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

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

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