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

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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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. 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/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Come join me, Beaumartonic, and some other season Big Woods hunters in a two-day camp that will be hosted in north-central Pennsylvania in the Big Woods-Appalachian Mountain Country.
0:12.2	This course will combine classroom and in the field scouting to help you locate more bucks and create a game plan to increase your success rate.
0:20.5	Topics will include map reading, e-scouting, buck betting, food source identification,
0:25.7	seasonal scouting, wind and thermal demonstrations, trail camera strategies, and so much more.
0:31.9	Our goal is to give you the knowledge, framework, and confidence to make your own opportunities.
0:36.5	You get hands-on gear, learn how to use it. There will be exclusive deals, free swag, and big geared giveaways
0:43.3	available for all of the attendees. So this year we're continuing what we started with the last
0:48.2	two events with two full days, six successful hunters speaking, more scouting, more giveaways,
0:54.0	chef cook meals, and much more.
0:56.2	This event takes place on March 29th and 30th.
0:59.7	Registration is going live on Thursday, January 16th at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
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