Ep. 346: Ancient Bucks, Deer Camp, and Hunting Smart with Bill Thompson // Spartan Forge

Beau Martonik is joined by Bill Thompson, CEO and founder of Spartan Forge. In the last few years, Bill hasn’t hunted much for himself as he’s been building the Spartan Forge app, but this year, he spent more time in the woods, and it paid off. They discuss the types of areas Bill hunted this year, his old Virginia 6 point, why he won’t hunt with a trad bow anymore, lessons learned from hunting the big woods of PA, hunting privileges in America, deer camp, and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:08:09 - Bill's introduction, his hunting experience this year, and use of the app

00:15:09 - Balancing hunting, work, and other parts of life

00:23:20 - Types of areas that Bill hunted this year

00:26:50 - The morning of Bill’s big Virginia 6 pointer

00:37:24 - The appeal of old deer

00:38:50 - Traditional archery

00:42:57 - Things Bill has learned hunting the big woods of PA

00:51:17 - A very interesting-sounding grunt

01:05:21 - Scouting and hunting smart

01:08:31 - New hunters and hunting for the right reasons

01:20:02 - Hunting Privileges in America

01:23:25 - Deer camp and camaraderie

01:30:51 - Spartan Forge major update: Lidar - save 20% with code eastmeetswest

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