Ep. 296: The Genesis of Spartan Forge with Bill Thompson

On today’s episode, Bill Thompson, founder of Spartan Forge, joins Beau. We discuss Bill’s background and how his former career in the Army led to the idea behind Spartan Forge. We spend a lot of time talking about the new LiDAR and Blue Force Tracker features, how to use them in your scouting and hunting efforts, and much more.

Topics:

00:00:00 Intro

00:05:30 - Mountain Buck Scouting Camp

00:06:45 - Beau’s Dad’s Eye Candy

00:08:11 - Hunter’s Safety

00:09:53 - Don’t use Google

00:13:51 - Bill’s background

00:18:30 - Character traits of strong leaders

00:25:33 - The problem with flawed leadership and education system

00:27:17 - Career after the military

00:28:46 - The genesis of Spartan Forge

00:40:27 - The minds behind Spartan Forge testing

00:42:14 - “You don’t want to build a mapping app”

00:44:11 - Traits of successful people

00:46:55 - “Fail quickly”

00:49:27 - Figure it out as you go

00:52:24 - Spartan Forge was created to maximize time

00:57:01 - Human instincts

01:05:34 - Midwest hunting vs mountain buck hunting

01:20:34 - How an app runs smoothly

01:24:30 - LIDAR Mapping

01:29:37 - What digital scouting can really do for you

01:34:44 - “Where” Feature

01:37:52 - How tech can assist you in being successful

01:41:36 - The camaraderie aspect

01:54:01 - Blue Force Tracker Feature

02:05:47 - Spartan Forge x Eastmans Tag Hub

Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes

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