Beyond The Grid · Season 2, Episode 6
Velvet Bucks! Backcountry Bow Hunting for Mule Deer
10 min · Aired Oct 12, 2026 · Hosted by
Take to Wyoming's public land with bowhunter Dan Pickar on a DIY backcountry mule deer hunt on this episode of Beyond the Grid. Pickar is bowhunting a new area in hopes of turning up a high country velvet buck. After two hard winters, Pickar is pleasantly surprised by the velvet deer, a mountain monarch, that he glasses up. Hunting the high country has it's challenges, physical and otherwise, but Pickar overcomes and finishes with an heart-pounding archery mule deer harvest.
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Take to Wyoming's public land with bowhunter Dan Pickar on a DIY backcountry mule deer hunt on this episode of Beyond the Grid. Pickar is bowhunting a new area in hopes of turning up a high country velvet buck. After two hard winters, Pickar is pleasantly surprised by the velvet deer, a mountain monarch, that he glasses up. Hunting the high country has it's challenges, physical and otherwise, but Pickar overcomes and finishes with an heart-pounding archery mule deer harvest.
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