Ep. 399: Targeting Areas with Acorns During the Rut with John Prokop

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik is joined by John Prokop. John resides in Pennsylvania and spends more time in the woods than 99% of other hunters, learning the habits of mountain bucks on public land. They discuss how shed hunting has helped John get on mature bucks, his 2023 7.5-year-old mountain buck, finding the right rut hunting setups near mast-producing trees, access in areas with a lot of acorns, rut magic, mast cycles, weather effects, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:07 - Introduction to John Prokop
• 00:11:02 - How shed hunting has helped John get on mature bucks
• 00:21:37 - 2023 Hunting season recap
• 00:30:37 - 7.5 year old mountain buck during the rut
• 00:35:57 - Finding rut hunting setups
• 00:39:37 - Honing in on one area
• 00:43:46 - How often to sit in one tree
• 00:50:07 - Rut magic - 3 bucks on one ridge
• 00:59:31 - Mast cycles and weather for predicting rut movement

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