Ep. 266: Early October Hunting Recap - Illinois and West Virginia

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is going solo to break down his recent hunt on some of the best private farm country in Illinois, followed by a scouting trip to the rugged mountains of southern West Virginia.

Topics:

Illinois - Quietkat Hunt

Learning from someone with 25+ years of experience in hunting mature deer

Green soybeans and acorns were hot food sources

Snorting back and forth with a buck

Finding water and a nice buck

Southern West Virginia Scouting Trip

Glass in the mornings and scout afternoon/evenings

Day 1 consisted of walking different levels of ridges on the sides of valley fills looking for white oaks dropping

Day 2 covered other points and dropped some cameras

Day 3 found the holy grail spot with 4 ridges converging at one spot with a large community scrape

Finding the does

Why the southern West Virginia mountains are different than other areas in the Appalachian range

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