Ep. 40: Spike Camp - Axis Deer Hunt
In Pursuit
MeatEater
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week on In Pursuit, Rich Froning and the crew head to Texas chasing free range axis deer with Perennial Outfitters. What starts with a perfect shot turns into a long track, pouring rain, and a reminder that hunting rarely goes according to plan.
The guys talk through the highs, lows, missed opportunities, good laughs, and what keeps them coming back anyway. They get into spot and stalk hunting in Texas, learning from guides, preparing for the mountains, and why time in the field matters.
There is plenty of chaos, cactus, bad luck, redemption, and the kind of stories that only happen when you are hunting with your buddies.
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| 0:37.4 | broadside and just like all right whatever you want'm sitting there, and he walks, and he turns broadside. |
| 0:38.4 | And Jeff's like, all right, take whatever, you want to take the shot. |
| 0:40.7 | And I'm like, I don't like that branch. |
| 0:42.7 | So I go even lower and wider, do the same thing. |
| 0:47.0 | And then he's at 2.45. |
| 0:50.1 | So I end up shooting. |
| 0:51.7 | He does a little kick, slowly starts walking. |
| 0:54.7 | Jeff's like hit him again. So we hit him again. And we were like, I'm like, hey, I'm like, hey, I'm out of bullets. He's like, I got one. So he hands me another one. He's like, load it. We're going to walk up to the, we let it sit there for it. He's like, he's down. So we celebrate. 10 yards he was toast. |
| 1:11.2 | Yeah, but having known what happened. |
| 1:13.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah. to walk up to the we let it sit there for he's like he's down so he went 10 yards he was toast yeah |
| 1:11.4 | but having known what happened previous we we we ended up so we yeah he went he did not go far |
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