Ep. 282: Patterning A Booner Mountain Buck On Community Scrapes with Troy Pottenger

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Troy Pottenger. Troy has been on the podcast many times over the years, but this one is special as we break down his 2022 season in Idaho and Washington hunting next-level mountain bucks. Topics: 00:00 Intro - Mountain Bucks Scouting Camp Info 10:00 Troy Pottenger’s 2022 Whitetail Season 16:10 What You Need in a Hunting Rig Setup for the Mountains 24:50 Why this cluster of community scrapes is good all year 38:45 Hunting tight to buck and doe bedding 44:07 Bully bucks 49:57 When to strike using historical and real-time data 54:30 Over-marking the scrape 58:56 Backtracking bucks to find where they bed 01:06:20 Patterning bucks on a scrape 01:13:20 Closing the deal on a Washington booner whitetail buck 01:19:20 Analyzing the shot and blood trailing 01:32:55 Different methods for getting a deer out of the woods 01:38:25 Dead silent, cold-weather clothing for bowhunting 01:41:46 See Troy’s giant buck on the video podcast! 01:44:50 Troy’s target buck for next year in Idaho 01:54:36 Importance of having backup hunting spots 02:06:50 Troy’s Mountain Bucks Boot Camp Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes Resources: GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @mtn_man33 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