My West Virginia Coal Country Buck (6 HOUR STALK!) - Hunt Breakdown with Josh Ilderton // The Untamed
Description
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
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