Ep. 283: How to Hunt BIG Clear Cuts in the Big Woods with Jake Belinda

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Pennsylvania hunter Jake Belinda. Jake is a former professional baseball player and is a content creator/videographer in the hunting industry. They discuss Jake’s journey into making a living in the hunting industry, breaking down hunting big timber cuts, areas with a bunch of mountain laurel, and late-season success on public land in Ohio.

Topics:

• 00:00 Intro 
• 11:20 Jake’s background
• 14:38 Getting into photography and filming hunts
• 20:55 Tracking an old New York mountain buck
• 24:53 When deer like to eat ferns
• 30:04 Breaking down hunting big clear-cuts
• 36:20 Finding a buck’s core area
• 44:44 Interior openings in timber cuts
• 48:10 Creating hunt plans to help you make decisions on where to hunt
• 54:20 Balance of Finding New Areas vs. Returning to Historical Spots
• 56:40 How to hunt areas with mountain laurel
• 01:02:17 Late Season food sources and shed hunting spots in big woods
• 01:06:28 Success on a big public land mountain buck during Ohio’s January muzzleloader season
• 01:14:20 How to find out where the acorn crop will be during the summer
• 01:27:50 Manifesting your goals and keeping a positive attitude
• 01:32:15 Importance of keeping the deer camp tradition alive

Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes

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