Triumph Through the Fire - An Idaho Elk Bowhunting Film

[@dennismontgomery7277]

God is good! He gave me a great son in Noah and it has been such a blessing for him to join the BRO team , be taken in like family and get to pursue his passion of the outdoors. I admire your drive to learn and absorb as much as you possibly can . Thank you for sharing the hunting and the personal, it is all a part of who you are. I have to admit I thought you were a little crazy when you bought your first big heavy camera in high school and started taking it on all your hunts…. Who’s crazy now!?! Great job Noah, Joe and Cal, loved the film , it may have made my eyes a little sweaty 😢❤👍 #thanks for the elk meat

[@bryanfontaine9627]

“Thank you GOD for 1 more.” That’s my new motto. Congratulations Noah!

[@WALLOWINGBULLS]

Well done Noah, you do a great job of explaining how you set up on these bulls and chase them congrats, you have been a great addition and part of the BRO crew !

[@cadenfry8968]

I wanted to take a moment to express how much I truly appreciate your channel. I've been watching for almost five years now, and it never ceases to amaze me. Every time I tune in to an episode, I’m filled with a warm feeling in my heart, and I often find myself shedding a tear. Each and every one of you serves as such an incredible inspiration, and I feel so blessed to be touched by the stories and experiences of people I haven’t even met. It’s a remarkable feeling to be a part of this brotherhood, even from afar, while watching your videos. Please keep up the fantastic work, fellas! Your dedication and passion shine through, and it makes a difference in so many lives. God bless you all! 🙏🙏

[@markneilson8272]

I have been watching all you guys since before land of the free season one episode one. There is nothing I would rather watch when BRO drops a video.

[@bornhunter6171]

Congradulation's Noah on your bull 👍. Way to stay commited and not let the two missed bulls get into your head. You are a great addition to the Born and Raised Crew and thank you and all the fellas that followed along with you and made this film great. It is always great to hear a story like yours. Thank you guy's for the video's, I watch them all. I used to be a huge hunter but I also encountered a disability. But my disability has slowed me down drastically and limits the chances and the ability to walk on the un even terrain. Thats enough about me. Great video and hope to see many more of yall harvesting big bulls 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@rodneykimberlyhenry5056]

Great job Noah, Cal, and Joe, way to stick with it. Great hunt, and thanks for letting us all tag along!!!

[@jeffjohnson3302]

Always be grateful, because you never know when that experience will be your last! Love the story telling! Congratulations!

[@markmckenzie1605]

Congrats Noah. Enjoy the real hunting you show us. It’s not about the kill it’s about the journey.

[@scottweagel5416]

I appreciate an honest hunt. What a comeback, Bruddah.

[@ChasingRooseveltsOutdoors]

Congrats Noah, embracing the grind and not being afraid to show is amazing. You truly are a good person and I’m glad you were able to make it happen. Also thanks for sharing your story. I appreciate it.

[@calebswartz6273]

Great job Noah!! Glad the boys brought you on and we love watching you as much as them. Great getting you some airtime on hunts of your own, they better keep that up! God bless you brother!

[@ericbrubaker9956]

Congratulations Noah! I enjoy seeing you out from behind the camera sometimes, although you do a whale of a job filming!! Thanks for your testimony and never giving up! It's times like that when I realize the importance of surrounding ones self with friends who have your back and stick with you through thick and thin, whether it's in the elk woods or in everyday life! God is good!!! Keep up the great work!

[@zaklayton4736]

Thanks for keeping it real. You guys rock! Here's to keeping it real 🍻

[@natelarson468]

Love Noah being a voice in the team! Keep up the good work fellas!

[@bweske]

Loved the episode Noah! Congratulations on the great bull. For me the joy of hunting is about the hunt and not the trophy. The time spent with family and friends is priceless. I really liked the solo commentary as it felt like we were sitting at camp getting to know a new hunting partner. Thanks again for what you do!

[@josephstephens3852]

Congratulations Noah, thank you for bringing us along with y'all showing how bowhunting elk is done. Love all of BRO content.

[@roblong8985]

I really appreciate you all truly look forward to watching every chance I get appreciate your ethics and integrity. You all rock in my opinion never change and keep em coming congratulations Noah on latest you inspired me to comment for my very first time to anything .. thank you

[@roblong8985]

I just want to say I’ve been following you guys for years and I’m always reluctant to comment or sign up for anything but I just couldn’t resist your all awesome and I really appreciate you guys Noah, just made me realize you’re complete honesty and professionalism I really appreciate you and all you do sincerely rob

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@cindynowlin7650]

Congratulations, and thank you for sharing your very personal story. Another great adventure for the books. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

[@bent_life9865]

Thanks for the honesty Noah. I hunt elk with one leg brother. Nothing in life is easy. Glad you push hard man.

[@michaeldepuglia5084]

Noah my dad has struggled with a eye injury from his eye being kicked in a bad fight … ur story struck an emotional chord bro an way to stick in an follow it to the killer bull. What a awesome community we belong too as hunters! 🙌🏼 love yall

[@OregonOutdoorAdventures]

LOVE this format so much more. thanks for getting into your injury and explaining your struggles with your eye Noah. as someone who has had multiple different kinds of injuries including eye injury I can appreciate how difficult that is. way to keep at it.

[@russellwatters5891]

Congratulations gentlemen, excellent hunts! Noah, you couldn't have said it better, filling freezers with nature's goodness, beats a larger set of antlers anyday...😂 Love what ya'll are doing 😊

[@the_clay_formula]

Excellent, I learned to RANGE the ANIMAL NOT THE TRAIL or the spot. Learned that the hard way. This year I ranged and cow called at the same time to stop the bull while looking through the range finder. Dialed sight he stayed long enough to double lung at 68 yards.

[@davidwills8803]

Noah , thanks for sharing your back story. You have grown 10 fold as a member of the Bro crew. You put so much heart into the hunt and videos. And a ton of hunt detail ,thank you and god bless you in your journey.

[@erichershberger960]

Thanks Noah, this is my new fav episode from B&R. I appreciate thanks given to God, The Creator! I am draw in by the personal stories! I am held at the edge of my seat with the ups and downs of archery elk hunting! I am grateful for the knowledge you so willing share with us! I am so thankful that you guys willing lug heavy camera equipment up and down through the thick nasties to take all of us along with you! Your heart is seen and felt and is very much appreciated!! I have DIY archery elk in '15, '17, '18, '20, '23 but now my knee is acting up and I am on the wrong side of 50... Hunt on my friend, you help keep the dream alive...

[@danieloien520]

Congratulations Noah thank you for sharing this experience and your past.

[@mervinhershberger7284]

Congratulations Noah ! Way to push on after missing those 2 with misjudging distance ! I remember loosing a contact in one hunt a couple years ago ! And I had to hike out 4 miles like that ! I walked with that eye closed most of the time. Because of my bad eyesight without them! Now I always carry an extra set in my bino harness!!

[@Flammondo]

Another great video. Seeing the letdown of missed shots and seeing the resiliency and determination to not give up is a game changer. Thanks Noah and the rest of the Born and Raised crew. Keep up the great work! Looking forward to more videos.

[@joshwalker7219]

Great hunt, congrats Noah! I’m definitely glad you are part of the team!

[@jr.streifel557]

Noah, you have learned so much over the years behind the camera. I remember when you shot your first Elk I think it was a cow in Colorado? As much as I’ve learned up watching the Born And Raised videos you were able to add a few tools to my toolbox. Way to go Noah really appreciate you.

[@narditwist]

Congrats on the hunt it makes my night to see beautiful creatures being chased and harvested. But mostly the difficult mistakes that happen and your crew to push thru them

[@mikejohnson4233]

Noah, ty for the great hunt and story. I know your struggles are tough but you master them well. I have only hunted with a recurve, no sights or range finder. There's no way I could even have hunted. No depth perception, no way. Keep it up. You are all great. Mike from gp.

[@jeffreyd513]

Man. Great job noah. Fricken savage man. Hats off to ya. 👊

[@boyznthewoods3571]

Dude Noah great job man fantastic work. I’d say your living the dream!!!

[@russellgorham3727]

Congrats on the bull happy for you. I worked as a wildland firefighter and You guys were in there towards then end of my crew roll. I was assigned to the fire across the valley.

[@robert619]

Great work Noah! Your genuine love and passion for what you do is easy to see. You’re an incredible addition to the BRO team. Thank you for everything you do to bring us on your adventures.

[@LanceLeeOutdoors]

Your interaction with a random fan around the 21 min mark was so cool. This years LOTF I think is the best format yet. Thanks for continuing to product awesome content guys. And never stop praying and hugging.

[@shawnmcdaniel8929]

Absolutely incredible video.....as always! You guys have the God given gift to pull folks in and take us on the ride with you! Congratulations Noah!

[@kenamatice282]

Congrats Noah, way to push on and get it done. I respect how tough it is with limited or no depth perception. My wife is in the same boat (bow hunts also). She missed a deer a few years ago because of hit. It hit her pretty hard but she like you perseveres and continue to love what the great outdoors has to offer. Thanks for sharing this hunt and again, congrats

[@elkchaser]

Outstanding film production!!! You need to enter this in the Full Draw competition!!! Thanks for putting me back into the action after missing most of my ID archery elk season due to a medical evacuation from the backcountry. Motivates me to get well, persevere, and return to chase the great Wapiti again!! Well Done BRO crew!!!

[@CRR8980]

Congratulations Noah that’s a great bull!🏹🇺🇸

[@vernonlang4206]

Congrats to the whole crew and two nice bulls. Awesome video!

[@paulpurkey8200]

I think judging yardage is very hard for most of us archery hunters! Even without eye problems.. your doing great!!!

[@quigleyoutside]

Awesome Noah ! Huge kudos to a humble real life hero !! Thanks and best...pops

[@annmurphy5507]

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE AWESOME HUNT!! 🧡 from Texas!

[@dwightlawrence3125]

Love that you give praise and glory to Jesus ❤

[@bryanneal]

Awesome video! Great job Noah! I have always loved this type of content would love to see each one of the staff put a individual story and produce another outstanding video. Keep up the good work you guys.

[@brucebrenna8387]

It's interesting to hear you talk about your vision issues. I can only see out of one eye at a time (I can switch back and forth though) and it's difficult for people to understand the challenges that it causes. The struggle is definitelyreal. Having 3d vision and having decent depth perception is taken for granted by most. Nice to see you acknowledge it and keep fighting thru.

[@brianfocht6165]

What an awesome hunt! Congratulations Noah

[@royhoglund1322]

Congrats Noah! Job well done on both bulls!

[@HuntinHorns]

Hell yes congrats boys awesome video and the passion you guys bring to your channel and to share it with us is so so great thank you

[@terryritchie443]

Congrats Noah!! B R O till the end.

[@michaelpurvis4019]

You are doing great all the way around. Filming and hunting. 😊

[@ves5110]

congrats: there's always one more, great job

[@jrrawley79]

Nice job Noah. Never give up and great things will happen

[@realrussclarke]

Congrats Noah thanks for sharing your story

[@duckbub683]

Truly " playing with fire " 🔥

[@imjamn5]

Congratulations Noah! In my opinion you have always been part of BRO! Thank you for sharing your personal story about your eye! For sure thank god for one more. 👏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼🏔️🏹🍁

[@marcwithey4983]

Another great one!! Congrats men!

[@jeepguy04]

Great video I can picture u taking off on ur own channel and starting a very good career being a utuber hunter and collaborating with born guys

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

I think I’ll stay here 😉

[@riley_v3511]

Great video !! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@kevinkirk3918]

Great job Noah 😊😊😊

[@gramnenew6196]

Awesomeness 100%!

[@kylemccracken4724]

Awesome hunt thanks for all the shared knowledge its been very informative congrats on a beautiful bull lots of meat in the freezer GOOD JOB GOD IS GREAT!!!

[@kinyon86]

congrats on the bull!!! well-deserved and hard earned!

[@justincox873]

Awesome hunt man !! Way to hang in there and get it done !! Love the channel and what you guys do!!

[@joanneganon7157]

YES, you did it 🔥. Patients are something most don't have👍. Sorry about your eye, Bro 😢. I love yah, you're doing a fine job🎉 JO JO IN VT 💞

[@dustinedwards4021]

Great hunt guys

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

Good job fellas, enjoyed the hunt!

[@stuartpalmer7572]

Congrats Noah thanks for your back story.. Stuart Palmer Adelaide Sth Australia

[@spyder-cq2by]

Well done noah congratulations.

[@drakeschlosser8323]

Way to praise God Noah! Love it!

[@booyaalopez8292]

Way to sick it out Noah congrats.

[@shaneseaford4824]

Man I know your struggle I've been blind in my right eye since I was 6

[@johnhernandez5970]

Noah, This uncle of yours and your other uncle “Q”, my little Brother whose shirt you wore are extremely proud! Seems like yesterday that your Dad let me sit in a ground blind with you and watch you harvest your first Blacktail! Wow, you have become the teacher in short order. God is GOOD, He gave you a gift and now many can be the recipients of it. I love you! BTW, there is a solid chance that the reason the sleeves missing on that predator shirt that Belonged to your uncle were not cut off for a fashion statement. We did not have the fancy wipes back in the day, and he was often not carrying extra tp, or just ran out due to multiple dookies on the hunt … many sleeves and other articles of clothing came in at clutch times, and did NOT make back to camp. Just saying😁

[@SmilingDriftwood-zp9ly]

This is a awsome video nice work.

[@duckbub683]

Cow call, bugle , walk , walk, bugle twag !!!!

[@DAVIDFleer-i7z]

Congratulations Noah ! Of course its about the meat especially if the satellite is going to bust you. Joe is the true friend but yes a camera crew to bring it to us, alright time for me to get 4 hours of sleep ✌️👍🇺🇲

[@Butsee24]

I'm a 48 year old bow hunter from Wyoming, I've been bow hunting here since I was 14. I've never had an eye injury or eye surgery. I've screwed up more shots than I can count because of miss-guessing yardage. Don't get down on yourself. It's all a part of bow hunting!

[@brianjohnson8918]

I've been a 1-eyed wonder my entire life and have lost track of the blacktail deer that have passed thru the freezer over the years. One good monocular is all it takes!

[@ricksmith2134]

I almost didn’t say anything, but I think I need to. I don’t think you have any reason to apologize for your struggles with depth perception Noah. There’s not a better reason out there than not having the binocular vision most of us take for granted. I admire how hard you work to minimize it and be the ethical hunter you are. Just curious, is it possible that the surgeries will fix the problem or do you need them just to keep what you have now? None of my business really, just hoping it might help someday.

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

At this point no, it can’t be fixed with the technology we have. Surgeries have just been to stabilize and to mitigate damage. Thank you for the comment 🙏🏽

[@ixoye143]

Misjudging distance and missing shots as a result, that never happens to us bowhunters 😉 Crazy to think about my days hunting back before range finders

[@johnh1464]

I am like you Noah- I suck at real life range estimating, but I do not have a traumatic eye injury as an excuse- It always happens so fast that I have no time to actually pull the range finder out and use it before the shot. In 2017 I had brain surgery to remove a non cancerous tumor that unfortunately took the hearing from my left ear, so now as well as sucking at range estimating, I cannot tell where sound comes from. I no longer hunt solo due to this for my safety (to many predators here in WA) as well as nearly being run over a couple of time since surgery because I did not know which way they were coming in from.

[@erikalexander728]

Maybe try the Garmin bow sight my buddy has one works great but a challenge to get sighted in perfectly but once you do spot on just a thought maybe it would work for you to make it a bit easier for you nice work brother

[@Alwaystired88]

What was that thing you had on the thumb barrel of your Stan? 23:01

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

Just a custom button. Lots of tape and a bigger tapped barrel

[@Alwaystired88]

@ Sweet! Would love a video on the types of gear y’all have modified to work better in the field

[@jero1918]

Thanx

[@messyfisherman4140]

Sorry to hear about the issues with your eye but you have definatly not let it stopped you i noticed it before and just thought you where like cross eyed or some thing lol great job by the way

[@johnconroy8395]

New bow hunter question: Do you recommend moving in sooner when it is raining out of concern that the rain will wash out the blood trail? Any details about that decision would be appreciated.

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

Depends, on this one I knew exactly where I hit and that they don’t make it long when you hit them there. So I wanted to get on the tracks while they were fresh and find what little blood I could. If it’s a marginal hit I’d still give it time.

[@brandicraw3747]

Sleeping in on vacation cutting up elk meat powers spike only daughter bull great job

[@jesusmendoza4810]

Does anyone know where I can get a wind checker like Noah had on his quiver

[@MegaElkaholic]

If you have a perseption issue. MAYBE try a range finding site, garmin ,burris etc.?????

[@rrudnic1]

Can you explain why you would take the second missed shot at all? Quartered away hard with a tree blocking the front half of the animal. Based on the video that shot should've never occurred regardless of missing on the distance.

[@stevenboone8181]

And the olny camo he had on was face paint folks.. good job boys..let em fly when you can or you mite go home with tag soup..

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

Wear dark colors and hold still!

[@shawnguinn6606]

Not to be a complainer but do we need to show pictures of the lake. My only ask is not make it easy to figure out some of these spots. I guess at some point someone would KZbin one of my areas just sucks when it happens lol.

[@tonymiller007]

Where is the video of Trent's opening day bull?

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

We will release it after awhile. We're still working on the story board for it.

[@bearbarre6435]

I lost my right eye to a pencil thrown across the classroom when I was in second grade. I was seven years old. It was my dominant eye. As you can imagine, being my dominant eye that I had lost, REALLY messed with my depth perception. This made me VERY clumsy. I would reach for a glass or bottle of ketchup, or something, misjudge the actual location of the item and, more often than not, knock it over. I would go to walk through a doorway and bump my shoulder (both painful and embarrassing, if I happened to be running). Catching a ball (or anything else in the air) was out of the question. Being right handed, I had to learn to shoot a long gun left handed. The alternative would be to drop my head over the stock far enough to see through the scope with my left eye, which would be a disaster when shooting anything with a scope that had any kind of kick or recoil. Luckily, I was young enough that learning a new and better way to shoot wasn't too difficult The problem was my depth perception. Eventually, I learned to judge something's distance from me by how big it looked to me. This was an improvement and s lot of help. Enough so that I was beginning to catch a thrown baseball or a Frisbee, but it did not solve the problem completely. I am still a terrible judge of distance. However, there is only one person that I know who can consistently shoot better than me. As long as I know the distance and my rifle is sighted in, I'm a better than fair shot, and (from a bench), have been known to cloverleaf three shots at 100 yards with a Remington 243 I have been shooting since I was about 9 years old. My best advice to you would be to keep shooting your bow at different distances as much as you can, but do it without a rangefinder. You will, in time, develop s sort of instinct about exactly where your arrow will go just by looking at your target. You will unconsciously note the size of leaves or other small background items and your mind will adjust automatically. You will learn little tricks to help, such as; At 100 yards, most people cannot clearly see the features of a human face. Yo9u may not notice any difference right away, but keep shooting. Every day. All day. Thousands of arrows. Different targets, different ranges. I did this with an old Red Ryder BB gun I had, and before long, I was hunting flies. Throw a piece of bacon on the ground, sit back about 10 or 15 feet, and I had no shortage of targets. But you have to keep shooting every day, almost until it makes you sick to go out and shoot again. Do that, and I promise you. you will see an improvement. Just remember, no rangefinder (unless you are hunting and it is a crucial piece of kit that you need for the hunt). I lost my eye 51 years ago, and I honestly believe that it has done me some good. As I said, when I lost it, it was my dominant eye and I suddenly got VERY clumsy. Kids are cruel, at that age, and will jump on a chance to tease one of their peers that is not as adept as they are. They will take every opportunity to point out how much better they are than you, at one skill or another. I learned very early that I had to be extra careful whenever I did anything, so that I didn't knock over that glass or bottle of ketchup, and I didn't bump my shoulder going through a doorway. I had to slow down and concentrate a bit harder when trying to catch a ball or anything. I became more careful when I did ANYTHING, and that just kind of bled over into every aspect of my life. In time, I found that I was learning faster than the other kids, and, at sports or physical activities, I would pick up a new skill at the same rate as the others, but I would improve and master it much faster than the others, because I would pay close attention to my actions and what their results were. I even became more careful about how I worded things when I spoke, and I would practice more and harder than anyone else I knew. By the time I was in high school, I was that one kid that could do anything, and do it well. Everyone just thought I was gifted and they were jealous of my abilities. What they didn't know was that I didn't just pick things up fast. I practiced a ton at everything until it was just second nature and I made it look easy. I found that (for me, at least) the key to doing anything well is to do it a thousand times. Do it until you don't make any mistakes, and then do it a bunch more. At eighteen I had an interocular lens implant which was supposed to give me sight, but in actuality, just made it extremely light sensitive and I have had to wear an eyepatch since about the age of 19. It still hasn't slowed me down any. Hang in there, Brother. You can overcome this minor inconvenience. While I understand that losing the use of an eye as an adult is trickier to overcome than to lose it as a child, you will be able to overcome this sooner than you think. Just keep moving forward. God Bless and Good luck!!!

[@bornandraisedoutdoors]

God bless! It’s a challenge for sure

[@marchaberern2331]

Atleast you got a shot and saw elk….. I never see elk or even get a shot.

[@rayestrada5195]

I find breaking down yardage works looking down ten to the tree twrnth to the rock another five to the animal on thirty five