Ep. 308: Thermal Hub Masterclass - How to Hunt Early Season Mountain Bucks - Pt 1 with Shane Parker

Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker. Shane has an extraordinarily detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how he uses weather stations, thermal hub characteristics, fallout points, waiting until the thermals switch, scouting hubs, and more. This is part 1 of 2. Topics: 00:00 - Intro 07:20 - How Beau Found Shane 08:20 - Shane’s hunting background 10:50 - Trail camera obsession 12:00 - Weather stations and how Shane uses them 13:49 - Using all available and historical data 19:20 - Thermal hub characteristics and how deer use them 29:40 - Beau’s 2022 buck and how it used thermals 31:50 - Find the fallout point 35:44 - Don’t forget to look where you’ve come from when you walk through the woods 41:15- Trends of how deer use hubs 49:20 - Mature bucks are just a different animal - non-linear movement 56:35 - Don’t push into an area too quickly 59:25 - Scout thermal hubs mid-morning 01:02:28 - Hunt lower - just under the cover 01:03:44 - Wait until the rut to hunt thermal hubs in the mornings 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 @november_warrior_outdoors 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