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

Beau Martonik is joined by James Yates. James is an archery nerd, mule deer fanatic, and hunting editor for Western Hunter Magazine. Part 1 discusses James' background, obsession with finding big bucks, attention to detail with his bow setup, different arrows for different situations, and making sure your hunt plan is ready for this season.

Topics:

• 00:00 - Start
• 07:44 - Meeting at TAC
• 09:08 - Stay out of the sun
• 09:29 - Isaac Aleman is good at trash talk
• 12:57 - Hunting the Wasatch Front
• 15:38 - Using unconventional tactics to hunt mule deer
• 18:48 - Having a flexible job, but still grinding it out
• 22:48 - Maximizing chances with effort
• 26:23 - Making corrections from past errors
• 26:57 - Range forgiveness and arrow setups for certain situations
• 35:56 - Maximizing a bow’s efficiency
• 42:13 - Do everything you can to be prepared to maximize your time
• 47:00 - How a hunt starts is how it will persist
• 52:00 - The final checklist before you head to hunt an area
• 52:54 - Research the immediate area you will be hunting - check for fires, closures, etc.

Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes.

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