Ep. 123: Hunting Merriam's Turkeys in Colorado with Kurt Martonik and Chris Toomey

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Kurt Martonik and Chris Toomey to discuss hunting Merriam’s turkeys in Colorado. Kurt and Chris are both originally from Pennsylvania and have found their way out west in the last few years becoming residents in Colorado. We talk about their experiences learning to hunt merriam’s turkeys, how to find areas to hunt them, their habitat, differences from eastern turkeys and end off by talking about their recent hunt in which ended with Kurt killing a once-in-a-lifetime gobbler. Topics: Moving from east to west Finding areas to hunt merriams Merriam’s habitat Differences in easterns and merriams Successful hunt on a once-in-a-lifetime Merriam’s gobbler Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @kurtm2323 - https://www.instagram.com/kurtm2323/ @kurt_the_gunsmith- https://www.instagram.com/kurt_the_gunsmith/ @christoomeyofficial - https://www.instagram.com/christoomeyofficial/ Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/ https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ Mountain Buck Scouting YouTube Series: https://youtu.be/50cTJaBmnus Shop new apparel! 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. Use code EMW for 20% off of the Hunt app. https://www.onxmaps.com/ University of Elk Hunting Use code eastmeetswest to get 20% off of the most comprehensive elk hunting course available. https://www.elk101.com/onlinecourse/ 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! https://mavenbuilt.com/ 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 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! https://www.g5prime.com/ MTNTOUGH Fitness MTNTOUGH has created online fitness coaching built for the mountain hunter and athlete. With new video workouts at your finger tips every day, you will be sure to be in the best shape of your life and mentally stronger. Use code eastmeetswest for 30% off! https://mtntough.com/ TETHRD The Tethrd Team has created the ultimate tree saddle hunting setup. The Phantom Saddle and Predator Platform system is truly the culmination of ideas & input from thousands of dedicated tree saddle hunting fanatics around the world. https://tethrdnation.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you an adventurer looking to take your hunt to the next level?
0:04.6	Then you're in the right place.
0:05.8	Welcome to East Meets West Hunt with your host, Beaumartonic.
0:13.7	Hey everyone.
0:15.0	Welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex. So the Onex hunt app is an app built by
0:25.8	hunters for hunters to be able to use a GPS on your phone anywhere with or without cell service.
0:34.5	So with one of the layers I want to talk about and is really important with
0:39.1	that we talk about in this episode here is the NWTF Wild Turkey Records feature. So
0:45.4	NWTF and ONEX partner together to add a layer that is a collaboration with the National
0:52.9	Wild Turkey Federation to show statistics on over 23,000
0:57.0	NWTF member submissions since 1982. They have sublayers, records per county, overall bird score,
1:05.5	five-year averages, weight, beard lengths, spur length, subspecies, distribution, everything,
1:10.7	which can be really helpful
1:12.4	if you're trying to find a certain type of bird or you're looking for a certain caliber.
1:18.6	You'll hear my brother Kurt talk about that a little bit in this episode.
1:22.7	It's a really cool feature that you can turn on within the hunt app. So if you want to check out the
1:30.5	onex hunt app, head over to onexmaps.com and use a coupon code EMW. That'll save yourself
1:37.7	20% off of the app. University of Elk Hunting, Elk 101, and Corey Jacobson have come out with the most comprehensive
1:47.4	elk hunting learning course available.
1:50.0	And this is when I say come out.
1:51.6	This has been out for going on five years now.
1:54.5	But the course just continues to evolve as they're adding a 17th module to it now with with each of these modules having
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