United Outdoors

East Meets West Hunt

English - July 25, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 661 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 309: Thermal Hub Buck Bedding, Topo Hubs, and Terrain Features - Pt 2 with Shane Parker

Next Episode: Ep. 311: Using Historical Data in Your Home State Hunting Mountain Bucks with Michael Perry

Beau Martonik is joined by Rusty Johnson of United Outdoors. Rusty is from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and has a dedicated year-round approach to chasing mountain bucks. They discuss the importance of ditches, vegetation gaps, hunting all winds, taking mountain tactics to Kansas, trail cameras, deer stories from the past, and much more!

Topics:

00:00 - Intro - Montana Archery Hunt Film Launch!

08:56 - Introducing Rusty and the Ozarks of Arkansas

11:27 - Logging cuts

14:24 - Rut timing for Rusty in Arkansas

18:16 - Terrain features that deer gravitate to

27:10 - Wind

31:33 - Continued conversation on deer relating to ditches and gaps

33:39 - Scouting in late winter/early spring and tree talk

39:39 - Breaking down a memorable deer story from Rusty

51:17 - Using angles and elevation for smart access

56:12 - 35mm trail camera in the early 2000’s

01:03:06 - Do trail cameras spook deer?

01:07:25 - Taking the failures with the success

01:11:39 - Calling deer

01:16:13 - “Gap” terrain features

01:22:14 - Weather comparisons

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
@united.outdoors
@rusty_uo

Facebook:
East Meets West Outdoors

Website/Apparel/Deals:
https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/

YouTube:
Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w

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Topics:

00:00 - Intro - Montana Archery Hunt Film Launch!
08:56 - Introducing Rusty and the Ozarks of Arkansas
11:27 - Logging cuts
14:24 - Rut timing for Rusty in Arkansas
18:16 - Terrain features that deer gravitate to
27:10 - Wind
31:33 - Continued conversation on deer relating to ditches and gaps
33:39 - Scouting in late winter/early spring and tree talk
39:39 - Breaking down a memorable deer story from Rusty
51:17 - Using angles and elevation for smart access
56:12 - 35mm trail camera in the early 2000’s
01:03:06 - Do trail cameras spook deer?
01:07:25 - Taking the failures with the success
01:11:39 - Calling deer
01:16:13 - “Gap” terrain features
01:22:14 - Weather comparisons

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:

Facebook:

East Meets West Outdoors

Website/Apparel/Deals: