Ep. 287: 4 Public Land Bucks, 4 Different Tactics with Chris Weist

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Chris Weist. In the last few years, Chris has left his home in Pennsylvania to try his hand at public lands in Maryland and Ohio. Last season, Chris brought home 4 bucks between the 3 states using different tactics for each. They break down these tactics based on his stories from a memorable season.

Topics:

00:00 Intro

03:18 Chris’ Background

09:13 Branching out hunting Maryland and Ohio

12:36 Scouting Maryland public land for early season

16:17 Finding where the deer bed outside of the clearcut

20:03 Hunting the off-wind

21:12 Finding the right access to hunt the feed tree

25:31 Locating the Right White Oak Tree to Hunt

28:19 Patterning bucks in September

32:42 5 years of trail camera data learning where bucks like to bed in Pennsylvania

34:54 Locating this buck’s specific bed

38:00 How Chris killed this PA Mountain buck near his bed

43:28 Three-year strategy to breaking down a piece of land

46:08 Spending 22 days in Ohio 

53:28 Setup above or below the trail?

56:06 How hunting with a traditional bow changes your setups

57:29 Gun season double in Ohio

01:02:11 Still-hunting ridges in Maryland

01:05:56 Recapping the 4 tactics used for 4 different bucks in one year

01:08:13 Spring scouting and historical data

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