Ep. 143: Pennsylvania Elk Hunting and Conservation with Jeremy Banfield // PA Game Commission

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Jeremy Banfield, Elk Biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The PA elk herd is a conservation success story to say the least, and I wanted to hear the history of the elk herd, learn about elk habitat, and their current management plans. In addition, we talk about hunting opportunities for elk in PA, understanding the draw system and the new Elk SMART campaign. Topics: Background information History of PA Elk Elk habitat Current management plans Hunting opportunities for elk in Pennsylvania Understanding the draw system Elk SMART Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ 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	And you're in the right place.
0:05.8	Welcome to East Meets West Hunt with your host, Beaumartonic.
0:14.0	Hey, everyone.
0:15.1	Welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.
0:21.0	The Onex Hunt app is your premium GPS hunting app available for your phone.
0:27.5	Turns your phone, your tablet, computer, basically into a mobile GPS.
0:32.8	And you can use that app absolutely anywhere.
0:35.6	So you can use it just like a GPS with or without cell service.
0:39.2	So one of the features that I want to talk about within the Hunt app is the map layers feature,
0:45.0	the trails and rec section. So there's five different layers within that. Recreation sites,
0:50.9	trails, trail mileage, trail slope, and motor vehicle roads and trails. So the recreation site
0:57.6	contains over 300,000 points of interest, including fishing access sites, campgrounds, trailheads,
1:04.1	forest service cabins, ski areas, breweries, and more. And so you can turn that layer on and
1:10.3	off whenever you want, depending on what you're
1:12.5	looking for. And then the trails also have over 400,000 miles of trails on land owned by the United
1:18.5	States Forest Service, National Parks, BLM, local and federal government, and even some private
1:24.6	landowners. So a bunch of different data there.
1:30.7	The trail mileage shows the differences between points.
1:34.6	The trail slope really shows you with just color coding,
1:37.8	you know, how steep something is or maybe something's easier,
1:42.2	kind of gauge what you're getting into when you actually go into it. And lastly, the motor vehicle roads and trails.
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