Ep. 313: Creating Luck When Bowhunting Big Mule Deer - Pt 2 with James Yates

Beau Martonik is joined by James Yates. James is an archery nerd, mule deer fanatic, and hunting editor for Western Hunter Magazine. Part 2 discusses James’ macro and micro techniques for finding the biggest buck on the mountain, setting goals, hunting the hunt you want, and much more.

Topics:

00:00 - Intro

00:07:45 - How James hunts mule deer

00:10:03 - Being picky vs. having a rolling standard

00:13:42 - Find something you’re willing to obsess over

00:19:12 - The struggles of stalking a bedded buck

00:21:11 - The Macro and Micro of mule deer and whitetail hunting

00:22:12 - The war of Attrition approach

00:26:37 - Put yourself in a position for luck to happen to you

00:34:29 - What are the realistic and attainable goals in front of you

00:38:13 - Keep your spirits high when success isn’t coming

00:40:38 - You’re only competing against your own goals

00:44:10 - Wade through the muck to find success

00:46:12 - Sometimes, Dwight might kill your buck

00:46:49 - Grind until the end

00:49:25 - Don’t shy away from competition and comparison

00:56:30 - Wounded deer - what to do next?

00:58:48 - Defining “passing on a deer”

01:08:29 - Different deer characteristics in different areas

01:14:18 - Mule deer vs elk

01:18:15 - Hunt mule deer in open country like elk

01:24:20 - Beau’s Alaska Moose hunt

01:26:56 - James’ season plans and tags

01:32:15 - Western Hunter video series

Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes.

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