About this episode

Beau Martonik interviews Dioni Amuchastegui about strategies for hunting giant mule deer on public land.

Beau Martonik sits down with Dioni Amuchastegui, one of the most respected public land mule deer hunters in the country, to break down what it actually takes to consistently find and kill giant bucks in the West. They cover how Dioni approaches scouting from the macro level down, why most hunters are picking spots before they understand the area, how to efficiently cover country to find where deer actually are, and what changes in buck behavior through the season that most hunters misread. Dioni also explains why deer seem to disappear after velvet drop — and why it has less to do with hormones than most people assume. He tells the full story of his buck from last year — finding him on the last day of his last scouting trip, waiting for the exact right weather window, making the stock, missing twice, and putting him down on the third shot. Dioni also breaks down Deadfall Design, his company making a bino harness holster attachment built for backcountry hunters who carry a sidearm. Topics: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:04:30 – Who Is Dioni and How He Got Started 00:09:38 – Killing a 195-Inch Buck on His First Serious Season 00:20:06 – What He Does Differently Than Most Mule Deer Hunters…

People in this episode

Host: Beau Martonik

Guest: Dioni Amuchastegui

Topics covered

• mule deer hunting
• public land
• scouting techniques
• buck behavior
• hunting strategies
• backcountry hunting

Keywords

• mule deer
• hunting
• public land
• scouting
• buck behavior
• Deadfall Design
• backcountry

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Organizations: Deadfall Design

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