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 Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length. Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @theuntamed Facebook:   East Meets West Outdoors GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt)  Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.