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The East Meets West Hunt Podcast is your resource for all things adventure hunting. This podcast is for the hunter that loves planning and preparing for the hunt, just as much as the hunt. Whether it's deer hunting for big woods mountain bucks, chasing elk in the Rocky Mountains, and anything in between, we will talk to successful hunters from all over to provide the EMW community with useful knowledge and motivation to continue to live their life through a series of adventures.
Ep. 455: 50+ Years of Bowhunting Whitetails | Woodsmanship w/ Alan Altizer
East Meets West Hunt
3 hours
1 month ago
Ep. 455: 50+ Years of Bowhunting Whitetails | Woodsmanship w/ Alan Altizer
Beau Martonik sits down with legendary bowhunter Alan Altizer to dive into five decades of lessons learned chasing mature whitetails. Allan shares time-tested woodsmanship tactics, from reading thermals and parallel wind setups to finding overlooked bedding areas and turning hunting pressure into an advantage. This is a masterclass in understanding deer behavior and hunting smarter.
Topics:
00:00:00 — Cold open: why bowhunting matters
00:05:27 — Intro & welcome: Alan Altizer
00:11:10 — Mentors, faith, and tradition in deer camp
00:16:20 — From compounds back to trad; lion & mule deer lessons
00:29:56 — Woodsmanship > tech: access, wind, and thermals
00:42:40 — “Homebodies” vs. “Rovers” and how bucks actually travel
00:56:16 — Thread-on-arrow wind checks & “kamikaze” off-wind setups
01:15:34 — Thermal hubs, creek lines, and consistent drop thermals
01:38:16 — Creek-bend parallel winds; Nov 4th last-day buck
01:54:09 — Using hunting pressure to find sanctuary pockets
02:08:12 — Big rubs, wheeze aggression, and reading body language
02:38:09 — Towel demo: prevailing vs. thermal; snowmelt access trick
02:57:09 — Legacy, family, and why we hunt
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The East Meets West Hunt Podcast is your resource for all things adventure hunting. This podcast is for the hunter that loves planning and preparing for the hunt, just as much as the hunt. Whether it's deer hunting for big woods mountain bucks, chasing elk in the Rocky Mountains, and anything in between, we will talk to successful hunters from all over to provide the EMW community with useful knowledge and motivation to continue to live their life through a series of adventures.
