Ep. 308: Thermal Hub Masterclass - How to Hunt Early Season Mountain Bucks - Pt 1 with Shane Parker

East Meets West Hunt

English - July 11, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 661 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 307: A Different Approach to Bowhunting Mule Deer with Henry Ferguson

Next Episode: Ep. 309: Thermal Hub Buck Bedding, Topo Hubs, and Terrain Features - Pt 2 with Shane Parker

Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker. Shane has an extraordinarily detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how he uses weather stations, thermal hub characteristics, fallout points, waiting until the thermals switch, scouting hubs, and more. This is part 1 of 2.

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

07:20 - How Beau Found Shane

08:20 - Shane’s hunting background

10:50 - Trail camera obsession

12:00 - Weather stations and how Shane uses them

13:49 - Using all available and historical data

19:20 - Thermal hub characteristics and how deer use them

29:40 - Beau’s 2022 buck and how it used thermals

31:50 - Find the fallout point

35:44 - Don’t forget to look where you’ve come from when you walk through the woods

41:15- Trends of how deer use hubs

49:20 - Mature bucks are just a different animal - non-linear movement

56:35 - Don’t push into an area too quickly

59:25 - Scout thermal hubs mid-morning

01:02:28 - Hunt lower - just under the cover

01:03:44 - Wait until the rut to hunt thermal hubs in the mornings

Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes.

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro
07:20 - How Beau Found Shane
08:20 - Shane’s hunting background
10:50 - Trail camera obsession
12:00 - Weather stations and how Shane uses them
13:49 - Using all available and historical data
19:20 - Thermal hub characteristics and how deer use them
29:40 - Beau’s 2022 buck and how it used thermals
31:50 - Find the fallout point
35:44 - Don’t forget to look where you’ve come from when you walk through the woods
41:15- Trends of how deer use hubs
49:20 - Mature bucks are just a different animal - non-linear movement
56:35 - Don’t push into an area too quickly
59:25 - Scout thermal hubs mid-morning
01:02:28 - Hunt lower - just under the cover
01:03:44 - Wait until the rut to hunt thermal hubs in the mornings

Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes.

Resources:

GoWild:

Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt)

Instagram:

@eastmeetswesthunt

@beau.martonik

@november_warrior_outdoors

Facebook:

East Meets West Outdoors

Website/Apparel/Deals:

https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/