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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 078: Backcountry Hunting Nutrition with Shaun Durkee

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, I’m joined by Shaun Durkee of Alpen Fuel. Shaun and I talk all about backcountry nutrition and meal planning for your hunting adventures. We discuss different food options, counting calories, breakdown of foods and much more! In addition, I discuss the results of the Kinzua Country Tango Adventure Race that I competed in this past weekend! Topics Kinzua Tango Adventure Race Story behind Alpen Fuel Meal planning for backcountry hunting How much food you actually need Different food options Save 10% off Alpen Fuel with code eastwest   Resources: Instagram:  @eastmeetswesthunt                   @beau.martonik                   @alpenfuel Facebook:   East Meets West Outdoors https://www.alpenfuel.com/                  www.eastmeetswesthunt.com Shop new apparel! eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop Gear List! https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/post/beau-s-gear-list-for-a-september-elk-hunt   Partners: onX Mapping at your finger tips on your phone, computer or GPS that will allow you scout harder, hunt farther and increase your success rates. This is the number 1 tool that I use every single time I'm in the woods or mountains. University of Elk Hunting Use code eastmeetswest to get 20% off of the most comprehensive elk hunting course available. Heather's Choice Healthy, great tasting, dehydrated meals for the backcountry. Use code eastmeetswest to get free shipping on orders over $99. http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Listen to the podcast for a special code to get a free gift with your next order! MTN OPS MTN OPS is the leader in providing science based supplements to help you train inside and conquer more outside. https://glnk.io/mw0/beaumartonik Wild Carrot Scents Changing the way you look at deer scents. Their tear away, no mess packaging is exactly what I need for hunting the mountains of Pennsylvania, to the swamps of the south and farm country in the midwest. Prime Archery Prime builds bows for hunters with parallel cam and centergy technology. Their free strings for life program is unmatched in the industry. Test drive one at your local shop and experience it yourself! Exodus Outdoor Gear Exodus is building cameras that are built to last. With an industry leading 5 year warranty that covers even lost and stolen cameras; they're worth checking out! Listen to this episode to learn about a special deal from them this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you an adventurer looking to take your hunt to the next level?

0:04.6

And you're in the right place.

0:05.8

Welcome to East Meets West Hunt with your host, Beaumartonic.

0:13.7

Welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.

0:20.6

So today I wanted to talk a little bit about

0:23.2

OnX's roadless feature and layer that they have available on the Hunt app,

0:29.8

online, and also on your phone.

0:32.5

So Randy Newberg helped develop this with OnX

0:37.0

to kind of come up with a way of being able to take,

0:40.0

you know, a couple thousand acres, a land, you know, essentially that would just be, you know,

0:44.7

a big map showing you it and really dive down and be able to show you the true areas that

0:50.9

are tough to get to that are the furthest from the roads.

0:54.1

Hopefully the, you know, the furthest from the roads hopefully the you know the furthest

0:56.1

points you know that can get you away from other hunters you know the most importantly so what they do

1:03.6

is the nationwide roadless layer it's essentially a heat map that gives you an overall view of how

1:08.4

close a particular area of wilderness is to a road.

1:11.9

So the areas that are shaded, the darkest are the closest to the roads,

1:15.6

while the brightly illuminated areas are the furthest removed from any motorized vehicle activity and other hunters.

1:25.3

So that really helps out with e-scouting.

1:28.0

If you're one of those guys or girls that wants to get away from people, you want to go

1:32.4

way back in the backcountry, this can really narrow down your search.

1:37.0

So check out the Roselayer in the Onax Hunt app and use the code EMW, save yourself 20% off the hunt app. Also, Maven Optics. So Maven Optics

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