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Ep. 361: Ground Hunting a Public Land Kansas Giant! Out-of-State Deer Hunting with Clint Campbell // Truth from the Stand Apr 16, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by Hunter and Truth from the Stand Deer Hunting podcast host, Clint Campbell. Clint has been going to Kansas for the last 3 years with the goal of shooting a mature buck with his bow on the ground and did it in a big way last year with a 172” buck! They discuss simplifying hunting strategies, playing in the shadows, lessons learned from encounters with big bucks, the importance of repetition, ground hunting strategies, how to make the shot happen, continuous learning, and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro, How to Apply for A Kansas Whitetail Deer Tag
00:14:09 - Life forces you to adapt your approach to the entire scouting and hunting process
00:17:38 - The mental game and listening to your gut
00:27:58 - Control the controllables and do the basic things right
00:35:45 - Clint’s PA and Kansas bucks
00:48:40 - What “draws” look like in Kansas
01:05:06 - How you get comfortable sitting when ground hunting
01:09:06 - Getting away with more when ground hunting
01:15:59 - Planning your setup on the ground as it pertains to cover
01:24:56 - Drop your ego: What is going to help you kill the deer?
01:34:13 - Chasing the experience, not the antlers
01:40:22 - Clint’s Idaho elk plans this fall
01:45:26 - Choosing who to hunt with

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Ep. 360: A Weekend Warrior's Approach to Whitetail Hunting with Brandon Miller // The Everyday Outdoorsmen Apr 09, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by Brandon Miller of the Everyday Outdoorsmen. Brandon is an avid Pennsylvania hunter who spends every weekend he can in the woods. They discuss Brandon’s YouTube channel, his 2023 deer hunting season, a still-hunting strategy that works really well, different methods for getting a deer out of the woods, mountain laurel bedding, deer camp, hunting in September in Maryland, building his own traditional bow, and much more!

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:07:26 - Brandon’s intro
00:09:40 - Advice for starting a media outlet to get a message out there
00:12:57 - Self-filming hunts
00:16:06 - Brandon’s season
00:27:53 - Still-hunting strategy that works!
00:32:14 - Different methods for getting deer out of the woods
00:37:16 - Laurel and thick vegetation for bedding
00:43:45 - Brandon’s deer camp tradition
00:49:52 - Getting newer hunters experiences
00:56:25 - Hunting in September in Maryland
01:08:26 - Meat hunting
01:10:37 - Getting better at self-filming with more reps
01:19:23 - Brandon is building a recurve bow
01:24:09 - Brandon’s channels: The Everyday Outdoorsman

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Ep. 359: How to Master Turkey Calling with Beau Brooks Apr 02, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by champion turkey caller and hunter Beau Brooks. Beau is known for fooling just about anything with a mouth call. They discuss growing up in the West, finding the turkey that wants to play your game, mid-day turkeys, what to do when a Tom has hens with him, calling strategies, their top gear for turkey hunting, and much more!

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:06:25 - Learning from successful people
00:08:22 - Beau Brooks’ background
00:10:16 - Elk and turkey hunting contrasting
00:17:43 - Beau’s dad Casey Brooks
00:20:44 - Beau Brooks’ passion for calling animals
00:24:46 - Search for the bird that wants to play YOUR game, and timing is everything when calling
00:32:25 - Beau Brooks’ approach to hunting Easterns
00:36:32 - Finding the unpressured birds
00:39:53 - Mid-day turkeys
00:47:19 - Get above em
00:50:43 - What do you do when your tom has hens with him?
00:54:27 - Mouth calls exclusively?
00:59:57 - Calling: getting them on the right day at the right time
01:03:42 - How do you gobble on a mouth call?
01:10:53 - What gear is Beau Brooks using for turkey hunting?
01:14:35 - Tick defense: Sitka Gear Equinox guard
01:18:22 - Seed ticks
01:24:09 - Preferred type of pot call?
01:30:30 - Where to go to learn more from Beau Brooks

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Ep. 358: Chukar Hunting, Riflescope Drop Tests, and Inside Maven Mar 26, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by Maven Optics founders and team members at the Maven HQ in Lander, Wyoming. Through their business model, Maven makes the highest-quality optics at half the price of their competitors. They discuss how Maven started, why they do things differently, Beau’s first time Chukar hunting, the RS.2 Riflescope, the infamous riflescope drop test, the employees who make it all happen, direct-to-consumer benefits, and the best/worst things about working at Maven.

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:09:11 - How Maven started and what the facility is like
00:15:05 - Why are Maven specs a little bit different from everything else?
00:17:54 - The Maven look
00:23:53 - Chukar hunting
00:30:56 - Bow hunting or rifle hunting?
00:37:56 - Favorite scope: RS2
00:40:50 - The infamous riflescope drop test
00:44:26 - Craig’s introduction
00:46:40 - Sarah's introduction
00:48:00 - Jordan’s introduction
00:49:34 - Shows and expos
00:50:40 - Direct-to-consumer benefits
00:56:36 - Best and worst things about working at Maven

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Ep. 357: Learning to Identify What Mature Bucks LIKE & NEED - Pt 2 with Johnny Stewart and Rendell Erik Mar 19, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by two extremely successful whitetail hunters specializing in public land hunting, Johnny Stewart and Rendell Erik. They discuss learning to pick out things mature deer like, trusting your gut, smart bucks skirting hunting pressure, phases of a hunting area, and much more. Listen to last week’s episode if you missed part 1 of this conversation!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:51 - Big smart bucks are like Rambo
00:18:59 - Learning to pick out the things mature deer like
00:21:17 - Trust your gut
00:28:23 - Take videos on your phone while scouting so you remember details of how you should set up
00:30:00 - Extreme cold and hunting mid-day late-season
00:41:17 - How bucks deal with hunting pressure
00:45:04 - Smart bucks hanging out right by the road/parking lot
00:45:47 - Word gets out and good areas go through phases
00:47:00 - Posting trail cam photos
00:53:37 - Rendell’s Bobcat trapping story

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Ep. 356: Scouting Deer Efficiently, Trail Cameras, & Deer Camp - Pt 1 with Johnny Stewart and Rendell Erik Mar 12, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by two extremely successful whitetail hunters who specialize in public land hunting, Johnny Stewart and Rendell Erik. They discuss categorizing your hunting spots, the best wind to capitalize, the deer camp resurgence, Rendell’s experience scouting with Johnny, areas with no oak trees, trail camera strategies, and much more. Listen next week for part 2 of this conversation!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:31 - Categorizing your hunting spots
00:10:03 - East wind = kill wind
00:11:39 - Spartan Forge Cyber Scout AI
00:13:27 - Rendell’s background
00:23:09 - Back on topic: Rendell’s background continued
00:26:28 - Money
00:32:03 - Deer camp resurgence
00:44:24 - The report from Johnny and Rendell scouting earlier in the day
00:46:41 - Hunting big woods areas with no oak trees
00:48:07 - Hunting a specific deer
00:53:11 - Trail camera talk and knowing where you need to be
00:54:42 - Being aware of when the does go into heat
00:58:05 - Using yarn to monitor the wind and thermals
01:00:01 - One thing to NEVER do with a cell cam

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Ep. 355: Aggressive Elk Hunting Strategies to Increase Opportunities & Western Whitetails with Cody Rich Mar 05, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by entrepreneur, western hunter, and host of the Rich Outdoors podcast, Cody Rich. Cody is known for finding big elk, but recently has shown interest in western whitetails. They discuss thoughts around finding whitetails in the Western states, calling and rattling tactics, similarities between hunting elk and whitetails, finding your style of elk hunting, what to do when you find elk, Cody’s midday elk calling strategy, why turkey hunting is similar to elk hunting, and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:21 - Cody might be turning into a Montana whitetail guy
00:14:58 - Things to look at if you are heading out west to look for whitetails
00:23:43 - How to select an area
00:27:49 - Looking for archery spots instead of rifle spots
00:31:45 - It’s better to cover ground and bump them
00:32:16 - Scouting outside of season
00:38:54 - Keying in on specific areas based on the rut
00:42:29 - Calling and rattling tactics
00:45:17 - Drawing parallels between hunting and calling different animals
00:47:40 - Using decoys for whitetails
00:51:54 - Patience vs aggressiveness
00:53:31 - Having a system and finding your style of elk hunting
01:02:27 - Be all in on what you choose
01:04:08 - You’ve found elk, now how do you kill them
01:09:54 - You have to bump elk to find elk; create more opportunities
01:16:44 - Cody’s approach to elk hunting
01:36:16 - Taking risks, but also be cautious of the wind
01:53:14 - A midday calling strategy that has worked for Cody
02:00:40 - Hunt the herd bull, and you will run into satellites
02:03:16 - Comparing turkeys to elk yet again
02:08:04 - Cody’s podcast and elk hunting course

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Ep. 354: Giant Pennsylvania Public Land Mountain Buck - Listener Success! with Angelo Ebersole Feb 27, 2024

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Beau Martonik is joined by Pennsylvania hunter, Angelo Ebersole. In 2023, Angelo caught up with a giant, 162” public land Pennsylvania mountain buck. They discussed his transition from farm country to the big woods, how he found the buck, trail camera strategy, hunting strategy, working around other hunters, how the rut affected his pattern, the moon’s impact, and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:18 - Angelo’s introduction
00:06:43 - Private farm country vs hunting the public big woods
00:10:43 - Getting cameras mixed up with another hunter
00:16:45 - Breaking down the type of terrain and the area where Angelo killed his buck
00:25:39 - Where to place cameras and Angelo’s overall camera strategy that led to success
00:29:23 - Plan of attack to set up and hunt
00:31:15 - The moment the buck realized he was being hunted
00:41:30 - Passing up a 50 yard shot opportunity on the buck
00:44:43 - The encounter that it all came together
00:49:42 - Big deer living in areas of high-pressure
00:51:18 - How the rut affected Angelo’s buck
00:53:02 - Showing off the buck
00:54:09 - What did you learn from this deer that you will apply going forward?
00:55:47 - Moon phases affecting buck movement
01:00:32 - What would Angelo have done differently if he could have?

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