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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 185: Summer Scouting Mountain Bucks with Johnny Stewart, Steve Sherk and Bill Thompson of Spartan Forge

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Johnny Stewart, Steve Sherk and Bill Thompson of Spartan Forge. These guys are some of the best big woods buck hunters I know and we are talking all about summer scouting. We discuss finding buck bedding in the summer, locating areas that hold bucks year round, using trail cameras, natural big woods food sources, best locations for setting up mock scrapes and more!   Topics: Finding buck bedding in the summer Locating areas that hold bucks year round Hunting killable deer and spots Using Trail Cameras on mineral sites and mock scrapes Natural big woods food sources Best locations for setting up mock scrapes   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @thejohnnystewart - https://www.instagram.com/thejohnnystewart/ @sherksguideservice - https://www.instagram.com/sherksguideservice/ @spartan.forge - https://www.instagram.com/spartan.forge/   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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you an adventurer looking to take your hunt to the next level?

0:04.6

Then you're in the right place.

0:05.8

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

0:14.3

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

0:20.5

On this episode, I am joined by the Johnny Stewart, Steve Shirk, and Bill Thompson

0:26.8

of Spartan Forge.

0:28.3

These guys are some of the best big woods buck hunters that I know, and we are talking

0:32.0

all about summer scouting.

0:34.0

We discussed finding buck betting in the summer, locating areas that hold bucks year-round,

0:39.3

using trail cameras, natural big woods food sources, the best locations for setting up mock scrapes,

0:46.3

and much more.

0:47.3

The Onyx hunt app is your premier GPS hunting app that turns your phone into a working GPS.

0:53.3

I utilize the different icons and colored

0:55.4

waypoints to create an organizational system that is easy for me. Creating a system for you is critical

1:01.2

to being the most efficient and effective. If you want to check out the Onex hunt app for yourself,

1:06.8

head over to onexmaps.com and use the coupon code EMW to save 20%.

1:12.7

Tethered is a company that is founded on the principles of educating the hunting community on saddle hunting while creating the most innovative, lightweight, safe products for saddle hunting.

1:24.4

They have multiple saddle and accessory options to find the right system for your

1:29.4

style of hunting. To learn more about tethered and saddle hunting, head over to tethered nation.com

1:34.7

or visit one of the teach and train events, which the next one here is coming up this weekend

1:40.6

in Boyne, Michigan at the Total Archery Challenge. You can get to feel the products,

1:45.9

learn from the people that are creating it, and just make an educated decision on whether you

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