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