04.25.2023 - By Beau Martonik
On today’s episode, Beau is joined by Johnny Stewart. Johnny thinks outside the box when hunting mature bucks and has successfully done so all over the U.S., from the mountains to farm country. They discuss the Mountain Bucks Scouting Camp, scouting differently in pressured areas, reading deer sign based on the area, and finding a mature buck’s safe zone.
Topics:
00:00 Intro
06:40 Mountain buck scouting camp
10:48 Different perspectives at camp
18:18 Scouting steps after locating scrapes
27:58 Understanding varying degrees of deer sign
34:45 Gathering information on public land
39:27 Scent control thoughts
44:45 Cover, safe zones, and E-scouting
52:06 Finding bucks in areas where humans are not
54:57 Taking note of other hunter sign and pressure
01:01:02 Confidence, decision making, and getting in your own head
01:06:53 Being smart with your time during hunting season
01:18:14 Learning from the deer with time spent in the woods
01:25:29 Johnny's whitetail scouting coaching and consulting
Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes
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