Ep. 448: My Early Season Whitetail Layering System | Sitka Gear Breakdown (2025)

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Beau Martonik shares his complete early-season whitetail hunting kit, covering everything from Sitka Equinox Guard insect-repellent layers to active insulation, rain gear, boots, and snake gaiters. He explains why layering matters even in hot weather, how to manage moisture effectively, and what gear helps protect against ticks, mosquitoes, and snakes. Gear links - https://eastmeetswesthunt.com/blogs/journal Resources: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@eastmeetswesthunt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@beau.martonik⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠East Meets West Outdoors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website/Apparel/Deals/Gear: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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	If you're listening to this episode about my clothing layering system for early season
0:05.8	White Tails, if you want to check out the actual clothing and the video version of this,
0:11.5	make sure you head over to Spotify or YouTube and you can check out all of that there.
0:17.0	But appreciate everyone listening.
0:19.4	I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people
0:23.0	that will help me.
0:24.8	Born in the heart of the Pennsylvania deer camp, with the help of experts, friends, and
0:31.8	local legends, we bring you valuable knowledge and powerful stories for your hunting adventures.
0:39.7	Welcome to the East Meets West Hunt podcast with your host, Bo Martani.
1:01.7	All right, so I'm going to give a rundown of my early season white tail kit from clothing layering system all away from base layers up to boots and snake protection.
1:08.1	So when it comes to layering system with clothing,
1:11.9	I see it over and over again,
1:13.7	hear it from people about talking about cold weather layering
1:18.0	and wanting to stay warm, which is really important.
1:21.3	When it comes to early season,
1:23.3	I feel like that's a time when maybe you're not taking it as serious or not thinking about it as much.
1:31.8	But I think it's really important and I'll go through a few reasons why.
1:35.6	So when you give warm weather, so say you're thinking 50 degrees up to 100 degrees, there's a variation in temperature there.
1:44.7	You could have things where it's real cool in the evenings or the mornings,
1:48.1	gets really hot in the middle of the day.
1:50.4	Being able to manage that moisture is really important.
1:53.9	But when it comes to early season,
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