharing this masterpiece with the world!

[@THLR]

Wow, that was a jump in quality! Very nice.

[@richardferguson8267]

What an amazing story about a beautiful place. I love that it’s about the deer and where they live , not just about hunting them.

[@leatherneckadventures9296]

Thank you for telling this story of how important habitat is to our wildlife and how important our wildlife is to the habitat and how important hunters is to both. It was great to see hunter know so much and a biologist wanting to know more about the hunter.

[@MrWetrek]

Great film. Fun to watch after listening to the podcast.

[@lorenhermanson1450]

Excellent! Wonderfully done!

[@MrAcuta73]

What an amazing video. My jaw is still laying on the floor here somewhere...I should pick it up eventually. Amazing country, amazing animals, and some great people. That old Hawken is a character unto itself. Its owner a treasure. Questions for your Biologist: I have heard Columbia Blacktail are a hybrid of Mule Deer and Columbia Whitetail. When Lewis and Clark whined and complained at Fort Clatsop about the weather, they mostly saw Columbia Whitetail from what I can gather. So Sitka's.....where are the progenitor species? Where did they come from? Do they share some common DNA with our more Southern species? Are they really a Blacktail like my Columbia's, or are they a unique species? Are they Columbia that migrated North and were isolated? Inquiring minds want to know...assuming anyone does at all. That quote from Mr. Roosevelt at the end? I loved it. He absolutely is a hero of mine.

[@drjimbaichtal]

MrAcuta...check out the following...Latch, E.K., Heffelfinger, J.R., Fike, J.A. and Rhodes Jr, O.E., 2009. Species‐wide phylogeography of North American mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): cryptic glacial refugia and postglacial recolonization. Molecular Ecology, 18(8), pp.1730-1745. www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Species-wide-phylogeography-of-North-American-mule-Latch-Heffelfinger/8a86189dc899c5909a60b7cc7bd5286ad1e3ead9 and sitkablacktail.org/deer-research-papers

[@DSBarb69]

That was beautifully filmed, poignant, and awesome. Extremely well done. Thank you for sharing.

[@zach5620]

This is simply awesome! The production value on the regular videos is great, but this is sensational.

[@georgebeyer9611]

Awesome work!

[@hillsandhighwateradventure7975]

Man, awesome video, I love how you guys put it together hopefully you guys go back up there and make more videos for the channel of Sitka blacktail. I'm from Washington State and sitka blacktails hold near and dear to my heart, even know I hunt Colombian blacktails here in Washington state. Sitka blacktails is one of my bucket list deers to shoot one of these days. Love your guys content keep up the awesome work.

[@deadondisplay2895]

Fantastic film! Wonderful to see the recognition and role hunters play in wildlife conservation.

[@lukepro2351]

Amazing cinematography! Been waiting for this video for several months, great story!

[@Justwatchingvideos2day]

Great message and amazing footage. You really capture the essence of Southeast Alaska and why those little deer are so much fun to hunt.

[@clydelessard7581]

Great piece of art! Great cinematography! Thank you!

[@pgrundle]

Absolutely amazing piece!!

[@craigunser4115]

Incredible footage, absolutely outstanding landscape! What an amazing job your group did giving us an in depth look into the lives of such an little known deer species. They are truly a resilient animal to live and thrive in such an environment. Wonderful presentation! Thank You for sharing this.....

[@lowerValleyhunter]

Amazing footage. I love the way you captured the art of hunting. Hard work provides food. Thank you for showing exactly how hard it is and rewarding!

[@evanshaw8311]

Wow - you guys have REALLY stepped up your production quality! Excellent work!!

[@tylerpacker6047]

Wow, that was an amazing video. SE Alaska looks like an adventure!

[@seananderson7227]

Awesome show good to watch on a Sunday morning thanks guy's

[@brianclement4840]

Was really fun to watch this at the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous in Boise with Randy Newberg and Dr. Gilbert. The Q&A afterwards was very rich and informative. There’s so much more to the story - forestry practices, weather and climate, as well as a general lack of data on Sitka blacktails, so be sure to visit sitkablacktail.org if you’re interested in learning more.

[@davidplatt8915]

Just. Absolutely. Stellar. Well done. Well done. Thank you.

[@attilasipos8780]

Great video and story. Nice work. Thank you for all of you

[@Bluesplayer789]

Beautiful countryside and filming

[@jaredlucero4017]

Wonderful film thank you for sharing

[@davegifford3198]

EPIC! Thank you for this!

[@sir_brix_alot]

What a beautiful story!

[@darringleason8120]

Fantastic film, gave me goose pumps!

[@kamallindoff6468]

Awesome video! Mountain tops are a whole different world, why I love hunting so much. Great job!

[@okanaganmike]

Well done!..Southeast Alaska is on my bucket list!

[@hearstdaman2269]

Great work! Very informative!

[@AKBowhunter1]

Well done. One of my favorite deer to hunt.

[@orchris6817]

great job randy , was outside the box for a hunting show and was greatly enjoyed , keep up the great work

[@eriks4974]

So well done, thank you.

[@ronaldmcguire1581]

Very stunning. What a great video.

[@jamesrussell2523]

Great video and story guys! Amazing species and country, thanks for bringing us along.

[@SpearsUnclaimed]

Awesome. Very very well done

[@JB101inc]

I've been looking forward to this! Thanks, Randy.

[@deanhaley9318]

Incredible. Well done guys.

[@derikdrinkle2084]

Informative documentary. Great job on putting this together.

[@scenicoasisfilminc491]

One of the best once u guys have made just awesome

[@ericduncan3864]

Absolutely amazing!

[@simongabrielsson589]

Awesome Video!

[@johnbrinegar6166]

I watch mostly on Amazon prime, I also listen to all your podcasts

[@alexbrewer7166]

Great video, very impressed

[@wegobugs]

Great job!!

[@idahooutdoors2695]

Well done boss

[@rwchidester]

Excellent. Never disappoints.

[@JH-wk9gw]

Amazing. Just amazing.

[@azhunter400]

amazing film

[@bryangaskill9512]

Wonderful!

[@RatdogDRB]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. FINE Ambassadorship. SE Alaska, and a sunny day? GET, while the getting is GOOD. The view is breath takingly beautiful, and such a rare treat. I lived in Juneau for a year and a half. It was a treat to drink coffee at the kitchen table and watch the mist ascend Mt. Juneau in the morning. The sun comes out, everyone plays hookey from work and white legs are everywhere.

[@darwinmcreynolds3278]

Very good content randy the are one of the most unknown deer on the plant

[@kylejones7786]

Still love this

[@chrisromer8014]

Epic. Again.

[@philbryant6413]

The world's greatest outdoors salad bowl. ~ Sophie Gilbert, PhD researcher.

[@willisfugitt2452]

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@watchandlearngames830]

Amazing

[@bigdonniebrasco]

Those MUSHROOMS at 6:40 !!!!

[@dougrogillio2223]

14:22 What is the bird I hear?

[@davidsamollow]

Sandhill Crane

[@dougrogillio2223]

@@davidsamollow I thought it had to be. There is no other sound like that. Did not want to make an assumption since I have never been to Alaska. Had no idea they got up to that part of the world.

[@drjimbaichtal]

Sandhill Cranes. They live in our alpine meadows during the spring and summer

[@tomk8312]

hope you're going up there for spring bear again this year