Ep. 352: My West Virginia Coal Country Buck (6 HOUR STALK!) - Hunt Breakdown with Josh Ilderton // The Untamed

Beau Martonik is joined by Josh Ilderton, of the Untamed. They discuss Beau’s 3 year journey to learning to spot and stalk in the coal mines of southern West Virginia, finding success this past November on a 6 hour stalk. In addition, they discuss many mistakes, failing to balance hunting with life, persistence in learning an area, field judging deer, why reclaimed coal mines make incredible wildlife habitat, difficulty of hunting in WV, learning to be well-rounded, hound hunting, and much more. 

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:08:14 - Post-season feelings
• 00:10:04 - Can you hunt too hard?
• 00:17:21 - Executing a shot
• 00:20:23 - There is nothing wrong with eating tag soup
• 00:25:15 - Difficulty of field judging bucks
• 00:29:06 - Looking back at Josh’s season, lessons learned
• 00:35:12 - Navigating thick vegetation
• 00:39:52 - Spring Scouting together in West Virginia
• 00:41:34 - Beau’s West Virginia buck - the 6 hour stalk
• 01:04:19 - Beau’s buck breeding the doe right before getting shot
• 01:16:06 - Josh's thoughts on the stalk: aggressiveness pays off
• 01:18:23 - Celebration and camaraderie
• 01:30:02 - Growing big deer in the WV mountains
• 01:33:28 - Coal mining has done great things for the wildlife
• 01:37:24 - The southern WV terrain is not for flatlanders
• 01:45:29 - The doe situation on the WV lease
• 01:57:44 - Bear hunting and hunting with hounds
• 02:11:55 - Shows that the Untamed will be at this year

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