01.10.2023 - By Beau Martonik
On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Troy Pottenger. Troy has been on the podcast many times over the years, but this one is special as we break down his 2022 season in Idaho and Washington hunting next-level mountain bucks.
Topics:
00:00 Intro - Mountain Bucks Scouting Camp Info
10:00 Troy Pottenger’s 2022 Whitetail Season
16:10 What You Need in a Hunting Rig Setup for the Mountains
24:50 Why this cluster of community scrapes is good all year
38:45 Hunting tight to buck and doe bedding
44:07 Bully bucks
49:57 When to strike using historical and real-time data
54:30 Over-marking the scrape
58:56 Backtracking bucks to find where they bed
01:06:20 Patterning bucks on a scrape
01:13:20 Closing the deal on a Washington booner whitetail buck
01:19:20 Analyzing the shot and blood trailing
01:32:55 Different methods for getting a deer out of the woods
01:38:25 Dead silent, cold-weather clothing for bowhunting
01:41:46 See Troy’s giant buck on the video podcast!
01:44:50 Troy’s target buck for next year in Idaho
01:54:36 Importance of having backup hunting spots
02:06:50 Troy’s Mountain Bucks Boot Camp
Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes
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