Ep. 289: 4 PA Public Land Mountain Bucks Over 140” in the Last 5 Years - How Mason is Successful Targeting 1 Deer with Mason Martonik

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by his cousin Mason Martonik. Mason has filled his tag on 4 public land big woods bucks in Pennsylvania over 140” in the last 5 years. They discuss the mindset that goes along with hunting one deer, the crazy story of his 2022 PA buck, his first elk in Montana, and listener questions surrounding hunting a specific buck. Topics: 00:00 Intro 04:55 Feeling like everyone has found all the shed antlers 07:49 Locating a young stud 10:51 How important is it to find a buck’s shed 16:07 Mason’s scouting regimen 19:16 Homebody buck 20:36 Montana Solo Archery Elk hunt - Mason’s first elk 26:36 Making the most of limited time 29:25 Doing something “different” to get a shot at the big 10 in late October 36:08 Week long track 39:57 The AHA moment of locating his core area in October 44:41 Second chances 52:28 You have to be where the bucks are 54:53 Using non-cell trail cameras to locate these particular bucks 56:27 How much time should you give an area before moving on 01:01:07 Relying on gut feeling and past experience 01:07:51 How mule deer hunting in open country has helped Mason understand how big whitetails move 01:12:08 Scouting big bucks is more fun than hunting big bucks 01:15:09 Learning from everyone Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes Resources: GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Come join me, Beaumartonic, and some other seasoned Big Woods hunters in a two-day camp that will be hosted in north-central Pennsylvania in the Big Woods-Appalachian Mountain Country.
0:12.4	This course will combine classroom and in the field scouting to help you locate more bucks and create a game plan to increase your success rate.
0:20.6	Topics will include map reading, e-scouting, buck betting, food source identification,
0:25.8	seasonal scouting, wind and thermal demonstrations, trail camera strategies, and so much more.
0:32.0	Our goal is to give you the knowledge, framework, and confidence to make your own opportunities.
0:36.6	You get hands-on gear,
0:38.1	learn how to use it. There will be exclusive deals, free swag, and big geared giveaways
0:43.4	available for all of the attendees. So this year, we're continuing what we started with the last
0:48.2	two events with two full days, six successful hunters speaking, more scouting, more giveaways,
0:54.1	chef-cooked meals, and much more.
0:56.3	This event takes place on March 29th and 30th.
0:59.7	Registration is going live on Thursday, January 16th at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
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