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Ancient Bucks, Deer Camp, and Hunting Smart with Bill Thompson // Spartan Forge

Episode 346 Published 2 years, 5 months ago

Description

Beau Martonik is joined by Bill Thompson, CEO and founder of Spartan Forge. In the last few years, Bill hasn’t hunted much for himself as he’s been building the Spartan Forge app, but this year, he spent more time in the woods, and it paid off. They discuss the types of areas Bill hunted this year, his old Virginia 6 point, why he won’t hunt with a trad bow anymore, lessons learned from hunting the big woods of PA, hunting privileges in America, deer camp, and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:09 - Bill's introduction, his hunting experience this year, and use of the app
00:15:09 - Balancing hunting, work, and other parts of life
00:23:20 - Types of areas that Bill hunted this year
00:26:50 - The morning of Bill’s big Virginia 6 pointer
00:37:24 - The appeal of old deer
00:38:50 - Traditional archery
00:42:57 - Things Bill has learned hunting the big woods of PA
00:51:17 - A very interesting-sounding grunt
01:05:21 - Scouting and hunting smart
01:08:31 - New hunters and hunting for the right reasons
01:20:02 - Hunting Privileges in America
01:23:25 - Deer camp and camaraderie
01:30:51 - Spartan Forge major update: Lidar - save 20% with code eastmeetswest