Ep. 311: Using Historical Data in Your Home State Hunting Mountain Bucks with Michael Perry

Beau Martonik is joined by Michael Perry of Alabama. He holds the current Alabama state record for his 195” mountain buck, has killed over 40 public land bucks 8 pts or better, and is the author of “Secrets to Taking Mature Bucks on Public Land.” They discuss Michael’s approach to finding big mountain bucks in rugged terrain, creating hunt plans, using annual data, trail cameras, and the story of hunting the state record non-typical buck. 

Topics:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 12:27 - Michael Perry’s book: Secrets to Taking Mature bucks on Public Land
• 15:39 - Michael's background hunting over 50 years in the Alabama mountains
• 19:37 - Trapping talk
• 22:26 - Finding the most rugged terrain for the biggest deer
• 25:03- How did Michael find the “Bench Buck”? Alabama State Record Non-typical Buck
• 36:36 - Move around or sit tight? 
• 44:03 - Feed trees
• 46:18 - Weighing historical data vs. real-time data
• 48:16 - Why journaling is important
• 54:55 - Hunt plans
• 57:26 - Hunting groups and deer camps
• 01:02:30 - Deer population and health in Alabama
• 01:05:16- Shooting does affects buck hunting
• 01:09:39 - Methods for getting deer out of the woods
• 01:13:57 - Alaska hunting

Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes.

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