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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 172: Optics 101 - Choosing the Right Glass For Your Hunt with Cade Maestas // Maven

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9796 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Cade Maestas of Maven. Cade is one of the masterminds behind Maven Optics and has been in the optics industry for quite some time and knows glass. We break down binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes and rangefinders to help you better understand what makes quality optics and how you can choose the right ones for your hunt or hunts. Get a free gift with your Maven Optics with code eastmeetswest-gift Topics: Background on Maven Importance of optics for western and whitetail hunting Binoculars Spotting Scopes Rifle Scopes  Rangefinders   Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/ @beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/ @mavenbuilt - https://www.instagram.com/mavenbuilt/   Facebook:    East Meets West Outdoors - https://www.facebook.com/EastMeetsWestHunt/   https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/   YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w   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/ Spartan Forge Forged in combat and tailored for hunters, Spartan Forge stands at the nexus of Machine Learning and White-tailed Deer hunting to deliver truly intuitive and science based products that save the hunter time spent scouting, planning and executing their hunts. Check out the Outfitter for deer movement predictions based on millions of data points for your area! Save 25% with coupon code eastmeetswest www.spartanforge.ai 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

Transcript

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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.

0:14.1

Hey, everyone.

0:15.4

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

0:20.3

On this episode, I'm joined by Kate

0:23.4

Mastis of Maven. Kate is one of the masterminds behind Maven optics and has been in the optics

0:29.3

industry for quite some time. He knows glass. We break down binoculars, spotting scopes,

0:35.9

rifle scopes, and range finders to help you better

0:38.5

understand what makes quality optics and how you can choose the right ones for your hunt or

0:44.2

hunts. As I said, this episode is brought to you by Onex. The OnX hunt app is your premier

0:52.2

GPS hunting app. It turns your phone into a working GPS.

0:56.7

And well, this time of year, I'm scouring maps on the desktop version of the app to look for areas to scout during the spring and to be able to take those with me in the field on the app.

1:08.1

So like as of today, I was out in the woods. I was scouting after work and I'll

1:14.1

also turn the tracking feature on so you can track where you walked, how far you walked, the distance,

1:21.2

everything. And I do that to, especially if I'm looking for shed so I can see what areas I've covered

1:27.4

and what areas I do need to cover as well as being able to, especially if I'm looking for shed, so I can see what areas I've covered and what areas

1:28.3

I do need to cover, as well as being able to mark access routes, anything like that

1:34.4

with the tracking feature.

1:36.0

So if you want to check that out along with all the other features that come with Onex,

1:41.1

head over to onexmaps.com and use the coupon code EMW to save yourself 20%.

1:47.0

Tethered.

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