Ep. 452: Bullet Selection, Big Game Stories & The Hunting Lifestyle w/ Dale Evans // Barnes Bullets

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt Podcast, Beau Martonik sits down with Dale Evans from Barnes Bullets during the Total Archery Challenge in Montana. Dale shares his journey from growing up hunting whitetails in Florida, to serving as a JTAC in the Air Force, moving west to chase elk, and building a career in guiding, photography, and eventually working with Randy Newberg. The conversation dives into rifle hunting strategies, bullet selection, Barnes’ new Harvest Collection, and memorable hunts — from an Iowa buck to a DIY Alaska moose, and even an unexpected dall sheep hunt he won. If you’re a whitetail hunter, western hunter, or just a fan of great hunting stories, this episode is loaded with valuable takeaways. Topics: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:26 - Dale’s Story 00:36:45 - Joining the Barnes Team 00:39:15 - Rifle Hunting 00:41:21- The Story Of Dale’s Iowa Buck 00:46:26- “Floating Goals” 00:54:02 - Barnes The Company 01:00:20- Choosing the right bullet for the job 01:06:20 - Unexpected Sheep Hunt 01:16:29 - The Harvest Collection 01:24:29 - Check Out Barnes Bullets Social Platforms Resources: Dale/Barnes Links: Barnes Bullets IG: @barnesbullets Dale Evans IG: restless_soul_productions YouTube/Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Barnes Bullets LLC https://barnesbullets.com/ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@eastmeetswesthunt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@beau.martonik⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠East Meets West Outdoors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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	Very rarely have I, I mean, I've shot a lot of animals with a Barnes bullet, and very rarely have I ever found one. Because most of the time they're going to blow through a complete animal, right? It doesn't matter if you're shooting through a shoulder, if you're quartering at a weird angle. I actually found the one that I shot my moose with, but that was only because I hit him basically at the base of the neck. So it went through the neck, basically into the front of this shoulder,
0:22.9	through this shoulder, and it was barely hanging on on that one.
0:26.3	And that was at 400-ish yards.
0:28.5	Out of a 300 Weatherby Mag, just to give you an idea, right?
0:33.1	Yeah, I'd found one of my TTSX. I was spring bear hunting, and I'd found one of mine, one of my TTSX.
0:38.0	I was spring bear hunting, and I'd shot a bear at like 275 yards, and it was a frontal,
0:46.3	and so it went through the body.
0:48.1	I can't remember where it was at and was able to recover it there.
0:52.4	I was like, it was super cool to be able to see that.
0:56.9	I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others
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