ON LEAD - A Wyoming Rifle Mule Deer Hunt 

That is crazy! I wonder if he had some kind of infection from inside? I have a deer that has a perfect three blade broadhead scar right behind his jaw. Never found the broadhead or any sign of trauma other that the scar in the cape.

haha be one with the llama!

Thanks for watching guys! They are quite the dynamic duo!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. I definitely agree with you that he wouldn't make it through the winter. You probably noticed how skinny his body was and how difficult of a time he had eating. His entire face was rotted out from that growth and he literally had not teeth and bones on that side. I put a bunch of images from me cutting open the growth on my Instagram page if you want to check those out. Pretty interesting what that growth did to him. He was putting all the food into trying to survive, I wonder what his rack would have been if he wasn't just trying to survive the teeth he had were pretty worn down. - Brady Miller

@@GOHUNT how old do you think he was? I've seen growths before, but nothing like that.

@@ericwiitala5407 It was lab aged by a company in Montana at 7.5 years old. For sure the growth had a big impact on the antler growth.

Haha. Gotta have this combo on film more! Thanks for checking it out, bud.

Thanks, Harold! Hoping we can get back to living the good life soon and everything gets back to normal.

Thanks for watching Mark!

Thanks for watching Phil! We have an Porter video in the works, where he is packing meat!

Much appreciated Jordan! Thanks for watching

Haha!! Gotta love a good llama and great food in the mountains!

Haha that's the truth!

Glad you got a good laugh out of it! Thanks for watching

That's awesome to hear! We really appreciate it, sometimes those grueling hunts are the best!

Thanks for checking out the film. Brady and that Browning rifle are a deadly combo.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for following along! Tons of great memories.

Llamas are the best!

Thanks Taylor, you da man! Keep crushing it!

Salt of the earth! Great guy!

You betcha Sawyer! Thanks for watching!

That's our goal! If you ever have any questions about heading out west for your first hunt don't hesitate to ask!

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks for checking out the film, Matthew! Pretty amazing country and it can definitely test you mentally and physically. Hope you had a great hunt and best of luck this year.

Thanks Dan!

Porter is addicted! He will be back for another crazy hunt like this soon. Thanks for watching! We decided to take the 8-person Seek Outside tipi and the SXL stove on this hunt. It was a lifesaver! Can't be a hot tent on a cold hunt.

Indeed he did!

The clothing Brady took on this hunt is very similar to what he took on a late season Colorado hunt, which we have a gearlist video. You can check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qzu4XdQsZ6M.html

Browning makes great guns! For a factory gun its tough to beat Browning's accuracy! Guys in the office are consistently shooting long distances (500-800 yards) with great success.

goHUNT yeah that’s impressive...and I know Aaron Davidson has made that comment in the second MOA video too about how they were great for someone on a budget. Regardless of budget it’s hard to argue with their performance

Couldn't agree more!

hmmm that is a good question. It would be cool if it was! Thanks for watching!

Llamas are the cooles!

Haha what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Thanks for watching!

That's hunting sometimes! Thanks Chris!

Haha!! For sure he should have skipped the dip :)

Just hunters doing their job! Conservation.

Too much! haha

Last week of September

Hey Louis. Sorry we forgot the link in the post. We will go an add it. Beau is a phenomenal guy and his business it top notch. Here is the link to his website: wildernessridgetrailllamas.com

As for cold weather, both llamas and mules are more than capable. I don't know if one is better than the other. Llamas are probably a little less work to manage compared to a mule, which can make life easier for the hunter. But on the other side mules can carry more weight. So there are pros and cons to both.

Brady was using a 215 Berger Hybrid in a 300 Win Mag.

.300 Win Mag

Hey ETOm, Brady shoots a Browning X-Bolt in 300 win mag and had a Leupold VX-3I LRP 8.5-25X50 on it for this hunt.

Hey Jonathan. We used a Seek Outside 8 person tipi and an SXL stove. This hunt the big stove was a great thing to come back to each night! We stayed very warm. If you have any questions on specific Seek Outside hot tents, we are happy to help. All of us in the office use them on multiple hunts each fall.

Thanks , can i ask why you picked the seek outdoors sxl compared to the 3w from luxe ?

@@jonathanmurray7474 sorry didn't see this after you replied. The main reason is just the familiarity of the Seek Outside stoves. Brady has ran previous models of SO a bunch, and so it was just easier to use what they were comfortable with. The Luxe is a great option as well, but we haven't used on in the field personally.

Our editor actually makes all the music himself. He's a very talented person.

@@GOHUNT yeah he makes some good music

Last week of the general season! Thanks for watching

Hey Nickolas. That is the new Sitka bino harness. This was a very early prototype design that I was testing. There will be some slight changes to the production model. But I was able to use it on all my hunts last fall and I really enjoyed it! Hoping at some point I can share more details on it. Brady Miller goHUNT Digital Content Manager

You have an eagle eye! There are two bucks there. One to the left and a doe bedded below.

Hey Mike. Brady had a 300 Win Mag with 215 Berger Hybrids. And Porter had a 6.5 Creedmoor.

Hey Cody. Brady responding to you here, sorry I'm just seeing this now. The "it's late in the season" reference is correct as this was actually late in the hunting season. The season in Wyoming in this area is only open from mid-September until October 6, so we hunted the last week of the hunting season. I do that for many reasons. We started hunting September 30 (lost a day before that due to snow and weather and couldn't hike in) and I killed my buck on October 3 and we hiked out on October 5. So hunting at over 10,000 feet of elevation in the mountains in Wyoming, you have the chance to experience a ton of snow and still have trees with leaves on them because these are snowstorms that just happen out of the blue it seems at times in the mountains. The day I killed my buck wasn't warm by any means, but the buck was on a south-facing slope, and thus that type of feature gets more sunlight and warmth and the snow melted on this hillside even when it was cold out. You are correct that the buck had short hair still. Again, I killed him on October 3. Also if you notice the growth on his face. It definitely hurt him gaining any fat and putting on serious antler growth. So that is why he had a very skinny body and was very unhealthy. You can see some photos of the growth and his skinny neck with summer hair here: instagram.com/stories/highlights/17881540534435542/ Typical Wyoming bucks this time of year will have a lot of fat on them. Then after I killed, you noticed that we got again dumped on by a bunch of snow. Gotta love Wyoming! We experienced a ton of weather, but that is what makes the adventure that much sweeter. A side thing, I shot a buck in Colorado in late October that also had some damage to his body, and had summer hair still on him that late in the season. The mount of this other Colorado buck even still has some of the summer hair on the cape. I hope that all makes sense and thanks for checking out the video! Always available if you have any other questions. Brady Miller goHUNT Digital Content Manager

goHUNT thanks for the reply Brady! Did you end up having your deer checked for CWD? Congratulations by the way, that was one hell of a shot.

@@Cody_Austin very welcome! I just wish for a hunt like this to be all snow on the ground. It makes things a little easier for finding buck tracks for still hunting and spotting bucks in the thick timber. Unfortunately, I never got this buck tested. I really wish I would have saved the parts they need for testing and found somewhere to send in myself. Just to add a little bit of closure for what caused all that. And thank you! Lots of offseason practice and building consistent ammo. Always wish for a closer shot, since I grew up a bowhunter first. Brady Miller goHUNT Digital Content Manager

Thank you, Ryan! For sure made up for Colorado. This hunt had everything I enjoy in a mule deer hunt. The harder the hunt the more memorable. I agree... even though I got the teeth lab aged, I'm not sure I agree with 7.5 either. Maybe the results are somehow skewed because all of his teeth did have extra wear on it due to everything being so rotten. Even the lower front teeth were coated with a clay looking type material. He will definitely go down as one of the most interesting bucks I've taken. I can't imagine the pain this must have caused. Brady Miller goHUNT Digital Content Manager

Haha actually during that situation there was a line of deer walking through and Porter was ready just in case a mature buck stepped out also.

Pretty amazing mountains! Thanks for checking it out.

Porter is not comfortable shooting at that distance and his gun isn't set up for it. I practice all year round with my rifle, have my handloads dialed, and I am fully comfortable with that shot with my 300 Win Mag. From where we were, there wasn't an option to get closer without dropping elevation and losing sight of the buck. I still wish to this day that we had better conditions and found more deer so he could have shot something on this hunt. I'm already counting down the days until I can hunt with him again! Brady Miller goHUNT Digital Content Manager

@@GOHUNT excellent reply. Some people would probably say its too far to shoot, but if you're comfortable with it - and by your comment and shot, you definitely are - then I see no issue. Good hunt!

Fair enough, thank you for the reply.

Sean, I wasnt implying that the shot was too far, I just like to see hunters that have not had a lot of opportunities get a go at it..

@@CA-qv2ux I wasn't thinking you were, sorry if it came off that way. I was just expecting people to be complaining about the long shot.

shhhhhh don't tell uncle Randy.

He’s making quite a name for himself

Tough year for sure. The growth and rotted out face definitely impacted the potential antler growth. This buck was lab aged at 7.5 years old by a company in Montana.

The mountains are always a humbling place!

They are pretty cool!

Big pesto guy.