Into High Country Episode 6 Season 11 Jason hunts the peak of the rut for Mule Deer in his home state of Montana. During a freezing rain storm and it finally comes together…
Howdy Jason. There's nothing like an old Roman nosed buck! That is a quality that I'm after, a warrior with some age on him. And that is even if he is on the downside of his life. Great buck you got there Jason! Thanks and later on Sir.....
Memories......If you could count them up and only keep the best...you may not see how good they were without the rest....Good Work Sir. Thank You For Sharing YOUR Memories....
I had a misfire a couple years ago on a elk hunt. That click!! Second round went boom and he fell about 50 yards up hill. Beautiful buck! Congratulations
Beautiful buck Jason, congratulations. Even more, another perfectly shared memory, sun behind a distant ridge, the sound of the wind communicating the cold, thank you.
Beautiful big mature buck Jason! Man you've sure picked up some big mature MT bucks here consistently the past 5 years or so. Love the content and real quality of the hunt you show in yer videos. Saw in the comments you guessed 170's or so for the score on this buck. That is good info to share. He is def a shooter in my book! Thanks for sharing and congrats again on a big bodied Muley!
True words spoken Jason. Gorgeous buck indeed. As Ive stated before it is more about reconnection with family in a special place doing a mutually enjoyed activity....... than it is the kill. That was a classic big Mule chase for sure. I have had the pleasure of experiencing many of those with my father and for smaller bucks in the Tobacco Root Mtns. Never forget any of it.
Very nice buck there Jason. That is what I think of and dream of when it comes to mule deer a old deep forked 4x4. I would be extremely stoked to take such a brute as my first mule deer to my last one. Got to love the .270 Winchester that is what my youngest brother and I have used for almost 2 decades chasing whitetails in the East where we live. They say that Montana is just the land of opportunity but no big bucks, well this video shows the contrary. The open country like this would be perfect for my Dad and I, especially since he is 63 and I have had heart surgery twice when I was a kid. Great film and story as always Jason.
Congrats on a great buck! Odd for modern premium ammo to not fire, might check firing pin and spring. If incorrect grease is used on firing pin spring it could cause a light strike in cold weather.
This was an amazing video. I just got back from my first mule deer hunt today but we didn’t shoot anything. We saw a bunch but nothing I wanted to shoot at. We don’t really know what areas to go. We live in Kalispell and went over to Shelby
Great video, that is an awesome Mulie buck! How far form Biddle are you hunting? My father has been out there more times than I can count * I've ben out twice with him. We are planning to do a Mulie/Elk hunt out there on 2023, maybe we'll get lucky and get antelope tags too.
I youtube'd mule deer hunts all evening and your hunt is one of my favorites. Keep up the good work man! I'm originally from Montana and have hunted it for the last 19 years in the northwest part. High country Mule deer are by far my favorite majestic creatures to hunt, besides elk.
That is great buck you've taken ! Two really good shots! We're you using re-loads on this hunt ? ? Just wondering about that mis-fire you had. CLICK ....?
Beautiful buck. So not to get in too much detail but I am trying to plan a public land hunt in Eastern MT for Mule deer due to limitations with my back. I can't hunt the high country. Could you provide a town close to this area? I am thinking you are around the powder river area or Missouri breaks. Appreciate any help.
Jason here in Utah we try to take out all the coyotes we can before June, so our does can give birth to more young, our Hurd in the north has grown and the quality is much better. If you want to talk about it contact Ryan Hatch at Mulie crazy
"I didn't want to have to take a running shot". Reminder to anyone reading this- you never have to take a shot- you can always pass. Sometimes, that means you won't get to tag that animal, and may eat your tag entirely. That being said- given how much time I spend at the range, I probably would have pulled the trigger at 100 yards from a rest, too. I'm not trying to judge here, just share an observation.
You can assume all you’d like however the day before I shot this buck he was spooked by 3 cow elk hunters. But you’re correct, on this day not another hunter in sight.
Jason what rifle is that ? Custom stocked or factory ? You said .270 but what king ? Winchester / Weatherby/ short mag ? The way it barked sounded like some kind of magnum ?
Great episode Jason! Enjoyed it the whole way through👍 Congrats on your buck👊 I smoked a giant with my bow this past season, you’ll have to check it out on our channel
I'm 67 now and I grew up hunting. I still own and shoot rifles but only at paper. Here's the thing, we are living RIGHT NOW, at the time of the largest mass extinction of species since the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs. Humans are the cause of the extinctions. I moved to western Colorado in 1974 and I can tell you that, yes there are still elk and deer and bear and others but there aren't as many now as when I first got here and, coincidentally, there are way more humans now. It may appear that everything is fine but if you hunt you know that it's all about habitat and if you reduce the habitat and surround it with housing development thereby crowding the remaining animals into a smaller range it will appear that there are a lot of animals still. That's an illusion. There are fewer, and more diseased ones, like chronic wasting, too. Ask the biologists. Hunters will say that they provide a service because other large predators have been reduced and the herds need to be thinned by humans to fill the role formerly played by other predators. Well, just who does everyone think reduced those predators? It's us, baby. We kill lots of animals without even trying. Actually a whole planets worth. So I quit trying (hunting) back in about 1977 because the animals left alive meant, and continue to mean, more to me than ones that are dead at the hands of humans. You can try and rationalize that away however you want but the fact remains. And another thing I learned about trophy hunting: large, testosterone charged males of just about every species is absolutely the worst tasting meat there is. If you believe in eating what you kill you don't seek rutting trophy sized, old and tough and rank, game. You then have to self examine your motivation for shooting the animals that have proven to be the genetically superior of their species by merely having lived long enough to get as large and strong as they are. When I did the only conclusion I could come to was it was all about ego. Extinction of life, human ego and corporations making money is what modern hunting had become. That's when I called it quits. I urge whoever reads this to reflect deeply. I know it's hard to give up something you love so much and I'm not condemning you. I can't, because I have been you. I only ask that you go within yourself and reflect on your role in the overall scheme of things as they now are.
I cringed when you picked-up the missfired round and held it toward your face. Missfires can go off after a delay! Clearly, you were high on taking a long-sought after buck and shaking with a shocky reaction to the missfire. Please, you had a teaching moment...treat a missfired round as if it will go off at any time. They do. Bury it deep, bullet down if you are not at range and handle it safely. Don't carry it home. It might cause you to miss a second chance to take an animal, but you will be able to hunt again. BUT, I like your videos...otherwise. Very good.
This guy had a round squib and misfire in his rifle, and then immediately chambered another round and let it rip without figuring out where the first bullet went. I too like to live dangerously lol.
What are you talking about it was a misfire, not a squib. First round didn't fire at all, technically in that situation you'd want to keep gun pointed in safe direction and wait a few seconds. Obviously not always practical in a hunting situation. I think he did what almost anyone would do....click, no bang, jack a fresh one in and try again.
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Really! Very great! Very good job! Good evening! We from Ukraine! Good luck!
Thank you very much!
Howdy Jason. There's nothing like an old Roman nosed buck! That is a quality that I'm after, a warrior with some age on him. And that is even if he is on the downside of his life. Great buck you got there Jason! Thanks and later on Sir.....
I love hunting, it's my favorite thing to do
What a great representation of a mature buck. Love the introduction and cinematography. Great video Jason.
Memories......If you could count them up and only keep the best...you may not see how good they were without the rest....Good Work Sir. Thank You For Sharing YOUR Memories....
I had a misfire a couple years ago on a elk hunt. That click!! Second round went boom and he fell about 50 yards up hill.
Beautiful buck! Congratulations
Beautiful buck Jason, congratulations. Even more, another perfectly shared memory, sun behind a distant ridge, the sound of the wind communicating the cold, thank you.
You produce some of the best hunting videos in my opinion mister Metzinger congrats on the awesome buck keep the videos coming
Look forward to watching this humt every year 👊
Jason, thanks for sharing this video. It really touched me. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful buck and another great hunt shared with us, thank you!
Beautiful big mature buck Jason! Man you've sure picked up some big mature MT bucks here consistently the past 5 years or so. Love the content and real quality of the hunt you show in yer videos. Saw in the comments you guessed 170's or so for the score on this buck. That is good info to share. He is def a shooter in my book! Thanks for sharing and congrats again on a big bodied Muley!
Beautiful buck! This has become my own favorite hunt every year.
True words spoken Jason. Gorgeous buck indeed. As Ive stated before it is more about reconnection with family in a special place doing a mutually enjoyed activity....... than it is the kill. That was a classic big Mule chase for sure. I have had the pleasure of experiencing many of those with my father and for smaller bucks in the Tobacco Root Mtns. Never forget any of it.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Man, your videos are so good, Jason.
Great buck. Your films are so awesome. I like how much respect you have for the animals you hunt.
Never gets old does it. Thx for another vid!
Glad you enjoy it!
Super buck Jason, I always enjoy your films.
Congratulations. It's a beautiful buck. You're a very good Hunter. I envy you for being able to make a living by hunting full time.
Nice hunt. Love hunting with my kids. It's Heartwarming.
Great video Jason! Big ass buck
Wow nice buck thanks for sharing
You would want to be happy with that congratulations Jason 👍🍻🇦🇺
Awesome man 👍🏾
good recovery, running shots are what competent hunters are able to do, congrats.
Thanks 👍
love your videos! sucks for the miss fire, glad you made it happen ;)
Great buck man congrats ❤️
Nice deer, great footage
Very nice buck there Jason. That is what I think of and dream of when it comes to mule deer a old deep forked 4x4. I would be extremely stoked to take such a brute as my first mule deer to my last one. Got to love the .270 Winchester that is what my youngest brother and I have used for almost 2 decades chasing whitetails in the East where we live. They say that Montana is just the land of opportunity but no big bucks, well this video shows the contrary. The open country like this would be perfect for my Dad and I, especially since he is 63 and I have had heart surgery twice when I was a kid. Great film and story as always Jason.
Thank you!
@@jasonmatzingerofficial you are quite welcome 🙏 Sir.
Awesome!
Congrats on a great buck! Odd for modern premium ammo to not fire, might check firing pin and spring. If incorrect grease is used on firing pin spring it could cause a light strike in cold weather.
Nice amigo
Incredible buck! Goodness that looked cold there at the end, haha.
You got that right! It was bitter cold...
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
Nice buck.
This was an amazing video. I just got back from my first mule deer hunt today but we didn’t shoot anything. We saw a bunch but nothing I wanted to shoot at. We don’t really know what areas to go. We live in Kalispell and went over to Shelby
Heck of a deer! way to go
Great video, that is an awesome Mulie buck!
How far form Biddle are you hunting? My father has been out there more times than I can count * I've ben out twice with him. We are planning to do a Mulie/Elk hunt out there on 2023, maybe we'll get lucky and get antelope tags too.
I youtube'd mule deer hunts all evening and your hunt is one of my favorites. Keep up the good work man! I'm originally from Montana and have hunted it for the last 19 years in the northwest part. High country Mule deer are by far my favorite majestic creatures to hunt, besides elk.
Awesome! Thank you!
That is great buck you've taken ! Two really good shots! We're you using re-loads on this hunt ? ? Just wondering about that mis-fire you had. CLICK ....?
Nice buck congrats
Thanks 👍
Another banger! Would love to see some shed hunting if you're into that in between bear hunts!
Beautiful buck. So not to get in too much detail but I am trying to plan a public land hunt in Eastern MT for Mule deer due to limitations with my back. I can't hunt the high country. Could you provide a town close to this area? I am thinking you are around the powder river area or Missouri breaks. Appreciate any help.
Congrats nice buck! I've shot a few whitetail never a mule deer! Jason what your favorite mystery ranch to use?
Thank you! I really like the MR Pintler.
@@jasonmatzingerofficial I finally broke down an got one! Excited to get it out for spring bear!
Where did that first round (technically the second trigger pull) hit? It really seized him up good.
A bit high and further back then I’d like really. I think it shocked the spine a bit.
Jason here in Utah we try to take out all the coyotes we can before June, so our does can give birth to more young, our Hurd in the north has grown and the quality is much better. If you want to talk about it contact Ryan Hatch at Mulie crazy
Couldn't make more noise if you tried. Holy cow!
Oh come on, I could be louder if I tried. 😂
What kind of gun and scope?
What rifle and caliber are you using?
Awesome video! But seriously that rifle you are using this year is bad luck, You need to go back to that Browning A-bolt.
"I didn't want to have to take a running shot". Reminder to anyone reading this- you never have to take a shot- you can always pass. Sometimes, that means you won't get to tag that animal, and may eat your tag entirely. That being said- given how much time I spend at the range, I probably would have pulled the trigger at 100 yards from a rest, too.
I'm not trying to judge here, just share an observation.
What did he score?
Never did score him. I’d guess in the 170’s
That old buck was cagey. Till those old does showed up. Isn't that how it goes when all else fails.
What kind of rifle is that? Just wondering since I had a misfire as well this year on what I think is the same rifle.
Also what caliber?
Looks like a Weatherby Vanguard
It might be some sort of savage, but I can't tell
@@gledgren9635 cheek piece looks weatherby, and i think he said it was his new 270
@@Mountainghost72 OK thanks, I can tell by your icon that you hunt, my icon is my deer I shot a couple years ago
Jason, don't worry about the keyboard warrior trolls brother! What was the name of that song early in the vid?
What cal. Is that
.270 WIN
Gotta love private land. Not another hunter in sight. How much did you have to pay for that buck Jason? I still enjoy your show bro!
You can assume all you’d like however the day before I shot this buck he was spooked by 3 cow elk hunters. But you’re correct, on this day not another hunter in sight.
Thank you. You let me share or do something i
I don't get to do anymore.
What kind of rifle is that? Brand & Caliber?
Looks like a Weatherby and he said .270.
Looks like Nosler Accubond
Jason what rifle is that ? Custom stocked or factory ? You said .270 but what king ? Winchester / Weatherby/ short mag ? The way it barked sounded like some kind of magnum ?
(Kind) not king sorry. And also what brand ? Looks like a weatherby or a nosler rifle looks super light
Great episode Jason! Enjoyed it the whole way through👍 Congrats on your buck👊 I smoked a giant with my bow this past season, you’ll have to check it out on our channel
lol....
I'm 67 now and I grew up hunting. I still own and shoot rifles but only at paper. Here's the thing, we are living RIGHT NOW, at the time of the largest mass extinction of species since the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs. Humans are the cause of the extinctions. I moved to western Colorado in 1974 and I can tell you that, yes there are still elk and deer and bear and others but there aren't as many now as when I first got here and, coincidentally, there are way more humans now. It may appear that everything is fine but if you hunt you know that it's all about habitat and if you reduce the habitat and surround it with housing development thereby crowding the remaining animals into a smaller range it will appear that there are a lot of animals still. That's an illusion. There are fewer, and more diseased ones, like chronic wasting, too. Ask the biologists. Hunters will say that they provide a service because other large predators have been reduced and the herds need to be thinned by humans to fill the role formerly played by other predators. Well, just who does everyone think reduced those predators? It's us, baby. We kill lots of animals without even trying. Actually a whole planets worth. So I quit trying (hunting) back in about 1977 because the animals left alive meant, and continue to mean, more to me than ones that are dead at the hands of humans. You can try and rationalize that away however you want but the fact remains. And another thing I learned about trophy hunting: large, testosterone charged males of just about every species is absolutely the worst tasting meat there is. If you believe in eating what you kill you don't seek rutting trophy sized, old and tough and rank, game. You then have to self examine your motivation for shooting the animals that have proven to be the genetically superior of their species by merely having lived long enough to get as large and strong as they are. When I did the only conclusion I could come to was it was all about ego. Extinction of life, human ego and corporations making money is what modern hunting had become. That's when I called it quits. I urge whoever reads this to reflect deeply. I know it's hard to give up something you love so much and I'm not condemning you. I can't, because I have been you. I only ask that you go within yourself and reflect on your role in the overall scheme of things as they now are.
Thanks for watching!
He was done with first shot
A good follow up never is a bad idea unless you're trying to save money on bullets. I'd rather they go down as fast as possible.
I cringed when you picked-up the missfired round and held it toward your face. Missfires can go off after a delay! Clearly, you were high on taking a long-sought after buck and shaking with a shocky reaction to the missfire. Please, you had a teaching moment...treat a missfired round as if it will go off at any time. They do. Bury it deep, bullet down if you are not at range and handle it safely. Don't carry it home. It might cause you to miss a second chance to take an animal, but you will be able to hunt again. BUT, I like your videos...otherwise. Very good.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful response and concern. I really appreciate it!
This guy had a round squib and misfire in his rifle, and then immediately chambered another round and let it rip without figuring out where the first bullet went. I too like to live dangerously lol.
What are you talking about it was a misfire, not a squib. First round didn't fire at all, technically in that situation you'd want to keep gun pointed in safe direction and wait a few seconds. Obviously not always practical in a hunting situation. I think he did what almost anyone would do....click, no bang, jack a fresh one in and try again.
I knew where the first bullet went... Nowhere...
Not that it matters but I don’t think any 2020 MT tags were that color.
They weren’t... All of these hunts are from 2019. Thank you for watching!
Anybody else skip the tag cutting process ? Toke so damn long
Better not skip cutting your tag. That's a big no no... Haha Sorry you don't appreciate my style.
@@jasonmatzingerofficial I do apreciate your style, it just felt never ending with the tag 😂