Ep. 310: Terrain and Vegetation Funnels You Probably Don’t Notice with Rusty Johnson // United Outdoors

Beau Martonik is joined by Rusty Johnson of United Outdoors. Rusty is from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and has a dedicated year-round approach to chasing mountain bucks. They discuss the importance of ditches, vegetation gaps, hunting all winds, taking mountain tactics to Kansas, trail cameras, deer stories from the past, and much more! Topics: 00:00 - Intro - Montana Archery Hunt Film Launch! 08:56 - Introducing Rusty and the Ozarks of Arkansas 11:27 - Logging cuts 14:24 - Rut timing for Rusty in Arkansas 18:16 - Terrain features that deer gravitate to 27:10 - Wind 31:33 - Continued conversation on deer relating to ditches and gaps 33:39 - Scouting in late winter/early spring and tree talk 39:39 - Breaking down a memorable deer story from Rusty 51:17 - Using angles and elevation for smart access 56:12 - 35mm trail camera in the early 2000’s 01:03:06 - Do trail cameras spook deer? 01:07:25 - Taking the failures with the success 01:11:39 - Calling deer 01:16:13 - “Gap” terrain features 01:22:14 - Weather comparisons Note** timestamps might be off by roughly 4 minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes. Resources: GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @united.outdoors @rusty_uo Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices