Hunting Alaska Moose with Randy Newberg - A Disaster (FT S1 E2)
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- Hunting Alaska moose with Randy Newberg. Episode 2 from Season 1 of Fresh Tracks has the crew hoping to turn around the bad fortunes of the last hunt. In Alaska, things go from bad to worse as Mr. Murpy shows up and rules the day for Randy and his buddy, Jerry Pritchard.
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i have guided several hunts for t.v. shows, you do a better job of showing actual hunting than anyone i've seen. great job!
Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching.
I really enjoy that you've decided to show your hunts unfiltered. As I'm watching these videos, it reminds me of all the mistakes I've made hunting, and how frustrating it can be at times. But you're right. Every hunt tells a story, and every hunt teaches a lesson. Also, it takes a lot of guts to let the whole country see you make mistakes, and come back unsuccessful. Good on ya!!!
Glad to hear you like them. Some complain if we don't fill a tag. To me, most of my hunting knowledge comes from a life of mistakes more than the successes. Best of luck this season. Thanks for watching.
Yeah, I'm sure that a lot of experienced hunters watch your show for entertainment, rather than education. For me, I'm a very new hunter, who's pretty much learning on his own. It's very encouraging for me to see someone with a ton more experience than me still come up short sometimes. I'm still working on my first kill, but the most important thing I've learned so far is to keep showing up despite the failures, which is what you've demonstrated on your show. Best of luck to you as well.
Good luck. You will have success.
Randy, absolutely love watching your videos. I have to say that I find the episodes where you don't take an animal just as entertaining as those when you do. I appreciate the realistic portrayal of the your hunts. Keep up the great work!
Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching.
Randy Newberg, Hunter do you have any suggestions on how to keep a positive attitude and stay alert during an especially difficult or long hunt? I find I get most discouraged when I start to think it's my lack of knowledge or experience that is resulting in the challenges we face.
Yeah, think about how bad it would be if you were at work that day. I often think about people who are not able to do these hunts as a result of health or death, which helps me put it in perspective and realize that all my days of frustration are merely learning experiences that many others will never get the chance to enjoy.
Become as knowledgeable as possible about the species you are hunting. Frustration comes from unmet expectations and lack of confidence. Lack of confidence comes from lack of knowledge about the species you are hunting, the species' needs at the time you are hunting, and the lack of mistakes that are valuable learning experiences. As knowledge increases, confidence increases, and frustration decreases. A lot of knowledge can be gained by reading, studying, talking to wildlife experts, etc. Good luck.
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“I’m goin’ hunting, I don’t care what’s going on!”
Sums up what a great guy you are!
I love your shows. I prefer to watch you over any other show. You do it the way most of us non-famous hunters would. I love that you show it somewhat uncut. Also the battles you face. It seems whenever a person decides to go hunting something bad happens.
Thanks. Those who hunt know that things will happen. We just try to tell the story of what happened, good or bad. Appreciate your kind comments.
love your show it pushes me to push myself that is what its all about enjoy the time in the woods not the harvest but when the time comes enjoy that time too
Not a place to have motor trouble that's for sure . Thank GOD he got the Motor to start again just think if it were very cold with no motor to get them back to their camp . Always a Great Video , thank you Randy ! I hope I get to Hunt with you some day .
I am going on my 1st Elk hunt in over 30 years this fall and i pray it dont turn out anything like that hunt. But on the bright side a bad hunt is ALWAYS better than being stuck in a cubicle working. ;) Love the vids i have built out my hunting pack as close to yours as i can so we shall see.
Randy, you are the MAN!!! I love you're show! It is reality in fine form. Remember folks, this is why it is called hunting not killing. And that is why we LOVE IT! After all It is always a great camping trip if nothing else. My wife and i have had way more unsuccessful trips than other wise in the last twenty five years here in NM. And honestly it is really nice to see a guy with you're skills also has unsuccessful hunts, it makes me fee a heck of a lot better!. And then we have the little ole .308, which in this magnum world we live in is not enough gun.....Hmmmm....Having harvested 18 animals ranging from pronghorn to large bull elk with one it sure seems to put an immediate hurt on any critter i have taken with it. given , of course reasonable ranges and proper bullet selection. Which lately has been a 165 gr. Accu Bond on top of a healthy charge of RL. 15. Got my bull this season as a matter of fact with that load at 327 yds. up in the Gila, about 27 yds. further than i would prefer, but got an exit on the first shot and next one stopped just under the off shoulder on the quartering away follow up, out of a little bitty 20 in. barrel. Still can't justify that .300win mag. i keep thinking i need. The wife got hers with her trusty .270 less the exit at 192 yds. using a 140 gr. accu bond, which stopped also just under the off shoulder.
Keep up the good work, hopefully we will cross paths some day!
Thanks for the kind comments. I've killed far more elk with a .270 and .308 Win than I have a .300 Win Mag. Thanks for watching. Good luck this season.
Thanks for the show. Well that’s the way it goes sometimes. I have been on so many unsuccessful moose hunts but I still enjoyed the trip. Good to get out and spend time with friends I just love the bush in the fall and sometimes we get lucky and eat moose for supper anyways. Thanks again. Take care
Transparency is key! Thanks for the show!
There s a reason why Mercury includes a free paddle with every purchase. Enjoy all your hunts. Thank you for bringing your adventures to my home. Next trip.visit your local Yamaha dealership and bring home a 4 stroke. Good luck.
I appreciate to see the reality of this - I haven't yet been hunting, but I often hear people talk about how some hunts turn up nothing. Yet, all the videos seem to show people getting great big animals at the last moment... so its' good to see the other side of this.
Glad to hear that. We show what happens, good or bad, easy or hard. Thanks for watching.
Been there done that. Lost focus and concentration. Happens to everyone sooner or later. Still watching your videos wether you guys fill a tag or not.
Thanks for watching.
It does happen even in Alaska. Two years ago in 2016 myself and two friends float hunted the Nigu River all the way to the Colville River hunting caribou and wolf. We saw some bulls early in our trip but as we continued further north on the river we ran out of caribou. It was still a great adventure with lifelong hunting and fishing buddies. You can see our half hour video on TH-cam, Brooks Range Alaska Float Trip 2016.
don't feel bad, I'm an Alaskan and bowhunted moose on the army post, a gravy draw tag and never saw a moose. on they way to the south boundary of the hunting areas had a 55" plus bull walk up to only 8 yards away and I couldn't shoot him he was in closed area. also went back to western Colorado to bowhunt elk late season, never heard a bugle , BUT called a shirus bull MOOSE up to my tent , great show still 👍
Ol Randy hittin that Crown Royal @4:11. I like your style.
Sad part is that I have a rare liver condition, so I can even imbibe. Camera guys make up for it.
Randy I loved this episode because I get burnt on all the other shows that are successful when In my life I don't have a lot of success and so seeing this show added a great touch of reality and helped me know what kind of attitude to have when unsuccessful. This is key to not ruining my love of hunting overall. Well done to you and crew. - - Nathan Johnson - Charlottesville, Va.
+Nathan Johnson - Thanks, Nathan. You a Cville native, or UVA student?
I put up a few trail cams,also i pre hunt. Go look around before season. I find trails for cams. When hunting u glass most of the hay, glassing will get you your game. PATIENCE !
Well done sir. I would have never imagined that there would be so much hunter pressure so far back into the bush. However, that said , I guess all you needed to get to the hunt area is a jon boat. Perhaps fly in hunts would have less pressure. A+ on the extraordinary efforts to produce a quality hunting series.
I love this show! this and meateater are by far head and shoulders above most the other hunting shows
Thank you. Steve and his crew are good friends. They produce a great series.
Lived and hunted in Alaska for 9 years. Feel your pain. Some hunts just don't work out like you plan.
Alaskahuntr
Just found your show and am blown away, great show look forward to many more. God bless and good luck
Thank you. And thanks for watching.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Prime Minister Winston Churchill's address to Harrow School on October 29, 1941
Why you might ask. Randy, you are one of the best. If yhou do, I understand. It's not a life or death thing but, I do enjoy your shows.
Thank you. And thanks for watching. My only skill in life, if it is a skill, is my inability to quit. I quit once in my life, as an 18 year-old punk. Never again......never.
Just found this video and have to laugh (in the Been There Done That kind of way). More often than not, the struggle is real and only comical long after the fact. The story of "Remember the time we shot that giant elk that we could drive the truck up to" doesn't seem to last as long as "remember the time the outboard broke, the boat sunk, we forgot the tent poles, your rifle jammed, I lost my knife, the binoculars fogged up, and all the food got left in the hotel room?"
I’m new to your channel and love your videos Randy. I grew up in Alaska and as you probably already discovered, those areas along the Yukon are heavily hunted by substance hunters. Pretty much everyone up there is living off the land. You’re best bet would be a fly-in hunt.
Correct. Learned that the hard way.
Damn beavers! I was fishing a meandering slow meadow stream in Montana somewhere and one snuck up behind me and did that tail swat thing. Sounded like damn gunshot. I had to go clean my waders out. Little bastards.
love watching you show
This was a realy toughest ever hunt Randy you encountered with rivals hanging n every corner also looking for Mr Moose,damn what a hack f a hunt
Hi Randy,Big fan of you
The reality. Great episode
Sometimes a sad reality.
Thank you for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing your pain. Not every hunt is successful, occasional failure just makes the meat taste better. Be safe out there!
Seems no matter how hard I try, the occasional failure finds its way to my camp. Thanks for watching.
Randy, Next time you're in Alaska let me know I'll buy you a beer.
Or, I'll buy you a beer. Thanks for watching.
Man, this is how life goes once in a while? And whom knows why, only thing to do is press on that's what separates those whom do and those who don't and just watch others do it on TH-cam! Great stuff kill or no kill hunt time teaches lots of stuff some not fun, time in the woods is always a learning, wether about oneself or the wilds. Be safe
Agree. It can be frustrating, especially when a hunter is as below average as I am.
+Randy Newberg, Hunter bwahahahaha that's great, I wish I was as unaccomplished a hunter as you...keep up that subpar time in the woods..sure your freezer has not sen full in forever. Guffaw guffaw
I appreciate the reality shown.
Thanks. I wish we had some "tagging a moose" reality, but that is not how it happened. Thanks for watching.
Hunting should be looked at as an adventure in natures heartland. Preparation, skill, self reliance, and marksmanship are what every good hunter takes to the woods with him or her. If you hunt hard and the stars line up for you, you may get your quarry. That is why it is called hunting and not shooting. Continue showing on your channel, it is not just the rewarding part of shooting your quarry when found. It is rather, how hard it is to get the stars to allign for you to get the kill, and your show will succeed. Hunters will be drawn to your show for realism and who knows maybe some of the antis will realize with both pictures and words, your quest is not just a big easy killing spree.
I get to show a lot of realism on our show, as I am well below average in talent. This moose hunt was proof of my low level of skill. Thanks for watching.
More than a little ironic that your show was interrupted for my by a TH-cam ad for Gunwerks. Haha
That is TH-cam doing that, not me. ;)
πραβω randy εισαι ο καλυτερος κυνηγος του κόσμου και σε θαυμάζω πολύ
Thank you for the kind comments. My best to you. Thanks for watching.
You do all right!!! From MSO. J.
THANKS FOR THE TRUTH
We show how it happened, good or bad, tag filled or not filled. Thanks for watching.
@@Fresh_Tracks IT'S NICE TO HEAR AND SEE THE TRUTH ABOUT HUNTING BEEN HUNTING ALL MY LIFE AND YOU WIN SOME AND YOU LOSE SOME THAT'S HUNTING
Was this the hunt you had a sit down and talk about what all could go wrong?...A few years later:...
This season i was in the exact same spot as you, i worked my ass off for six days and never saw an elk or a moose, i was calling and doing absolutely everything i knew, i had one bull elk on the go on day 4 but couldnt get him to come out, thats the only action i had in 7 days, talk about frusterating..
Been there. Hope next time is better for you.
Any day out hunting is not a disaster.
True, very true.
Randy.. random question....was that outboard a jetdrive or a prop?
Jet.
Thanks. Just finished ep 7 from Season 4. Amazing. Keep up the good work.
+Randy Newberg, Hunter
Hey, Randy how long do you think it will be before they start using drones to locate game? Or are they doing it already? What are your thoughts on it? Good or bad? What about the regulator issues? Can't you see it evolving/devolving into this direction?
It appears it's been over hunted by the locals.
what kind of rifle were you using
I has a .308 Win and my friend had a .300 Win Mag.
Randy, you said you hate sling on rifles.....5:44 what is that?
Probably a sling.
lol..
More failure Randy, please. It's actually encouraging.
+interestedmeow - Oh trust me, failure is my specialty.
Moral of the story, run Yamaha outboards ;)
Yup. I own three Yamahas.
Not a good friend , just remember you live and then he has to hear it later , people dont mess up your marriage for your friends
such is hunting. this is more like my reality.
Be so much better with out the music I turn down the sound than can't hear you talking. Something to think about.
why didnt they take the moose after they shot it after the river bank
Said to say but you just simply picked one of most heavily moose hunted rivers in Alaska. Big bulls but the locals hunt it to death. Gotta go more remote. Better research
Lesson learned.
Excuse me but why shoot a moose just to leave it there? May as well shoot at a tin can & stay home. And with so many other hunters there why not wear orange vests to be safe? Good luck on your show anyway, your voice is pleasant to listen to & you have good comments.
The guys shot the moose, left it on the beach and headed back to their camp to get all the items needed to field process it. When we came be the next day, there was only a skeleton left. In an area where you must identify an animal as having a specific antler width or a specific number of browtines, people are not shooting at just anything they see or hear. I feel very safe in the woods without orange in most places I hunt. I do wear it in some places where not mandated and always wear it when legally mandated. Others may have a different perspective. Thanks for watching.
Randy Newberg, Hunter
Ok thank you & good luck
Bad trip.... Cannot imagine the money it cost for this....Ugh!
Self-guided, the entire trip is about 6,000 per hunter. Guided, add another $10,000 to that when you count travel, tags, licenses, etc.
Randy Newberg, Hunter Randy... It is crazy what they get now. 6 years ago a close friend of mine did a hunt in the NW Territory higher up off the Hay River..Believe it was Moose, Wolf and Wolverine.. The guides were native aboriginals..(Please do not be upset by my lack of politically correct termination) Two paid shooters on the hunt.. The cost was close to $21 K American per shooter plus all of the license and tags,,transfers etc..Accommodations at camp and in the field were terrible.. The guides worried more about shooting meat than trophies and eating which was in the payment depended on what they shot.. Eating Spruce Chicken for two days for that $$ just stinks..I will not even get into the problem they had with drinking which my friend described as scary...I did Alaska enjoyed myself and had no problems and would love to hunt the NW Territory but knowing what I know now.... No Thanks! The lower 48 has plenty for me to hunt..
Dead moose on side of river was shot for food ah yer. NO
It's possible it was left there. But it is much more likely that they shot it, gutted it with the tools they had, then went back to get help cutting the rest of it up. I've harvested, two moose by myself, it's a lot of work. The first time I had help it was amazing. Hunting by myself wouldn't stop me, but man it's much easier to get it home with help.
is a 308 to small for moose
Not with good sturdy bullets, such as the 180 grain Nosler Partitions I shoot in mine.
LOTS of moose have been killed with a 308 and even smaller calibers. Bullet placement is of utmost importance.
what a terrible way to hunt!!
Fuck you. Go away