With bow in hand, Melissa goes one on one with a monster, double-beamed whitetail that has eluded her several times. Hunting the east river of South Dakota, where non-residents are only allowed archery tags, Melissa meets up with Cody Warne of Warne Ranches. But she's all alone on this self-guided hunt, and it will take every trick up her sleeve to close the deal. She'll need to hang her own stands, build her own blinds and make all the necessary decisions a successful hunter needs to make. There is a big, double-beamed buck that is cruising the area and Melissa has had several close calls with him. She decides to deploy a decoy in hopes of attracting a bruiser looking for a fight. After ten days of hunting hard and decoying in over 35 bucks, she finally gets a good look at beautiful, mature whitetail. But, will all that patience and hard work pay off?

Melissa Bachman, host of Winchester Deadly Passion is in the great state of Montana on a early season combo hunt near the banks of the Powder River. We all know scouting for whitetails can be extremely helpful but in this episode Melissa shows how a little pre-scouting for antelope can really help seal the deal quickly.