Fresh Tracks – Season 9
Leupold's Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg takes viewers along with America's most dedicated public land hunter. On public lands, weather seldom cooperates and often times the animals win. Always a story to be told; man versus himself, wildlife conservation, public land advocacy, all through the eyes of a hunter who is deeply connected to these lands and the animals he shares them with.
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Colorado Dreamin'
Randy heads to Colorado for a quick two-day elk hunt high in the mountains. He has seen the area he is hunting from the highway as he has traveled across the West, and he finally gets his chance to chase bulls in the shadow of Colorado's 14ers. With limited time, aggressive tactics are needed to ...
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Return to the Wilderness
After a tough year battling cancer, Beau Baty returns to the wilderness with Randy and Lorenzo Sartini in search of big mule deer bucks. Almost immediately, the guys find themselves multiple nice bucks to chase. Despite knowing where the bucks are, getting clear shots on them proves to be a bit o...
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Is That an Elk or a Mule Deer?
Nevada deer hunting is becoming an annual tradition for Randy and his friend Scott Jones. They are joined by their mutual friend, Don Klebenow as they suffer through the Nevada heat and dust searching for a mule deer buck they can make a stalk on. Archery hunting in Nevada has proven to be a futi...
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Be One with the Caribou
Marcus, Kara, and Michael are headed to Alaska in search of caribou and moose. They start off caribou hunting and quickly realize that archery hunting on the flat Alaskan tundra is easier said than done. While the caribou seem to allow them close, just as they ease into bow range, the caribou oft...
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My First Coues Buck
Randy has spent plenty of time in Arizona, but he has never been able to come home with a Coues deer. He and Marcus both have rifle tags this time, hopefully making it easier to level the playing field with this desert ghost. After a long season dealing with disruptions from the pandemic, both Ma...
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Jim & Jim
Jim Heffelfinger heads north from Arizona to meet with our friend Jim Baichtal in Alaska. Jim studies Coues deer for Arizona Game and Fish, and his work with southern deer species has peaked his interest in Sitka Blacktail deer. It is believed that some of the first deer to come to North America ...
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An Elk Firsttimer
Ty Newman was the lucky winner of our 2018 Win a Hunt with Randy Newberg giveaway. Unfortunately, he couldn't go hunting with us until 2020, but he did manage to draw a nice New Mexico tag on his first try. Once they get to their hunting unit, Randy and Ty don't even have to leave camp to hear bu...
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Hunting at the Border
The Fresh Tracks crew heads to Southern Arizona for another week of hunting with good friends. Randy and crew join with members of Arizona Game & Fish, Kurt Howard, Johnathan O'Dell, and Sam Soholt to chase Coues deer and Javelina through the desert. Finding game turns out to be no problem, but g...
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Give it the Business!
Kurt Howard from Rocky Mountain Hunting Calls joins Randy for a public land archery elk hunt in Idaho. Searching high and low in the sagelands, Kurt and Randy find some elk, but the bulls aren't responding to their calls like they would hope during this time of year. While they show some interest...
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Tradition and Heritage
Our friends Beau and Kirstin Baty are taking their son Wade hunting for the first time in his life. Beau has been battling cancer for the last year, and this hunt is a chance for him to get away from the worries of the world and start a hunting legacy with his family. Hunting with a three-year ol...
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Where are All the Migrating Elk?
Marcus and Michael are back hunting together. This year they are in Southern Idaho, hunting a "glory tag". The problem is, this "glory tag" is based on migrating elk, and if the elk aren't migrating there might not be much to find. The guys definitely struggle to locate any elk early in the hunt,...
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We're in the Honey Hole!
On this hunt, Michael is joined by Chris Neville from goHUNT as they head out to Eastern Montana in search of deer, either whitetail or mule. They are hunting a "honey hole" that has been a consistent producer of nice bucks for both Randy and Michael. Early in the hunt, they can't seem to find ma...
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When in Doubt Go Higher
It is one of Randy's favorite hunts of the year, Montana general season elk camp. Tim Lesser from Leupold and Beau Baty from Wilderness Ridge Trail Llamas join Randy to chase elk. Warm weather has kept the elk up high, and the guys don't see much in the first few days of hunting. An early winter ...