Camping & BOWHUNTING Public Land ELK | New Mexico 

Hunter's know how bad it feels to wound an animal and personally, burning the tag is the very least one can do in that case. I appreciate any hunter that does that, but understand it won't be the case for everyone. Also, you can say this shot was unethical and not be wrong, but you definitely aren't necessarily right either. One could argue any shot, with any bow could be considered unethical because more lethal and effective options exist than bows. Everything is clearer in hindsight and we have all been there. Busting our butts, long days, long stalks/hikes, and it comes down to one opportunity that you try to make the best of. Many would've passed up this shot and I would commend anyone to have that much self control, but I can't guarantee that I would've. The Seek One group has a pretty darn good history of making good choices and I definitely give them the benefit of the doubt. Instead of acting better than them and like you wouldn't ever make such a mistake, offer up some help and encouragement to learn from the experience. We need to pick each other up in the community and raise that tide.

Tons of respect for burning your tag.

Anyone else catch at 0:40 that it said September 15th 2024 even though it’s August 15th 2024 Edited: thank you for all of the likes and comments lol. Seek you, yall are the best hunting RU-vidrs I’ve ever watched keep up the good work. And may god be with you. Prays to you.

Love your guys videos and podcasts but I wouldn’t expect a 70 yard shot on a fully alert animal from yall.

This is a great example of understanding your level of accuracy, versus your equipments effective range. I’m sure he made a great shot 2 seconds before the arrow got there, but by the time it actually made impact that elk made 2 steps

Having an air freshener in the ATV while hunting is crazy. 😂

Awesome Video, crazy how good Spartan Forge is getting.

This hunt is from.....THE FUTURE!!!!😂😂😂

SEEK ONE never disappoints!

Let's go! Loved the trophy room video but have been amped for a hunting video! Keep it up guys!

I am pumped for this season I am am 14 and it is gonna be the first season I bow hunt!!

We need some SeekOne crocs!

Sorry but the gospel truth is it was a stupid shot. Never, ever should have taken a 70 yard shot on an elk, just reality. One that was looking right at you and on alert?? No excuse. Not trying to sound harsh but you have so many hunting possibilities and 100% know better. Didn't even get 1/2 penetration shooting him essentially in the bladder.

I absolutely cannot thank you guys enough I love too far away from my family hunting spot and since sitting and watching your videos I have now door knocked at least 80 different locations and finally got my first yes at a dairy farm thank you guys so much for showing me how to ask for permission

Awesome video Everyone that is hating on the 70yd shot cant say much until you are put in that same situation. If we are all honest we all probably would have taken that shot.

Had a real similar experience on my one and only bull (so far). 60 yards broadside he had me pinned and I decided to take the shot because I felt very comfortable at that distance. Felt great about the shot when it left the bow but he took off at the exact same time and I ended up hitting him dead center of the rear quarter. Got lucky and got his femoral and he was dead 120 yards down the mountain. Got lucky and learned that lesson at a young age (20) and will never take a long shot again at an animal that has my number. There’s the “you miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take” mentality but this ain’t basketball… it’s the difference between wounding, killing, and finding an animal that we all respect and want to do the best by, so I hope you and the crew learn from this one. Good on you for showing the real stuff though and not leavin out the mistakes and reality of bow hunting!

I’m glad Drew is doing ok since Sunny in Philadelphia was canceled. Was great on that show 😂

Time Travel Hunting is the only way to hunt. Love the content. Ready to watch you guys get on some giants 🦌🦌🦌 this year.

I love that the camping aspect of this is in the video.

Thank you for sharing. Looks like a young man's dream. For me, over 45 (way over) rustic is a hotel without a pool

How can it be a date that hasn’t happened yet

First let me say I love you guys at Seek One and have always been impressed by how hard y'all work. However, a 70 yard shot at an elk is unethical in my mind because there's too much time between the shot and contact with the elk. As in this case, the probability of a bad hit is very high and the elk deserve better than that from us.

Bow hunting is hard. Elk hunting is harder. You did the best you could with the opportunity you had. Don't overthink it just hunt. Proud of you taking the lessons. Elk tough is real and you learned they are really hard to hunt. Well done out here in the west we call it hunting and tagging out is a privilege. Thank you for being a responsible hunter and showing the hard times as well as your successes. You guys rock. Keep up the hard work. From your friend here in Utah keep grinding.

It's so beautiful. I hope I can see it before I die one day. Just to walk around that backcountry not even hunt would be amazing

Can’t wait to see yall Saturday at buckmasters I’m one of the people shooting I will look forward to seeing yall

Beautiful night sky . That’s awesome man

Yall need to take a tracking dog with you would be a great asset

The bull is now 500yds away and moving the opposite direction and he says “Don’t know what we’re doing wrong,” after bugling and raking a tree on public land in NM? Hilarious. Elk always respond to bugling on public land. They usually respond by going the other direction in my experience!🤣

Been waiting for this

This is tough. I lost a whitetail that moved as I shot. Couldn’t sleep, overall bummed. The part of hunting no one talks about. It’s good too see on hunting videos that it happens and is a good reminder to make sure everything is perfect before you hit the release.

Video from the future. Damn...... I knew ya'll was good!

Love new seek one episodes

I think yall have traveled into the future can't be 9/15/2024 as stated on your video 😁😋👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Seek one is so good they’re hunting in the future 😂

Let's go BOYS!!!

Don’t wanna be that guy and kick someone when they’re down but why would you try 70 yards with the bull staring right at you. Your chances of an ethical kill are very low. I get you guys were hunting hard and it looks to be your only close encounter with a shooter but if it ain’t there it ain’t there

Someone’s not sharing their Time Machine ! 😂

We all make mistakes we wished we didn't. Glad to see you end the hunt out of respect for the animal.

Quick Marty! We must travel back to the future to upload content! - Doc

Love it keep it up.

What unit are they in? I've got a new mexico tag this year. Curious if this is 16E?

Greta episode is from november 17 2024 You have to look All the best guys ✊✊✊🙂✌️

I have several animals at 70 yd. He was alert so that was a problem. And the bow sounded so loud

70 yard shot on an alert animal is never a good decision. Also, was it me or was the shot almost 3ft to the right? I know the elk jumped, but I didn't think I saw it move forward, besides loading up ready to bolt. The penetration was poor, arrow speed over efficiency. Not a fan of this one guys.

This is not a recently filmed video, I went up to Ruidoso and Cloudcroft monday August 12, 2024 and all the bulls I saw were still in velvet.

love the videos

Back the Future!

Love seek one

Yeah man, elk are a whole different beast on a gut shot. Minimum 16--24 hours on a gut shot. They can live a loooong time with a gut hot. Their bodies are significantly larger than a deer, so it only makes sense it takes longer to shut them down. The thing a lot of folks miss is that the decomposition process doesn't start until the animal is dead, so in other words, if you take up the trail 24 hours after the hit, and the elk expired at 18 hours, you're only 6 hours into the process, not 24. They're a big, extremely tough animal. I get the rain thing though. Always nice if a guy can sneak up and get another arrow in, but sometimes it doesn't work out like this didn't. Every hunter has to make that call. Sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't.

No way im shooting if im with a buddy that hasn’t ever killed one and i have, thats just pure greed

Bro! I have been wrong in my life before but raised in NM I have never seen a hunt for bow before Sep 1st just went through the proclamation and couldn’t find a aug 15 hunt. It could maybe on native land but the title said Public land.. what’s going on??? Am I missing something?

Hopefully this is the redemption ark

My favorite hunting channels right now are youtube.com/@hodgesoutdoors?si=9b3RjVYGEK25pftN And youtube.com/@lambertoutdoors?si=2h3x4WeHhcfyO0sx

You whitetail hunters need to quit coming out west and trying these unethical shots at elk with archery equipment. Every year I watch countless videos from big outdoor RU-vidrs wounding and losing elk that are inevitably going to die and it’s sickening. 70 yards pinning you is a ridiculous shot, you know better than that. The first thumbs down I’ve ever put on a Seek One video and I genuinely enjoy watching your guy’s content but this is ridiculous.

Hey Lee are you gonna be at the deer expo in Birmingham this up coming year

Got the wrong year lol but great video

Damn you even missed the guts lol

Just curious what made you chose NM. Do y’all put in for multiple states or what?

I respect your choice, as I'm in watching this to punch your tag.That's the right thing to do again.I don't have all the answers, but when he was preoccupied with bugling.It was a very similar shot.I think he should have taken it down , but i'm no better thank for the video

That’s why they call it hunting not killing

0:41 How are you hunting in the future? 9/15/24? 😂

I’m pretty sure that it says September 15, 2024 this year if im not mistakin! How are they posting this video from the future.

This comment section is ugly! Some of y'all act like you've never made a mistake and always make the right decision in the heat of the moment. We as hunters, can always do better! Incase your momma didn't tell ya.... If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Coming from germany, where we by law have to track wounded animals with specially trained and tested hunting dogs, im wondering if its just not a thing in the U.S. to have dogs trained on blood tracking. I personally find it great because the chances of the dog actually finding the animal are quite high from my experience.

1st season last year was almost completely dead. They were starting to make noise by the start of the 2nd season.

Are y’all drawing these tags or buying land owner tags?

Futuristic hunt

Im just here for the all the professionals that are going to tell you all the things you did wrong in this video. All coming from people with less experience and who probably would have done the same thing. The Hunting industry is wild.

As a long time hunter myself.. just a thought… is it illegal to make a small GPS broad head to locate deceased game? I mean…. The arrow would need to have stayed on the animal, but it is legal at face value?

I love watching y’all’s stuff but iam very disappointed in the feller that took that 70 yard shot. Should have known better to shoot that distance at an alert bull.

I can't believe I wasted 45 minutes of my life only to see that shot. Jumped the string my balls, 2k Matthew's bows, the arrows are screaming come on man Tim Wells you are not.

Dude at 3:11 has his barn door open

What backpack you using?

The shot looked futher back than his guts bro

Check the date please

This was a Trainwreck. What was your arrow weight? Were you shooting less than 280 fps?

Man 70 yards is really far. Sucks to lose and wound an animal. That feeling after wounding an animal is what keeps ya from taking long shots after experiencing it.

👍👌keep it up

Wait. What? September 15, 2024?

From that reply he heard or saw your arrow. Not your string.

Poor shot placement? Didnt seem like a lot of strring jump to me.

I dont think you killed him.There tough animals.Keep your head up,it happens..

I've been guiding for elk for 14 years and let me tell ya about 70% of elk shot with bow are wounded and run away not to be found..

Made the same shot on a 6x6 in MT. 45 yds on full alert and he jumped forward and I hit him in the same spot as the video. He dropped in a Coulee and didn't come out. Watched him till dark. Left him overnight and he was dead in the morning. Magnus 4blade stinger destroyed him inside. I felt bad for that animal. It happens more than many admit. But thankfully I've gotten every bull I shot. 2 with stingers, last 3 with exodus.

How can you say it’s September the 15 th of 2024? When it’s still August

Could you not have used a thermal drone like drone deer recovery does?

should of seen if there was a guy in the area you could hire with a thermal camera on a drone

I’m not sure how you have been hunting elk. But one dead elk don’t make you a elk hunter. You let a bad decisions and poor judgment cause you and your friend a bad experience. 70 yards, who do you think you are. Bow hunting is a close range sport. You need to leave that bugle at camp. You wonder why the bull was 500 yards away. You ran him there with that bugle, You should have bugle at the big 6 point with the cow. I hope you watch this hunt and learn from it. I’m 58 - -28 years of elk hunt. 23 elk in the freezer

Don't you know anybody with a tracking dog? Surely this bull could have been found dead the next morning... 😢

Gave up to easy! You still had a couple of days to try to retrieve that bull. Should not be able to hunt NM if your gonna give up that easy!

I’m guessing this is 23/24 season ?

All right, I don’t know who’s gonna say it but September 24, 2024 hasn’t happened yet lol

Where in NM is this at??

Its from the future

What broadheads are they using?

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Where are the pants their wearing from? I need a pair of those

Mantap bos ku

Hopefully you learned something from this, don’t take a 70yard shot when the elk is on high alert staring at you. Great video, thanks for sharing it.

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