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

East Meets West Hunt

English - July 18, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 661 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 308: Thermal Hub Masterclass - How to Hunt Early Season Mountain Bucks - Pt 1 with Shane Parker

Next Episode: Ep. 310: Terrain and Vegetation Funnels You Probably Don’t Notice with Rusty Johnson // United Outdoors

Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker for part 2 of their thermal hub and terrain feature discussion. Shane has an extremely detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how bucks are using the terrain to bed, travel through the ridges, what topo hubs are, other terrain features, and much more.

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

05:34 - Anticipating what elevation bucks will be at based on thermal switches

09:05 - Bucks using the same or different beds

11:48 - Get confident with playing the long game

16:53- Terrain features and buck bedding characteristics

20:34 - Using Spartan Forge Slope Angle

26:47- How wind speed can determine a hunt

29:41 - How food affects a thermal hub

33:48 - Topo hubs and how Shane uses them

40:29 - Movement in higher elevations tends to be at daybreak

44:59 - The importance of finding diversity in the terrain

47:21 - If you’re hunting and you’re comfortable, you need to move

53:09 - Big woods highs and lows

57:19 - You just need to put in the time

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
05:34 - Anticipating what elevation bucks will be at based on thermal switches
09:05 - Bucks using the same or different beds
11:48 - Get confident with playing the long game
16:53- Terrain features and buck bedding characteristics
20:34 - Using Spartan Forge Slope Angle
26:47- How wind speed can determine a hunt
29:41 - How food affects a thermal hub
33:48 - Topo hubs and how Shane uses them
40:29 - Movement in higher elevations tends to be at daybreak
44:59 - The importance of finding diversity in the terrain
47:21 - If you’re hunting and you’re comfortable, you need to move
53:09 - Big woods highs and lows
57:19 - You just need to put in the time

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/