Ep. 142: Intro to Western Hunting: Gear, Planning and More with Trail Kreitzer // GoHunt

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 92 minutes

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Trail Kreitzer of GoHunt. Trail is an accomplished western hunter and talks with me about the basics of hunting elk, mule deer and other big game. We talk about the most important gear items, dealing with altitude, putting together a plan for an OTC elk hunt, executing the plan when the plan fails, getting over target panic and Trail’s first experience hunting whitetails. This is a great episode for hunters wanting to head west for the first time and some information for experienced hunters, as well. Topics: Background on Trail Biggest gear items for new backcountry hunters What are your plans for the 2020 hunting season? Planning years in advance for hunts Dealing with altitude Putting together a plan for an OTC elk hunt Hunting burn areas Hunt the mosaic landscape - edges Executing the plan when the plan fails Practice executing the shot and escaping target panic First experience hunting whitetails Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @trailk11 - https://www.instagram.com/trailk11/ Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/ https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ 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/ 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.
0:14.4	Hey, everyone.
0:15.6	Welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.
0:21.2	The Onex Hunt app is your number one mobile GPS hunting app that turns your smartphone
0:27.5	into a mobile GPS.
0:30.8	And that can be used with or without cell service anywhere in the field.
0:36.5	And it's just a very good thing to be able to have the fact that you
0:40.4	can go through mark all your waypoints you can scout online on your computer at home and it
0:46.5	automatically transfers right over to your phone and you're able to use that you know at any time out in
0:52.5	the field so this time of year is especially important.
0:57.0	I mean, I'm using on X just about year round, but this time of year is really important to do your
1:01.9	pre-scouting, whether that's for white tails, that's for elk, mule deer, or anything else that
1:07.2	you're chasing after. The onex hunt app can be a very valuable tool for that.
1:12.9	So if you want to check out the app, if you head over to OnexMaps.com and use the coupon code
1:19.4	EMW, that'll save yourself 20% off of the app.
1:25.7	And the University of Elk Hunting, so Corey Jacobson and Elk 101 have put together the most
1:30.5	comprehensive elk hunting learning course available.
1:33.5	And if you listen to the last podcast I did with Corey last week, you know, you'll know
1:38.8	that Corey is full of information and he definitely doesn't leave anything on the table here.
1:44.3	He puts everything out there from the first planning phases all the way through gear,
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