HOW TO HUNT BIG WOODS BUCKS IN THE RUT | Mountain Buck Scouting Series | Ep. 09

Part 9 of 10: Deer hunting for big woods mountain bucks can be some of the most difficult hunting there is for whitetails. In this 10 part series, Beau Martonik breaks down how to scout and hunt these whitetails in the Appalachian Mountains that most of us call home in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, New York and more.
In this episode, Beau walks through his strategy to hunting big woods mountain bucks during the Rut (November). He discusses and walks through his tactics for e-scouting, real examples of boots on the ground scouting, trail camera placement, stand setups for rut funnels, finding doe bedding, community scrapes and more!
DISCLAIMER - TO PROTECT OTHERS THAT MIGHT HUNT THESE AREAS ALL MAPS AND DRONE FOOTAGE ARE NOT FROM THE AREA I ACTUALLY SCOUTED. THEY ARE JUST EXAMPLES THAT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR.
Check out the entire Mountain Buck Scouting Video Series on my channel and the latest film "The Long Haul" to watch the year round work pay off on a giant Pennsylvania public land mountain buck!
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[@willrymar5073]

Thanks for the encouragement. Sometimes it seems like there is not one single deer in East Tennessee! Videos like this bring me back to earth.

[@Chrisbreezy1979]

I had 18 acres in Loudon county TN, Lenoir city. Well my family sold it all y’all except for an acre or two but there’s always been deer on those couple acres. Good luck! 🍀 I live in Harlan Ky now and it’s all big timber without a drop of agricultural land. I’ve had to hunt scrapes and beds when I can find them. This is a truly hard place to hunt and not even professional hunters could come here and kill a mature buck.

[@richardcummings4374]

Awesome stuff Beau! Keep up the great work. I love the mountain buck podcasts and videos.

[@francischerry398]

GREAT VIDEO BEAU! 👍

[@racerdaveracerdave]

This is great stuff. I want to get more into big woods /hills and this about the best breakdown I've seen. What's really, really, really helpful is showing the why amd how you'd set up.

[@racerdaveracerdave]

@@BeauMartonik You're welcome man! Those things really help me as a relatively new hunter (starting 4th season) because I'm terrible at it. And your description of the how and why is maybe the best and most to-the-point that I've seen.

[@lorenzo1992lm]

Really enjoy your content! Hoping to harvest my first public land buck this year here in Virginia.

[@Chrisbreezy1979]

I live in an old coal mining town in southeastern Ky where people say you don’t want to be anyways! There’s huge old bucks here but they are very hard to find and actually kill and getting a huge deer out of these rough mountains is very difficult! I do have some property butted up against Blanton National Forest which is the oldest old growth forest in Ky. There’s a ton of bear and no season to thin them out. Bobcats and coyotes are also a big problem here. I hunt scrapes near or on the top of ridges or on old log roads that have zero access for vehicles and four wheelers. Still not having great luck. I only bow hunt so I’ve tried utilizing game cameras but they usually get destroyed by bear! All professional hunters stay clear of our bottom right end of Ky! Anyways I’d love to invite you and a few of your professional hunter friends to come here and find and kill an old huge buck! All advice is appreciated!

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

Another great video Beau. Way to break it down and give everyone some food for thought. 🤔 Makes me think of areas around the house 🏠 that I get to hunt. What is weird is that I have yet to watch a buck push a doe around during the rut. I so can't wait to get back out there and get redemption for last fall. 🤠🏹🦌

[@TheWVgoodguy22]

@@BeauMartonik you're welcome and hopefully so. If I can put in the time like last season I will. 🏹🦌

[@Chrisbreezy1979]

Bucks are just now starting to rub a few trees here in south eastern Ky. Nothing but huge mountains and log roads and abandoned coal mines. Your welcome to come try to find a mature buck. It took my father 7 yrs to kill his first and biggest buck here in Harlan Ky.

[@JoshSmith-re1yn]

I just moved to northern Pennsylvania I heard hunting I. The mountains is different than Michigan where u just have to hunt runways anyone have any tips ?

[@ericaneusslyeywkwh4165]

Olá amigo como faço pra adquirir uma blz

[@KPaul77]

That’s really really close to my cabin. Let me know if you need help dragging out!

[@mr.mortadella1174]

Hey been Bingeing On all your vids loving the content I hunt in similar terrain with hill side and farm land in southern tier ny . Question would I be able to send you a quick screen shot on on x of a new property I got access to this fall for a week In November it’s about 320 acres .. Maybe I’m overlooking a spot never know .. If not no worries still loving the content learning a lot thanks Stay well chris