Ep. 309: Thermal Hub Buck Bedding, Topo Hubs, and Terrain Features - Pt 2 with Shane Parker
Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker for part 2 of their thermal hub and terrain feature discussion. Shane has an extremely detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how bucks are using the terrain to bed, travel through the ridges, what topo hubs are, other terrain features, and much more. Topics: 00:00 - Intro 05:34 - Anticipating what elevation bucks will be at based on thermal switches 09:05 - Bucks using the same or different beds 11:48 - Get confident with playing the long game 16:53- Terrain features and buck bedding characteristics 20:34 - Using Spartan Forge Slope Angle 26:47- How wind speed can determine a hunt 29:41 - How food affects a thermal hub 33:48 - Topo hubs and how Shane uses them 40:29 - Movement in higher elevations tends to be at daybreak 44:59 - The importance of finding diversity in the terrain 47:21 - If you’re hunting and you’re comfortable, you need to move 53:09 - Big woods highs and lows 57:19 - You just need to put in the time 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 @november_warrior_outdoors 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