Go offline with the Player FM app!
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
Manage episode 356575996 series 2381936
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:
Facebook:
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
392 episodes
Manage episode 356575996 series 2381936
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:
Facebook:
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
392 episodes
All episodes
×Welcome to Player FM!
Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.