Ep. 352: My West Virginia Coal Country Buck (6 HOUR STALK!) - Hunt Breakdown with Josh Ilderton // The Untamed

Beau Martonik is joined by Josh Ilderton, of the Untamed. They discuss Beau’s 3 year journey to learning to spot and stalk in the coal mines of southern West Virginia, finding success this past November on a 6 hour stalk. In addition, they discuss many mistakes, failing to balance hunting with life, persistence in learning an area, field judging deer, why reclaimed coal mines make incredible wildlife habitat, difficulty of hunting in WV, learning to be well-rounded, hound hunting, and much more. 

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:08:14 - Post-season feelings

00:10:04 - Can you hunt too hard?

00:17:21 - Executing a shot

00:20:23 - There is nothing wrong with eating tag soup

00:25:15 - Difficulty of field judging bucks

00:29:06 - Looking back at Josh’s season, lessons learned

00:35:12 - Navigating thick vegetation

00:39:52 - Spring Scouting together in West Virginia

00:41:34 - Beau’s West Virginia buck - the 6 hour stalk

01:04:19 - Beau’s buck breeding the doe right before getting shot

01:16:06 - Josh's thoughts on the stalk: aggressiveness pays off

01:18:23 - Celebration and camaraderie

01:30:02 - Growing big deer in the WV mountains

01:33:28 - Coal mining has done great things for the wildlife

01:37:24 - The southern WV terrain is not for flatlanders

01:45:29 - The doe situation on the WV lease

01:57:44 - Bear hunting and hunting with hounds

02:11:55 - Shows that the Untamed will be at this year

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