Ep. 427: Methods for Successfully Hunting Quiet Gobblers in the Mountains w/ Josh Ilderton & Mack Mella // The Untamed

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Beau Martonik is joined by Josh Ilderton and Mack Mella of The Untamed, who talk about their recent hunting experiences in the rugged mountains of West Virginia. They share their thoughts on the unique challenges of turkey hunting this season with quiet gobblers. Topics include turkey camp, the unusually weird turkey season, how to successfully call in the mountains, finding a turkey when they’re not gobbling much, trying to understand turkey behavior, Beau’s success, and much more! Topics: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:59 - Getting To Know Mack 00:06:42 - Turkey Camp with The Untamed, The Hunting Public, and Just Hunt Club 00:08:40 - The Challenges Of Turkey Season 00:11:26 - Swing and A Miss 00:15:21 - It’s been a weird season 00:26:50 - Navigating Gobbles In The Mountains 00:34:56 - Finding A Turkey When They’re Not Gobbling Much 00:37:27 - Beau’s 2025 West Virginia Gobbler 00:42:10 - Aging A Turkey 00:47:00 - Hunting Together As Cameraman and Hunter 00:50:24 - Trying To Understand Turkeys 00:53:46 - Balancing Life, Work, and Hunting 00:59:44 - Insight On Production In The Hunting Industry 01:07:53 - Internships and Opportunities 01:10:50 - Parting Thoughts Instagram: ⁠⁠@eastmeetswesthunt⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@beau.martonik⁠⁠ @theuntamed 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	All of a sudden, we strike, and he just hammered, and we're just like,
0:03.4	dive down.
0:04.6	I remember that one time, Josh, you're like, get down.
0:08.6	You're, you felt like Lieutenant Dan and Forrest Gunn.
0:12.1	Get down.
0:13.9	Shut up!
0:16.3	He said, he kept on telling us that.
0:29.2	I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people, that will help me.
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