On today’s episode, Bill Thompson, founder of Spartan Forge, joins Beau. We discuss Bill’s background and how his former career in the Army led to the idea behind Spartan Forge. We spend a lot of time talking about the new LiDAR and Blue Force Tracker features, how to use them in your scouting and hunting efforts, and much more.
Topics:
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:30 - Mountain Buck Scouting Camp
00:06:45 - Beau’s Dad’s Eye Candy
00:08:11 - Hunter’s Safety
00:09:53 - Don’t use Google
00:13:51 - Bill’s background
00:18:30 - Character traits of strong leaders
00:25:33 - The problem with flawed leadership and education system
00:27:17 - Career after the military
00:28:46 - The genesis of Spartan Forge
00:40:27 - The minds behind Spartan Forge testing
00:42:14 - “You don’t want to build a mapping app”
00:44:11 - Traits of successful people
00:46:55 - “Fail quickly”
00:49:27 - Figure it out as you go
00:52:24 - Spartan Forge was created to maximize time
00:57:01 - Human instincts
01:05:34 - Midwest hunting vs mountain buck hunting
01:20:34 - How an app runs smoothly
01:24:30 - LIDAR Mapping
01:29:37 - What digital scouting can really do for you
01:34:44 - “Where” Feature
01:37:52 - How tech can assist you in being successful
01:41:36 - The camaraderie aspect
01:54:01 - Blue Force Tracker Feature
02:05:47 - Spartan Forge x Eastmans Tag Hub
Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes
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