How to Read Deer Sign You CAN'T IGNORE with Jacob Sklenar | East Meets West Hunt - Ep 340

Beau Martonik is joined by Jacob Sklenar of the Hunting Beast and ‪@JacobSklenarTheWildCalling‬ . Jacob has had one hell of a season tagging bucks in 3 different states in completely different landscapes. They discuss Jacob’s work ethic, scouting regimen, determining the age of deer sign, stories from his hunts, using cell cams, and much more!
Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:04 - Jacob’s background and work ethic drawn from wrestling
00:15:02 - Jacob’s season and off-season scouting
00:24:29 - Judging tracks and age of sign
00:28:09 - Jacob’s Nebraska spot and stalk hunt
00:38:55 - Jacob’s Ohio and Wisconsin rut hunts
00:53:13 - Killing the Wisconsin public land marsh buck
01:09:48 - Using cell cam intel the correct way
01:13:27 - More on the Ohio trip in hill country during the rut
01:24:39 - More cell camera talk
01:30:06 - A learning mindset
01:38:38 - A story of failure for Beau
01:42:35 - Jacob’s channels
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[@Stevo77]

Jacob is a good guy!

[@richarddean3154]

"Forming your instincts" is an interesting way of putting it. Instincts being innate - inborn or natural - as they are. Fascinating way of thinking.

[@bowhuntingfiend7098]

Jacob has got the stuff, he's going to kill alot of good bucks for a long time.

[@richarddean3154]

How much would Jacob charge for a Spartan Forge tutorial? Great interview. Your channel is excellent.