Ep. 425: Long-Lining Big Bucks in Ag Country (Iowa Scouting Trip Recap) w/ Rendell Erik

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Beau Martonik is joined by Rendell Erik. Rendell is an Iowa resident who has successfully put his tag on multiple booner bucks on public land in agricultural areas. On a recent scouting trip, Beau met up with Rendell to scout some areas with the expectation of Beau drawing a coveted non-resident Iowa archery deer tag this fall. They discuss what types of public land areas produce the best bucks in the Midwest, rut hunting funnels, best time of year to plan an Iowa deer hunt, long-lining big bucks, buck bedding, key food sources, hunting the corn inside-out, and much more! Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:56 - Letting the deer teach you 00:14:41 - What type of public land areas in the Midwest produce the best bucks 00:18:16 - Rut hunting funnels 00:23:04 - Best time of year to plan an Iowa deer hunt 00:26:19 - Long Lining Big Bucks 00:33:42 - Field judging deer and reading sign 00:39:48 - Micro points - the terrain feature mature bucks like to bed on 00:43:11 - Honey locust trees - when/why deer love to eat them 00:46:41 - Scouting the food ahead of time 00:54:36 - Hunting the corn fields “inside out” 01:00:09 - Advice for hunting Iowa as a non-resident Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @rendell_erik 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	I think that deer will be really hard to blow out of there. That's his home. That's where he knows.
0:04.4	Well, and we're even looking at, we're looking at the access for people.
0:07.5	Oh, as hell.
0:08.4	Yeah, it's hard to get to that spot. And it's like, and you could see the natural ways that other hunters come into these areas.
0:16.4	And it was like, this was. And he set up to pick them off. If you were willing to do the work and take some risk,
0:22.1	I mean, have some big balls.
0:23.5	Yeah.
0:24.1	You can get in there, you know?
0:25.9	That's where that no balls, no bucks thing comes from that I always talk about
0:29.3	because you're just going to have to risk it for the biscuit.
0:31.9	Yep.
0:33.1	I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people,
0:37.0	that will help me.
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