Ep. 322: How We Adapt to Circumstances Changing A Hunting Area Mid-season with Jake Bush

Beau Martonik is joined by Jake Bush of Ohio. Jake is known for his success on big early season mountain bucks. They discuss the struggles of hunting the big woods when things change (logging, hunting pressure, EHD, etc.), how they adapt to these situations, different ways bucks use hub systems, how they learn an area over years, and much more.

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:07:53 - Getting used to shooting the longbow
• 00:11:13 - Hunting a specific deer and utilizing trail cameras to do so
• 00:12:23 - Managing lots of trail cameras, knowing how to interpret the data, and is it really worth it?
• 00:19:25 - Jake dealing with effects from EHD
• 00:22:27 - Deer densities and how it relates to quality of bucks
• 00:27:16 - Filming struggles
• 00:31:27 - Jake’s story of a logging skidder ruining his hunt
• 00:44:18 - Figuring out a mature buck’s tendencies and weakness
• 00:48:57 - Journaling
• 00:52:53 - Hunting in October vs the rest of the season
• 00:54:08 - What is hot enough sign to set up in October?
• 01:00:25 - Branching out to different states and adapting
• 01:05:32 - Learning from other hunters

Resources:

GoWild:

Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt)

Instagram:  

@eastmeetswesthunt

@beau.martonik

@thejakebush

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