Ep. 311: Using Historical Data in Your Home State Hunting Mountain Bucks with Michael Perry

Beau Martonik is joined by Michael Perry of Alabama. He holds the current Alabama state record for his 195” mountain buck, has killed over 40 public land bucks 8 pts or better, and is the author of “Secrets to Taking Mature Bucks on Public Land.” They discuss Michael’s approach to finding big mountain bucks in rugged terrain, creating hunt plans, using annual data, trail cameras, and the story of hunting the state record non-typical buck. Topics: 00:00 - Intro 12:27 - Michael Perry’s book: Secrets to Taking Mature bucks on Public Land 15:39 - Michael's background hunting over 50 years in the Alabama mountains 19:37 - Trapping talk 22:26 - Finding the most rugged terrain for the biggest deer 25:03- How did Michael find the “Bench Buck”? Alabama State Record Non-typical Buck 36:36 - Move around or sit tight? 44:03 - Feed trees 46:18 - Weighing historical data vs. real-time data 48:16 - Why journaling is important 54:55 - Hunt plans 57:26 - Hunting groups and deer camps 01:02:30 - Deer population and health in Alabama 01:05:16- Shooting does affects buck hunting 01:09:39 - Methods for getting deer out of the woods 01:13:57 - Alaska hunting 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 @michaelperry9 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