Ep. 346: Ancient Bucks, Deer Camp, and Hunting Smart with Bill Thompson // Spartan Forge

Beau Martonik is joined by Bill Thompson, CEO and founder of Spartan Forge. In the last few years, Bill hasn’t hunted much for himself as he’s been building the Spartan Forge app, but this year, he spent more time in the woods, and it paid off. They discuss the types of areas Bill hunted this year, his old Virginia 6 point, why he won’t hunt with a trad bow anymore, lessons learned from hunting the big woods of PA, hunting privileges in America, deer camp, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:08:09 - Bill's introduction, his hunting experience this year, and use of the app
• 00:15:09 - Balancing hunting, work, and other parts of life
• 00:23:20 - Types of areas that Bill hunted this year
• 00:26:50 - The morning of Bill’s big Virginia 6 pointer
• 00:37:24 - The appeal of old deer
• 00:38:50 - Traditional archery
• 00:42:57 - Things Bill has learned hunting the big woods of PA
• 00:51:17 - A very interesting-sounding grunt
• 01:05:21 - Scouting and hunting smart
• 01:08:31 - New hunters and hunting for the right reasons
• 01:20:02 - Hunting Privileges in America
• 01:23:25 - Deer camp and camaraderie
• 01:30:51 - Spartan Forge major update: Lidar - save 20% with code eastmeetswest

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