Ep. 399: Targeting Areas with Acorns During the Rut with John Prokop

Beau Martonik is joined by John Prokop. John resides in Pennsylvania and spends more time in the woods than 99% of other hunters, learning the habits of mountain bucks on public land. They discuss how shed hunting has helped John get on mature bucks, his 2023 7.5-year-old mountain buck, finding the right rut hunting setups near mast-producing trees, access in areas with a lot of acorns, rut magic, mast cycles, weather effects, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:07 - Introduction to John Prokop
• 00:11:02 - How shed hunting has helped John get on mature bucks
• 00:21:37 - 2023 Hunting season recap
• 00:30:37 - 7.5 year old mountain buck during the rut
• 00:35:57 - Finding rut hunting setups
• 00:39:37 - Honing in on one area
• 00:43:46 - How often to sit in one tree
• 00:50:07 - Rut magic - 3 bucks on one ridge
• 00:59:31 - Mast cycles and weather for predicting rut movement

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