Ep. 291: Go West, Young Man! with Tim Bunao

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Tim Bunao. Tim is originally from Pennsylvania but now resides in the great state of Montana. They discuss how the two met, BMX, how western hunting changed Tim’s life, learning to hunt mountain bucks, Montana public land whitetail hunting, improving your shot process under pressure, and much more. Topics: 00:00 Intro 04:09 Meeting through Train to Hunt 14:50 How BMX translated to hunting 26:42 Transitioning back to hunting  30:39 The White Oak Buck 31:39 Finding the Hunting Beast and western hunting 33:28 How western hunting changed Tim’s life 39:22 Going deeper to find mature mountain bucks 43:24 How to learn from your mistakes through journaling 46:42 The Three-Year Strategy for hunting a new area 48:09 Living the east meets west lifestyle - Moving to Montana 52:49 Leveraging hunting partner strengths 59:39 Public land Montana Whitetail hunting 01:02:56 Shed hunting in Montana for whitetails 01:06:29 Finding the transition lines in the river bottoms 01:10:09 Where bucks in bed in the river bottoms 01:13:49 Different landscapes that you can hunt whitetails in Montana 01:15:29 Should you be allowed to hunt with a rifle during the rut? 01:17:21 How Tim has improved his shot under pressure 01:32:09 Staying present in the moment of the shot 01:34:19 Future hunting plans and goals Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes Resources: GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @timbunao Facebook:   East Meets West Outdoors   Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices