Ep. 296: The Genesis of Spartan Forge with Bill Thompson
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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Ep. 296: The Genesis of Spartan Forge with Bill Thompson