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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 386: The Best Dates (and Times) for Deer Hunting Rut Funnels in 2024 with Matt Upgren // Northern Forest Whitetail

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9747 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Beau Martonik is joined by Matt Upgren of Northern Forest Whitetail. Matt has compiled over 10 years of trail camera data in Minnesota's north woods to help find the best dates and times to take off work and hunt the rut. They discuss the types of areas where Matt hunts, his remote deer camp, the importance of doe family groups, trail camera locations, the best dates to hunt for mature bucks, the most active times of the day for buck movement, staying alert on all day sits, and much more! Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:39 - Background 00:09:01 - Terrain and Vegetation in the Big Woods of northern Minnesota 00:12:41 - The Importance of Doe Family Groups and Rut Funnels 00:21:39 - Hunting Season and the Impact of Timber Wolves 00:26:06 - The Unique Experience of Hunting in a Remote Deer Camp 00:35:54 - Analyzing Trail Camera Data for Hunting Strategies 00:49:47 - Analyzing Deer Movement Patterns 01:03:55 - The Best Times of the Day to Hunt for Bucks 01:14:43 - The Importance of Staying Alert in a Tree stand 01:21:17 - Finding a Balance Between Grinding and Recharging 01:25:07 - Using Historical Data to Increase Hunting Success Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length. Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik 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

10 years of data in there for these older age class bucks.

0:04.0

And what the bell curve revealed, as you can see, is it's really that, you know,

0:10.0

if you're someone who wants to think about taking your rut vacation,

0:14.0

is really kind of that top plateau of the bell curve for bucks that showed up in my rut funnels during daylight.

0:21.6

I was like, well, if I throw a mic on and I can help others the way that these people, that will help me.

0:27.6

Born in the heart of the Pennsylvania Deer Camp, with the help of experts, friends, and local legends,

0:36.6

we bring you valuable knowledge and powerful stories

0:40.5

for your hunting adventures.

0:43.4

Welcome to the East Meets West Hunt podcast with your host, Bo Martonic.

0:52.3

Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented

0:57.0

by Spartan Forge.

0:58.4

On today's episode, I am joined by Matt Upgrin of Northern Forest Whitale.

1:03.6

Matt has compiled over 10 years of trail camera data in Minnesota's in Northwoods to help

1:09.2

find the best dates and times of take off work and hunt the rut.

1:13.2

We discuss the types of areas where Matt hunts, his remote deer camp, the importance of Doe family groups,

1:21.2

trail camera locations, rut funnels, the best dates to hunt for mature bucks, the most active times

1:26.7

of the day for buck movement,

1:28.7

staying alert on all day sits, and a whole lot more that are in regards to Matt's trail camera

1:35.4

data through the past 11 years at this point. And then also I went through and analyzed my own

1:41.6

trail camera data in the same type of way that Matt did and put that together.

1:46.9

So we talked back and forth to be able to go through and show that.

1:52.0

Come join me, Beaumartonic, and some other seasoned Bigwoods hunters in a two-day camp that will be hosted in north central Pennsylvania in the big woods

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