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Join Randy Newberg and his son, Matthew, on a special mule deer hunt in Colorado. It’s been 20 years since Randy last hunted this tag, and now Matthew has the opportunity to chase mule deer in the same terrain. As they navigate the hunt, Randy reflects on the changes he’s seen over the last two decades—from oil and gas exploration to rural subdivisions—impacting the landscape and wildlife habitat. This episode is more than just a hunt; it’s a look at how human pressures have shaped the places we cherish.
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Good to see you and Mathew together huntin again
Great buck also
Love the father son duo!! Keep up the good work my friendS!!
I think rather than being a picky hunter, Mathew just likes spending some quality time with his father!
I love that Randy gets to hunt with his son. But damn, watching Matthew drives me nuts. No excitement, no urgency. When he's looking at animals, its like watching a guy choose if he wants mashed potatoes or baked beans with his dinner.
Love this video! reminds me of SW UT Muley hunting. Roads everywhere. Deer Everywhere!
A colorado being destroyed by election fraud.
Wonder how long before Denver and Boulder ban hunting altogether.
so nice post it twice
Colorado is changing quickly, and not for the better….
Awesome hunt. Marcus you are awesome behind the camera..you capture everything that i like to remember about a hunt. Your wildlife shots and natural lighting are eye candy
Nicely done!!
Plant a trillion trees, they put out oxygen for us and the animals to breath & feed off our carbon we breath out and come from our vehicles. Another thing is if these politicians were really concerned about carbon then they'd quit flying or driving, they just use it as a political ploy
Those that want to reduce population, they need to go first, but they seem to want to live to 100 years old, go figure.
I think it’s pretty awesome that you are making a point to spend that time together as a father and son. I missed an opportunity to do a father son whitetail hunt in 2017 with my brother and Dad when my first son was born and always wanted another chance to do a hunt like that with my dad. Those experiences are worth so much and I am thankful the times I still get to spend time with him in something we both enjoy. Great hunt and thanks for sharing! I know Matthew will be grateful for those times u r making for each other too
Great video Randy. I'm glad you were able to make it work and have this hunt with Matthew and also glad Marcus was able to be there too. AWESOME HUNT, great times, beautiful area and animals. Thank you for what you guys do. You are and will always be my inspiration. I became more involved with hunting and also teaching hunter education to the Latino community because of your videos Randy. Hunting saved my life while dealing with a lot of PTSD Army related issues. I'm still working those issues, but I'm in a much better place, THANK YOU RANDY and CREW 🙏✌til next time …
Classic fresh tracks episode. A Conservation minded presentation of hunting. Thank you
I started watching this for a deer hunt not an oil and gas bashing all the wile he is driving a gas powered truck that I am sure has less then 100,000 miles on it….maybe he wants to see that hole area covered in solar panels instead of trees
Good deal
Mathew is one of those guys that goes to a restaurant and asks the waiter so many questions, the chef comes out of the kitchen to go over the entire menu and every, single, ingredient. After everyone else is done eating, Mathew finally orders and when his food comes, he sends it back to the kitchen because the grill marks on his wagyu aren’t parallel.
What tent was that you used for base camp?
My brother and I lost our father when he was just 46. I was 24 and my brother was 18. We were both 3 sport athletes in HS and were also college athletes. Our parents never missed an event. I say that only because of how much it meant to us to have parents that cared enough to be engaged in our activities like they were.
Dad introduced us to small game hunting at a young age and we hunted often. After our dad passed my brother and I took it to another level and began hunting elk in 2003. I am sure glad we did.
I am 56 now and recently lost my brother to cancer. I am now alone, but the one thing I do have is all of the memories of hunting with my brother ….. and I have our father to thank for that.
It is really enjoyable watching you and your son interact and have a great time together doing what you both love to do and create these memories as you do it. From someone who knows how quickly these opportunities can vanish …… priceless.
I really appreciate Matthew's calm approach to picking a good situation. No blood lust, just enjoying his time in the hills.
Are you turning into a tree hugger??
I hear Randy lamenting that our lifestyle demands an ever increasing energy production and the toll for the increase in population and demand for natural resources is a loss of habitat for mule deer populations. In my part of Kansas we used to have a good population of pheasants. Today you hardly see one. Changing farming practices and an increase in predators seem to have been detrimental to our pheasant populations. However, in contrast you can see whitetail deer almost daily where 50 years ago they were very rare.
Great video I loved that you emphasized the impact that our society has on the surrounding animals and environment. – West
From the last few hunts with Matthew it looks like you fully indoctrinated him into the church of the 7mm08 and made him put down his old dark ways with the 300wm. (being fecicious). Good to see you and your son out hunting. Apprecieate his morals in hunting,and being ethical to the animal.
I love watching the Randy and Matthew hunts! Congrats Matthew!
Blame oil and gas but not your platform for bombarding piles people our public lands. And the mule deer mortality last year almost 50% ???
gd vid i live in colorado have for like 6 years now i can see the changes it has went through with the oil fields etc out here the deer seem to just live with it the elk not so much colorado has some good hunting if they would remove the point restriction on elk etc but good muley gd hunt
What brand leather mitts do you wear? They look super nice and warm
If Matthew got any more excited he’d fall asleep lol 😂 and wow if he doesn’t stop talking I’ll have to put this phone on silent lol😂😂😂😂😂😂love it
Really appreciate y’all guys. No one does it better.
Matthew your patience always pays..
Must be in the meeker area when talking about how bad the dead was I haven't been up there in almost 2 years now bc of the winter kill! Heading back to Colorado next year but heading to Southern Colorado and great video guys I'm a huge fan
I always enjoy watching Randy and Matthew!
Good job guys and congratulations on the hunt and getti g to spend time together
Is this a old hunt just with different clips? Still a great video.
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Always love the hunts with Matthew. Keep up the great content.
The fact is that when we get our energy from the other places they don’t care one bit about the environmental impacts. I’ve done OnG work in Colorado, they are insanely good at protecting the land.
I hunt, I fish, I do all the recreational activities I can and hate seeing bad environmental impacts. But I also realize that ultimately we are more important than the deer.
I’m very thankful that the OnG industry in the US is so much better for our environment than our overseas competitors, that it provides our independence, and that it gives us access to lands that otherwise would be cut off.
Just wrapped up a Wyoming mule deer hunt, ended up getting a meat buck right at the end. I originally had wanted to hike in and camp out in the national grasslands, miles away from any other hunters but I didn't come prepared. It was in the mid 80s when I hiked in and got my tent set up it was in the 50s when I crawled into my sleeping bag and it was in the 30s when I woke up shivering. After enduring one miserable night I hiked out and decided to take a page from randy, I drove around, got out and hiked around small to medium bits of public land and on the last day I got lucky. Big hank he was not but it's still venison in the freezer.
Thank you for the vid. I enjoyed it. I found your environmental comments pretty insightful. Far too many people living " the comfortable lifestyle " don't realize their impact on the environment. And going solar and wind won't solve the problem the way we're implementing it in this country either. Covering the landscape with solar panels and wind towers has its own impact. Too many people don't realize that. But that's a discussion for a different time. Thanks again!
Always great stuff from you guys!
Seeing Mathew hand his head immediately after the shot, and begin talking about getting over there to make sure the deer isn’t suffering is my favorite part. He was emotional and respectful of the animal and what just took place. Great conservationists
I heard a pH say one time God made land and made animals and man .then he stopped making land