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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 174: Understanding and Predicting Buck Movement with Johnny Stewart and Bill Thompson // Spartan Forge

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Johnny Stewart and Bill Thompson of Spartan Forge. Bill is one of the masterminds behind utilizing military artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict deer movement, and Johnny is using his years of experience to compare the two. We discuss the Spartan Forge Outfitter, the difference between mature bucks movement compared to all bucks, defining a mountain buck’s core area, hunting the right scrapes in the big woods and a lot more in between!   Topics: Background on Bill Thompson and Spartan Forge What is artificial intelligence and machine learning Difference in movement between mature bucks and the majority of bucks Defining a buck’s core area Hunting the right scrapes   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @spartan.forge - https://www.instagram.com/spartan.forge/ @thejohnnystewart - https://www.instagram.com/thejohnnystewart/   Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/   YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w   Shop new apparel!  https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop   Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik   Partners: onX Mapping at your finger tips on your phone, computer or GPS that will allow you scout harder, hunt farther and increase your success rates. This is the number 1 tool that I use every single time I'm in the woods or mountains. Use code EMW for 20% off of the Hunt app. https://www.onxmaps.com/ Spartan Forge Forged in combat and tailored for hunters, Spartan Forge stands at the nexus of Machine Learning and White-tailed Deer hunting to deliver truly intuitive and science based products that save the hunter time spent scouting, planning and executing their hunts. Check out the Outfitter for deer movement predictions based on millions of data points for your area! Save 25% with coupon code eastmeetswest www.spartanforge.ai Heather's Choice Healthy, great tasting, dehydrated meals for the backcountry. Use code eastmeetswest to get free shipping on ALL orders.  http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Use the code eastmeetswest-gift get a free gift with your next order! https://mavenbuilt.com/ MTN OPS MTN OPS is the leader in providing science based supplements to help you train inside and conquer more outside. Use the code BEAUFREESHIP for free shipping on all orders.  https://glnk.io/mw0/beaumartonik TETHRD The Tethrd Team has created the ultimate tree saddle hunting setup. The Phantom Saddle and Predator Platform system is truly the culmination of ideas & input from thousands of dedicated tree saddle hunting fanatics around the world.  https://tethrdnation.com/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Are you an adventurer looking to take your hunt to the next level, then you're in the right place.

0:05.8

Welcome to East Meets West Hunt with your host, Beaumartonic.

0:14.1

Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode, the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.

0:20.4

On this episode, I am joined by

0:22.7

Johnny Stewart and Bill Thompson of a Spartan Forge. Bill is one of the masterminds behind

0:28.4

utilizing military artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict deer movement.

0:34.1

And Johnny is using his years of experience to compare the two.

0:38.0

So we discussed the Spartan Forge Outfitter, the difference between mature bucks movement

0:42.9

compared to other bucks, defining a mountain bucks core area, hunting the right scrapes in the

0:48.7

big woods, and a lot more in between.

0:51.6

And as I said, this episode is brought to you by Onex. The OnX hunt app is your

0:55.7

premier GPS hunting app that turned your phone into a working GPS. Recently, OnX added

1:01.6

elite membership benefits for all elite users to get deals on other hunting companies as well as

1:07.6

free memberships to other scouting tools like hunting fool and top rut

1:11.8

if you want to check out the onex hunt app for yourself head over to onxmaps dot com and use the

1:17.2

coupon code emw to save 20% tethered tether is a company founded on the principles of educating

1:25.3

the hunting community on saddle hunting while creating the

1:29.1

most innovative, lightweight, safe products for saddle hunting. I'm currently using the Phantom

1:35.2

Saddle System with the Predator platform for all my mobile hunts. To learn more about tethered

1:40.7

and saddle hunting, head over to tethered nation.com.

1:44.8

Maven is building the highest quality optics at half the price of their competitors

1:48.9

through their direct-to-consumer business model.

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