Beau Martonik is joined by James Yates. James is an archery nerd, mule deer fanatic, and hunting editor for Western Hunter Magazine. Part 1 discusses James' background, obsession with finding big bucks, attention to detail with his bow setup, different arrows for different situations, and making sure your hunt plan is ready for this season.

Topics:

00:00 - Start

07:44 - Meeting at TAC

09:08 - Stay out of the sun

09:29 - Isaac Aleman is good at trash talk

12:57 - Hunting the Wasatch Front

15:38 - Using unconventional tactics to hunt mule deer

18:48 - Having a flexible job, but still grinding it out

22:48 - Maximizing chances with effort

26:23 - Making corrections from past errors

26:57 - Range forgiveness and arrow setups for certain situations

35:56 - Maximizing a bow’s efficiency

42:13 - Do everything you can to be prepared to maximize your time

47:00 - How a hunt starts is how it will persist

52:00 - The final checklist before you head to hunt an area

52:54 - Research the immediate area you will be hunting - check for fires, closures, etc.


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Ep. 312: Getting Your Bow, Arrows, and Hunt Plan Dialed For This Season - Pt 1 with James Yates

The East Meets West Hunt Podcast is your resource for all things adventure hunting. This podcast is for the hunter that loves planning and preparing for the hunt, just as much as the hunt. Whether it's deer hunting for big woods mountain bucks, chasing elk in the Rocky Mountains, and anything in between, we will talk to successful hunters from all over to provide the EMW community with useful knowledge and motivation to continue to live their life through a series of adventures.

Sports

Wilderness

Beau Martonik is joined by Josh Ilderton, Zack Marcum, and Cole Booth of The Untamed. They spent 5 days running the mountains of southern West Virginia hunting turkeys and ended up with 3 gobblers. They discuss aggressive run and gunning, Zack’s white-winged Tom, tactics for turkey hunting steep mountains, Beau and Josh’s double, and much more! You can watch the 3 part series from this hunt on the Untamed's YouTube channel here!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:06:57 - Cole Booth introduction and what it was like interning with The Hunting Public

00:16:51 - What it’s like Turkey hunting in Southern West Virginia

00:19:31 - Aggressive run-and-gunning

00:31:14 - Re-hashing the first few days of hunting - Zack’s white-winged Tom

00:43:22 - Why they rarely use a turkey call when located birds

00:51:48 - Sounds travel funky in steep terrain

01:03:01 - Doubled up on gobblers

01:17:08 - Taco Bell talk

01:19:31 - Sustainable turkey hunting and populations


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Ep. 363: 3 Gobblers in 3 Days! West Virginia Turkey Hunt Breakdown with The Untamed

Beau Martonik is joined by Christopher Leppert of the Mobile Hunter’s Expo. Christopher shares his journey from hunting exclusively on private land to transitioning to public land hunting. They discuss understanding thermals in the early season, finding consistent food sources, finding setups to increase opportunities, Chris’ giant public land Ohio buck, mobile hunting gear, the Mobile Hunter’s Expo, and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:07:02 - Christopher’s background

00:11:11 - Learning curves

00:12:34 - Using thermal-based movement early season

00:18:49 - Scouting is crucial so you can give yourself more at-bats

00:21:59 - Mobile hunting

00:28:24 - Christopher’s monster Ohio buck

00:41:04 - Utilizing the native browse food sources

00:42:48 - Find color diversity in imagery to find food sources

00:44:19 - Christopher shows off the monster rack

00:46:29 - Geeking out on mobile hunting gear

00:51:33 - Focus

01:00:16 - Reasons to start the mobile hunter's expo and conversing with people at shows.

01:12:48 - Info on upcoming Mobile Hunter Expo events


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Ep. 362: Bait Piles to Buck Beds - How Mobile Hunting Rocketed His Success with Christopher Leppert // Mobile Hunters Expo

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

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!

Topics:

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. 360: A Weekend Warrior's Approach to Whitetail Hunting with Brandon Miller // The Everyday Outdoorsmen

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!

Topics:

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. 312: Getting Your Bow, Arrows, and Hunt Plan Dialed For This Season - Pt 1 with James Yates

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