Join us as we recap the best hunts of season 8.

Brennen and Brandon chase Mule Deer for the first time with the bow and arrow.

Knowing when to start tracking a deer makes for a better hunter. Understand when to go after a deer and when to wait after the shot.

We join Outdoors for Our Heroes on an amazing hunt filled with desert mule deer and predator hunting.

The HECS crew follows along with some western Kansas mule deer hunters who have the most incredible close up hunt of their lives. Then we head to New Mexico to team up with legendary elk hunter Ralph Ramos for some one on one action with big rutting bulls.

This week we look back at some of the best close up HECS encounters on a wide variety of big game species.

Chipper chases whitetail and mule deer in Nebraska, while young Tristian Danker comes in and closes the distance on his first deer. Brandon Danker's 9 year old son has crossbow in hand as he treks up and down the sandhills of western Nebraska in pursuit of a giant mule deer.