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

East Meets West Hunt

English - August 01, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 661 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 310: Terrain and Vegetation Funnels You Probably Don’t Notice with Rusty Johnson // United Outdoors

Next Episode: Ep. 312: Getting Your Bow, Arrows, and Hunt Plan Dialed For This Season - Pt 1 with James Yates

Beau Martonik is joined by Michael Perry of Alabama. He holds the current Alabama state record for his 195” mountain buck, has killed over 40 public land bucks 8 pts or better, and is the author of “Secrets to Taking Mature Bucks on Public Land.” They discuss Michael’s approach to finding big mountain bucks in rugged terrain, creating hunt plans, using annual data, trail cameras, and the story of hunting the state record non-typical buck.

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

12:27 - Michael Perry’s book: Secrets to Taking Mature bucks on Public Land

15:39 - Michael's background hunting over 50 years in the Alabama mountains

19:37 - Trapping talk

22:26 - Finding the most rugged terrain for the biggest deer

25:03- How did Michael find the “Bench Buck”? Alabama State Record Non-typical Buck

36:36 - Move around or sit tight?

44:03 - Feed trees

46:18 - Weighing historical data vs. real-time data

48:16 - Why journaling is important

54:55 - Hunt plans

57:26 - Hunting groups and deer camps

01:02:30 - Deer population and health in Alabama

01:05:16- Shooting does affects buck hunting

01:09:39 - Methods for getting deer out of the woods

01:13:57 - Alaska hunting

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
12:27 - Michael Perry’s book: Secrets to Taking Mature bucks on Public Land

15:39 - Michael's background hunting over 50 years in the Alabama mountains
19:37 - Trapping talk
22:26 - Finding the most rugged terrain for the biggest deer
25:03- How did Michael find the “Bench Buck”? Alabama State Record Non-typical Buck
36:36 - Move around or sit tight?
44:03 - Feed trees
46:18 - Weighing historical data vs. real-time data
48:16 - Why journaling is important
54:55 - Hunt plans
57:26 - Hunting groups and deer camps
01:02:30 - Deer population and health in Alabama
01:05:16- Shooting does affects buck hunting
01:09:39 - Methods for getting deer out of the woods
01:13:57 - Alaska hunting

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

@michaelperry9

Facebook:

East Meets West Outdoors

Website/Apparel/Deals:

https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/