Ep. 313: Creating Luck When Bowhunting Big Mule Deer - Pt 2 with James Yates

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Beau Martonik is joined by James Yates. James is an archery nerd, mule deer fanatic, and hunting editor for Western Hunter Magazine. Part 2 discusses James’ macro and micro techniques for finding the biggest buck on the mountain, setting goals, hunting the hunt you want, and much more. Topics: 00:00 - Intro 00:07:45 - How James hunts mule deer 00:10:03 - Being picky vs. having a rolling standard 00:13:42 - Find something you’re willing to obsess over 00:19:12 - The struggles of stalking a bedded buck 00:21:11 - The Macro and Micro of mule deer and whitetail hunting 00:22:12 - The war of Attrition approach 00:26:37 - Put yourself in a position for luck to happen to you 00:34:29 - What are the realistic and attainable goals in front of you 00:38:13 - Keep your spirits high when success isn’t coming 00:40:38 - You’re only competing against your own goals 00:44:10 - Wade through the muck to find success 00:46:12 - Sometimes, Dwight might kill your buck 00:46:49 - Grind until the end 00:49:25 - Don’t shy away from competition and comparison 00:56:30 - Wounded deer - what to do next? 00:58:48 - Defining “passing on a deer” 01:08:29 - Different deer characteristics in different areas 01:14:18 - Mule deer vs elk 01:18:15 - Hunt mule deer in open country like elk 01:24:20 - Beau’s Alaska Moose hunt 01:26:56 - James’ season plans and tags 01:32:15 - Western Hunter video series 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 @yates_in_the_backcountry 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 seasoned Big Woods hunters in a two-day camp that will be hosted in north-central Pennsylvania in the Big Woods-Appalachian Mountain Country.
0:12.4	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.
0:20.6	Topics will include map reading, e-scouting, buck betting, food source identification,
0:25.8	seasonal scouting, wind and thermal demonstrations, trail camera strategies, and so much more.
0:32.0	Our goal is to give you the knowledge, framework, and confidence to make your own opportunities.
0:36.6	You get hands-on gear,
0:38.1	learn how to use it. There will be exclusive deals, free swag, and big geared giveaways
0:43.4	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,
0:54.1	chef-cooked meals, and much more.
0:56.3	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.
1:04.6	Tickets sell out fast, so head over to eastmeatswesthunt.com slash scouting camp for more info now.
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