Making Things Happen with Steve Evans

Days In The Wild - Big game Hunting podcast

Making Things Happen with Steve Evans

Show Notes:

Steve Evans is pretty new at hunting, but he’s got some great tips, especially for other people just starting out. He lives in California and started big game hunting in 2019, killed his first buck in Montana and then just took off. Steve’s now addicted to both archery and rifle hunting and travels all over the place.

Last year, Steve killed a 30-inch buck on California public land. He found it pre-season but started tracking it with a trail camera. When he first found it, it was only about 22 inches wide, but he knew it was going to grow. He set his camera up 100 yards from the buck’s bed and planned on waiting until rifle season. Steve watched the buck grow into a 30 and 3/8 buck from the trail camera!

Steve went back at the beginning of rifle season but decided to focus on a different buck opening weekend. He realized that the only way he was going to get to the big guy was if he slept on the mountain and then snuck down 1000 feet from where was so he could kill the buck in his bed. Steve planned a multiple-day hike and took a couple days to get about a mile away from where the buck was living. On the third day, he spotted a big frame in a little avalanche pretty early in the morning – this buck was huge. He didn’t think it was his buck, but it turned out that it was! He wound up killing him almost by accident, about 1000 feet higher than where his pictures were.

Steve’s the kind of guy who likes to make things happen. I’m the same way. He’s found a way to kill bucks in their beds, taking a more active approach to tracking. If you have an instinct for something, you should just go for it. Steve was lucky enough to have a buddy of his show him how to get out in the field and look for things himself and he found his own style from there.

What’s Inside:

• Steve’s story on how he killed a 30-inch buck.
• How you can track and kill a deer in its bed.
• How you can hunt without patterning.
• Why making things happen instead of waiting for them works.

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Short Description: Making things happen with your own unique hunting style can make you a better hunter than waiting around for them to come to you. Steve Evans shares a couple of awesome stories of how he’s been able to get some big bucks by tracking them in their beds. He might be somewhat of a beginner, but he’s got great instincts.

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big game hunting, hunting tips, hunting guide, big buck hunting, hunting stories, trail cameras, rifle hunting, archery hunting