Ep. 148: Targeting a Specific Mountain Buck with Troy Pottenger

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 114 minutes

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Troy Pottenger, who is a very successful mountain buck hunter from northern Idaho. Troy talks to me about the hunt for a specific deer and how he located his bedding area, preferred food sources and how he uses the wind to his advantage. In addition, we discuss trail camera strategies, mountain thermals, entry/exit routes, locating mature bucks and much more! Topics: Early season to date hunting one giant buck Food sources in the mountains Running trail cameras on video Buck bedding in relation to hunting setup Buck movement in relation to mountain thermals Entry/exit routes into stands Locating big mature mountain bucks Food, water, sex and social life Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @mtn_man33 - https://www.instagram.com/mtn_man33/ 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 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.
0:13.5	Hey, everyone.
0:14.7	Welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Onex.
0:25.8	The Onyx hunt app is your premier GPS hunting app available for your smartphone or online from your computer, and they both link up together. So in addition to
0:33.5	having the number one GPS hunting app out there, they've also had, I want to kind of go over
0:40.3	some good news that Onyx has been a part of recently. So the New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
0:47.1	Landlocked report is now published on Ony's website. So what that is, is their latest partnership
0:54.0	with the Theodore roosevelt
0:56.0	conservation partnership they've tackled identifying landlocked public lands in new york
1:02.0	pennsylvania and new jersey so this report builds on some of the success of their past projects
1:08.1	they did one in the midwest for inaccessible public lands and then also
1:13.4	one's inaccessible state lands in the West back in 2019. So utilizing the ONEX land ownership,
1:22.2	roads, trails, and water data sets, on X found that more than 80,000 acres of public lands in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
1:30.9	are entirely surrounded by private property and have no permanent legal means of access
1:36.9	for hunting and fishing.
1:37.9	So these publicly and opportunities, you know, they ensure that we all have opportunities
1:43.7	to get out there as far as an American
1:47.6	right.
1:48.3	And regardless of our income, you know, our connections or property ownership.
1:53.0	So even small parcels of some of the undeveloped land can offer some valuable outdoor
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