The Untamed

East Meets West Hunt

English - February 13, 2024 09:30 - 2 hours - ★★★★★ - 661 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 351: Defending the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Uniting for the Future with Dan Gates // Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management

Next Episode: Ep. 353: Blueprint for Successful Post-Season Scouting Whitetails with Shane Parker

Beau Martonik is joined by Josh Ilderton, of the Untamed. They discuss Beau’s 3 year journey to learning to spot and stalk in the coal mines of southern West Virginia, finding success this past November on a 6 hour stalk. In addition, they discuss many mistakes, failing to balance hunting with life, persistence in learning an area, field judging deer, why reclaimed coal mines make incredible wildlife habitat, difficulty of hunting in WV, learning to be well-rounded, hound hunting, and much more.

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:08:14 - Post-season feelings

00:10:04 - Can you hunt too hard?

00:17:21 - Executing a shot

00:20:23 - There is nothing wrong with eating tag soup

00:25:15 - Difficulty of field judging bucks

00:29:06 - Looking back at Josh’s season, lessons learned

00:35:12 - Navigating thick vegetation

00:39:52 - Spring Scouting together in West Virginia

00:41:34 - Beau’s West Virginia buck - the 6 hour stalk

01:04:19 - Beau’s buck breeding the doe right before getting shot

01:16:06 - Josh's thoughts on the stalk: aggressiveness pays off

01:18:23 - Celebration and camaraderie

01:30:02 - Growing big deer in the WV mountains

01:33:28 - Coal mining has done great things for the wildlife

01:37:24 - The southern WV terrain is not for flatlanders

01:45:29 - The doe situation on the WV lease

01:57:44 - Bear hunting and hunting with hounds

02:11:55 - Shows that the Untamed will be at this year

Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length.

Resources:

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@eastmeetswesthunt
@beau.martonik
@theuntamed

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Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt)

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Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:14 - Post-season feelings
00:10:04 - Can you hunt too hard?
00:17:21 - Executing a shot
00:20:23 - There is nothing wrong with eating tag soup
00:25:15 - Difficulty of field judging bucks
00:29:06 - Looking back at Josh’s season, lessons learned
00:35:12 - Navigating thick vegetation
00:39:52 - Spring Scouting together in West Virginia
00:41:34 - Beau’s West Virginia buck - the 6 hour stalk
01:04:19 - Beau’s buck breeding the doe right before getting shot
01:16:06 - Josh's thoughts on the stalk: aggressiveness pays off
01:18:23 - Celebration and camaraderie
01:30:02 - Growing big deer in the WV mountains
01:33:28 - Coal mining has done great things for the wildlife
01:37:24 - The southern WV terrain is not for flatlanders
01:45:29 - The doe situation on the WV lease
01:57:44 - Bear hunting and hunting with hounds
02:11:55 - Shows that the Untamed will be at this year

Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length.

Resources:

Instagram:

@eastmeetswesthunt

@beau.martonik

@theuntamed

Facebook:

East Meets West Outdoors

GoWild:

Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt)

Website/Apparel/Deals:

https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/