Terrain & Vegetation Funnels You May NOT Notice w/ Rusty Johnson | East Meets West Hunt - Ep 310

Beau Martonik is joined by Rusty Johnson of United Outdoors (‪@unitedoutdoors‬ ). Rusty is from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and has a dedicated year-round approach to chasing mountain bucks. They discuss the importance of ditches, vegetation gaps, hunting all winds, taking mountain tactics to Kansas, trail cameras, deer stories from the past, and much more!
Topics:
00:00 - Intro
03:30 - Introducing Rusty and the Ozarks of Arkansas
06:01 - Logging
08:58 - Rut timing for Rusty in Arkansas
12:50 - Terrain features that deer gravitate to
21:44 - Wind
26:07 - Continued conversation on deer relating to ditches and gaps
28:13 - Scouting in late winter/early spring and tree talk
34:13 - Breaking down a memorable deer story from Rusty
45:51 - Using angles and elevation for smart access
50:46 - 35mm trail camera in the early 2000’s
57:40 - Do trail cameras spook deer?
01:01:59 - Taking the failures with the success
01:06:05 - Calling
1:10:47 - “Gap” terrain features
1:17:16 - Weather comparisons
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[@joshtrauger3088]

Haven't been able to catch much content lately. Can't wait to catch up. Hope you have a great season Beau

[@BeauMartonik]

Thanks man!! Good luck to you too!

[@spartansteve369]

Great interview! This guy is spot on on when it comes to mountain hunting. I'm also in Pa and I can be on stand at just about any time and in a short time I could have the wind in my face, back of my neck, left cheek, or right cheek. And he's right on about blow downs, I'm hunting a new area and I found these blow downs on a ridge/bench and there were big beds in there next to blow downs and rubs and scrapes all around them. I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. And thanks again for featuring me on mountain buck Monday last year. I've taken two mature bucks last two years in a row and targeting quite a few this year. Good luck to you guys during this years hunting.

[@fredwilson3334]

Awesome podcast! I live and hunt here in the Ozarks also, in Washington County. It's cool to see more representation from hunters like Clay Newcomb and Rusty in our neck of the woods.

[@BeauMartonik]

Glad you liked it Fred! Sounds like a tough, yet awesome place to hunt!

[@chanceyfuller3695]

Nice to see an Arkansas boy on here, I was born and raised in the Ozark mountains and it’s still my passion today! Really enjoyed this podcast!

[@BeauMartonik]

Appreciate that Chancey!!

[@bigg9101]

Do you think all mountainous terrain basically hunt alike? Really enjoyed this podcast!👍

[@stevefisher962]

Man I can't help but notice dudes eyebrows😂 he definitely gets his eyebrows done

[@kylerutherford4141]

Another great guest & podcast, Beau ! Them ol boys in the Ozarks kill some good deer! Check out Drew Atkinson Outdoors, he's a straight up killer from the Ozarks. I'd like to see you reach out to him as a guest. Keep doing the good work 👍

[@BeauMartonik]

Thanks Kyle! And cool, I will check him out!!

[@iamjbernardi]

👍👍

[@BeauMartonik]

Thank you!

[@littleindian3050]

Ditch... does he mean saddles... benches possibly