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James Yates Packing Out a Big Buck

Robby hosts a great buck hunter on today’s Rokcast: James Yates.  James has taken nine big bucks in the last several seasons on mostly easy-to-obtain tags, but it was the 2024 season that pushed him over the top. James took three big bucks in just a few weeks’ time across three western states. Two of those bucks are knocking on 200″ gross, too.

James and Robby jump into how this incredible season unfolded, from the scouting to the starving, the lack of sleep to the seconds leading up to the shots, to the weapons, the areas, and much more.

This is a big episode with many takeaways on what it takes for a guy to find big bucks in this day and age.

James is also the Archery/Hunting Editor for Western Hunter Magazine.  Check out one of his recent articles here Backcountry Passage: The Best Methods of Transit in the Wilderness – Western Hunter

See some of James Yates winning photos here (2020 Best Bull Elk Hunt Photo Contest, sponsored by Kifaru | Rokslide Forum

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Robby Denning
Robby Denning
Robby Denning started hunting mule deer in the late 1970’s, only missing one season in 35 years. At 25, he gave up the pursuit of all other big-game to focus on taking the best bucks possible. He began hunting the West on a DIY budget hunting an average of 30 days a year for mule deer. Robby loves the hunt as much as the kill and the entire process from research to scouting to hunting. He’s killed four bucks over 200 inches in the last 15 seasons, mostly on easily-obtained tags. He owns a public-land scouting service and runs a private-land outfitting business helping other hunters in their pursuit of deer and elk. Robby has scouted and hunted literally thousands of square miles of mule deer country and brings a wealth of knowledge about these experiences with him. To him, the weapon of choice is just a means-to-an-end and will hunt with bow, rifle, or muzzleloader – whatever it takes to create an opportunity to take a great mule deer. He is also the author of "Hunting Big Mule Deer" available on Amazon. Robby believes all of creation is from God for man to manage, respect, and through which to know its Creator

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