Thermal Hub Buck Bedding, Topo Hubs, and Terrain Features - Pt 2 | East Meets West Hunt - Ep 309

Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker ‪@the_novemberwarrior1738‬ for part 2 of their thermal hub discussion. Shane has an extremely detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how bucks use the terrain to bed, travel through the ridges, what topo hubs are, and much more.
Topics:
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Anticipating what elevation bucks will be at based on thermal switches
03:49 - Bucks using the same or different beds
06:32 - Get confident with playing the long game
11:37 - Terrain features and bedding characteristics
15:18 - Using Spartan Forge Slope Angle
21:31 - How wind speed can determine a hunt
24:25 - How food affects a thermal hub
28:32 - Topo hubs and how Shane uses them
35:13 - Movement in higher elevations tends to be at daybreak
39:43 - The importance of finding diversity in the terrain
42:05 - If you’re hunting and you’re comfortable, you need to move
47:53 - Big woods highs and lows
52:03 - You just need to put in the time
Part 1 - • Thermal Hub MASTERCLAS...
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[@markgrenier6787]

Can u please show/illustrate the formation at 18: 27 somewhere somehow? I'm intrigued and will follow up. I'm on it like Blue bonnet

[@casanovafrankenstein8875]

So much of the first 10 minutes of the video flies in the face of what so many big name deer hunters are teaching. Love it!!! Makes so much sense. No reason to really pay attention to others who obviously believe they are experts in all things whitetails. Very well done! 👏👍

[@BeauMartonik]

Thank you!!!

[@archeryonly5629]

When i lived in west virginia i killed several big bucks switching bedding between 10 and 2 early season!

[@BeauMartonik]

That’s awesome!

[@edwardclark5211]

Dream Big brother

[@catchemalive]

So are y’all saying that thermal hubs and other areas that draw deer are the places where the wind and thermals are very unpredictable and making it almost impossible for the hunter to get in to those places and hunt them?

[@weekendcitation1625]

You know?

[@ec9697]

Mature bucks are not deer..

[@Michigandrivenoutdoors]

If he didn't come through today then the chances of him going through the next day goes up....

[@BeauMartonik]

Odds multiplier!