Ep. 404: Tracking and Still-Hunting in the Snow! Gun Season Big Buck Tactics with Johnny Stewart and Pete Six

Beau Martonik is joined by Johnny Stewart and Pete Six. The guys have had an incredible Pennsylvania gun season, filling buck tags in the snow. They discuss how to deal with hunting pressure during firearms seasons, where deer go when you get snow, buck bedding during gun season, still-hunting, tracking bucks, the stories of Johnny and Pete’s bucks, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:05:22 - Why are there more big bucks this year?
• 00:09:54 - How to handle the opening day of gun season hunting pressure
• 00:17:37 - How far do deer travel to their winter feeding areas when snow hits?
• 00:22:42 - Where Johnny and Pete have been finding buck bedding during gun season
• 00:29:59 - Johnny got bamboozled by a big buck
• 00:33:52 - Still-hunting and tracking bucks in the snow - Pete’s buck
• 00:45:22 - Chasing the snow - going into a new area and finding bucks
• 00:57:27 - Johnny shoots a big PA 8 point
• 01:12:36 - Sometimes bucks do what you least expect
• 01:16:09 - What magnification to keep your scope at when still-hunting or tracking
• 01:19:02 - What to do when you don’t have the time to hunt a lot

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