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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 100: Rutcation in the PA Wilds with Chris Derrick and Dan Hruska // Sitka Gear

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, I’m joined by Chris Derrick, Whitetail Product Manager for Sitka Gear and Dan Hruska of HP Outdoors and freelance photographer/videographer. We discuss the beginning of our recent public land whitetail hunt in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania and everything surrounding that experience. In addition, there is some information in the introduction on some giveaways celebrating episode 100!   Topics: 100th episode giveaways Current hunting update Introduction to Dan Hruska and Chris Derrick Outside impressions of hunting the Appalachian region Adapting to the conditions Keying in on food sources Buck to doe ratio Aggressive rut hunting tactics First impressions of saddle hunting   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @wde_derrick @dhruska1 @sitkagear  Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/   Shop new apparel! Free koozie with every order over $30 for a limited time. https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/shop   Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik   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 ALL orders. http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Use the code eastmeetswest-gift 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. Use the code BEAUFREESHIP for free shipping on all orders. 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!  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

You're in the right place.

0:05.8

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

0:14.0

Hey everyone.

0:15.2

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

0:22.1

So onyx, one of the features I want to talk to today within the hunt app is the tracking

0:27.6

feature.

0:28.5

So when you turn on the tracking feature, it will do just as it's described.

0:33.1

It will track your walking, anything that you're doing.

0:36.8

And how I'm specifically using it and used it

0:39.5

twice this past week was to use it for blood trailing you can turn it on from the beginning and say

0:47.3

you have a not so great shot or something that's you know going to require you fall in it a little

0:53.4

bit longer you can kind of see the trend how the deer's running how's, you know, going to require you fall in a little bit longer. You can kind of see the trend, how the deer's running, how he's, you know, going away where he's

0:59.4

bedding.

0:59.8

You can get some points together and be able to do that.

1:03.2

You can share those tracks just as well as wave points with any of your friends, fellow

1:07.9

hunting partners, whatever that may be.

1:13.3

And so within the hunt app, check out the tracking feature. If you want to check out the hunt app for yourself, head over to onexmaps.com.

1:20.4

Use a coupon code EMW. That'll save you 20% off of the app. Maven Optics.

1:28.7

So Maven Optics has come out with the highest quality optics available at half the

1:35.5

price of their competitors all through their direct-to-consumer business model.

1:40.6

And so what some of the ones that I highlights I want to talk about within

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