Ep. 118: Keys to Consistent Success Hunting Mountain Bucks with Nathan Killen

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Nathan Killen coming out of the mountains of southern Virginia. Nathan had an amazing 2019 deer season, but his consistency in killing mature deer every year is even more impressive. We talk about buck bedding, precision stand placement, hunting the same stand more than once, egress/regress and much more! In addition, Nathan wrote an article for me on some of these topics available at www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/journal.

 

Topics:

Background on you and the type of area you hunt in Virginia

Brief synopsis of your 2019 season

Hunting bucks vs. "deer"  

Buck bedding

The decision a hunter makes regarding sign found and how/where to hunt in relation - precision stand placement

Hunting the same stand more than once

Egress and Regress

 

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