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Ep. 171: Spot and Stalk West Virginia Mountain Bucks and Mountain Lion Hunting with Kirk Price // The Untamed Mar 02, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Kirk Price of the popular YouTube hunting show, The Untamed. Kirk lives and hunts in the legendary bowhunting only counties in southern West Virginia. We talk about The Untamed YouTube channel, his recent Arizona mountain lion hunt, and all about using western hunting tactics to spot and stalk the reclaimed coal mines in the Appalachian mountains for some big whitetails.

Topics:

Background on Kirk and the Untamed

Arizona Mountain Lion hunt 13:30 lost him

Deer hunting reclaimed coal mines

Spot and stalk eastern hunting

Camouflaging your vehicle

Bowhunting only counties in West Virginia

Resources:

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Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w

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Ep. 170: E-Scouting Elk: Linking Together Elk Finding Concepts with Mark Livesay // Treeline Pursuits Feb 23, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Mark Livesay of Treeline Pursuits and owner of the Treeline Academy E-Scouting Masterclass. Mark has spent most of his life living in the midwest, but chasing elk every year in the west. E-scouting is extremely important for those of us that can’t get “boots on the ground”, so in this episode, we discuss the top 10 elk finding concepts and how to link them together to apply them to your own strategy.

Understanding the different e-scouting tools
Top 10 Elk Finding Concepts
Identifying huntable Meadows and Feeding zones
Canyons, Creeks and Drainages Rules
Linking elk finding features together
Organizing your waypoints and points of interest
Strategy to e-scouting
Dissecting fire zones
Beetle kill areas
What elk like to eat

Resources:

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Ep. 169: Big Woods Shed Hunting with Steve Sherk // Sherk's Guide Service Feb 16, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Steve Sherk of Sherk’s Guide Service. Steve guides and hunts the big woods public land in northern Pennsylvania with great success. Steve and I talk about shed hunting as it relates to these big woods mountain bucks. We dive into when you should start shed hunting, the types of areas to find sheds, how to shed hunt an area, big woods food sources and utilizing trail cameras to find antlers. This is a must listen to podcast before heading out this spring!

Topics:

When you should start shed hunting
Big Woods Food Sources
Types of Areas to Find Sheds
How to shed hunt an Area
Utilizing trail cameras to find antlers

Resources:

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Ep. 168: E-Scouting Elk - Creating a Strategic Hunt Plan with Mark Livesay // Treeline Pursuits Feb 09, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Mark Livesay of Treeline Pursuits and owner of the Treeline Academy E-Scouting Masterclass. Mark has spent most of his life living in the midwest, but chasing elk every year in the west. E-scouting is extremely important for those of us that can’t get “boots on the ground”, so in this episode, we discuss how to develop a strategic hunt plan that will be your playbook for your hunt. Then, we dive into identifying your core hunt areas and establishing the zones of pressure by breaking down your hunting unit.

Topics:

Tough year to draw elk tags
Background coming from the Midwest
Creating a Strategic hunt plan
Identifying your core hunt areas
Establishing the zones of pressure by breaking down your hunting unit
Identifying and marking access pointsMotor vehicle use maps
Road use evaluation
How to put this into practice

Resources:

Instagram:

@eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/

@beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/

@treeline_pursuits - https://www.instagram.com/treeline_pursuits/

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Ep. 167: Finding Mountain Buck Bedding and Post-season Scouting with Steve Sherk Feb 02, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Steve Sherk of Sherk’s Guide Service for a two-part Mountain buck scouting series. Steve guides and hunts the big woods public land in northern Pennsylvania with great success. Steve and I talk about his lessons learned from the past season and then transition into post-season and spring scouting. Topics include getting a post-season buck inventory, how to scout a brand new area in the spring, finding mature buck bedding areas, and clustering trail cameras to figure out how to hunt the buck bedding.

Topics:

Early rut shift

The story of the crazy 12

Post-season buck inventory

How to scout a brand new area in the spring

Finding and identifying mature buck bedding areas

Clustering trail cameras to figure out how to hunt the buck bedding

Resources:

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Ep. 166: Project Landlocked with Jason Matzinger // Into High Country Jan 26, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Jason Matzinger. Jason is the host of the TV show, Into High Country on the Sportsman's Channel. Jason talks with me about his most recent elk hunting season and a new project, called Project Landlocked that involves him flying into a landlocked piece of public land with a helicopter to hunt elk. In addition, he talks to me about the reasoning behind the project and shares some of his favorite gear items.

Topics:

Background on Jason Matzinger
Project Landlocked initiative - onX
Landlocked elk hunt story
Prime Nexus bow
Backcountry gear that has been a game changer

Resources:

Instagram:

@eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/

@beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/

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Ep. 165: How to Hunt Elk in Wyoming with Phil Baker and Kyle McDonald // UnGuided Outdoors Jan 19, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Phil Baker and Kyle McDonald of UnGuided Outdoors to talk all about Wyoming elk hunting. With the application deadline approaching, we discuss their introduction to elk hunting, how Wyoming fits into their application strategy, and stories from the 2020 elk season.

Topics:

Wyoming elk hunting facts

Arizona OTC Mule Deer and Coues Deer hunt

Unguided Outdoors

Intro to elk hunting

How Wyoming fits into the application strategy

2020 elk season success in Wyoming

Being mobile with elk hunting

Resources:

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Ep. 164: Creating a Plan and Crushing Your Goals with Ryan Michler // Order of Man Jan 12, 2021

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On this week's episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Ryan Michler. Ryan is founder of Order of Man and host of the Order of Man podcast. Ryan talks about his journey into hunting before we dive into goal setting, planning out your day, prioritizing and executing to ultimately continue down the path of self improvement. When you're thinking about your hunting plans or anything else important to you, this episode will help lead you down the path to excellence.

Topics:

Who is Ryan and Order of Man

Journey into hunting

Pennsylvania Hunt where I met Ryan

Goal setting - Calibration, Connection, Condition, Contribution

20% of your effort yielding 80% of your results - Prioritizing

Mapping out your day - morning planning session, afternoon/evening session

Resources:

Instagram:

@eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/

@beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/

@ryanmichler - https://www.instagram.com/ryanmichler/

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https://www.orderofman.com/

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Ep. 163: Hunting Late Season Mountain Bucks with Gordon Dalton Jan 05, 2021

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On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Gordon Dalton to talk about late season mountain bucks. Gordon lives and hunts in the mountains of central Virginia and has an impressive resume with hunting these deer. We discuss late season bedding and food, strategy, using historical data, and some hunting stories!

Topics:

Who is Gordon and what it’s like hunting the mountains of Virginia

Late season mountain bucks - food and bedding

Stories of some late season buck success

Historical data from trail cameras

Staying warm in the late season

Resources:

Instagram:

@eastmeetswesthunt - https://www.instagram.com/eastmeetswesthunt/

@beau.martonik - https://www.instagram.com/beau.martonik/

@blueridgehunting - https://www.instagram.com/blueridgehunting/

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