Ep. 499: The Hardest Deer We've Ever Tried to Bowhunt w/ Collin Heaps
About this episode
Beau Martonik and Collin Heaps discuss the challenges of bowhunting axis deer in Hawaii and share personal hunting experiences.
Beau Martonik sits down with Collin Heaps of MTN OPS to recap a bowhunt for axis deer in Hawaii. Collin has hunted this ground before; Beau hadn't, and figured his whitetail and mule deer experience would carry over. It did, but mostly didn't. They cover what makes axis deer so much harder to approach than anything either of them hunts back home, a doe Beau recovered after e-scouting a saddle and getting busted the first try, a missed shot on a mature buck that looked different on the drone footage than it did in the moment, and Collin's own gut punch: a doe he was sure he'd killed that actually walked off, and the call he had to make to his three-year-old son to admit it. Also covers: camp life with no AC and a wild dog running through camp at night, gear that held up in red clay and thorn brush, and Collin's line that stuck with Beau the most: don't chase butterflies. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:23 — Collin's Background and How the Trip Came Together 00:06:22 — Camp Life in Hawaii 00:10:25 — What Makes Axis Deer So Hard to Hunt 00:23:36 — Stalking Axis vs. Mule Deer 00:30:41 — The East vs. West Competition 00:33:14 — Beau's Doe Stalk and Recovery 00:47:52 — The Buck…
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