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4 PA Public Land Mountain Bucks Over 140” in the Last 5 Years - How Mason is Successful Targeting 1 Deer with Mason Martonik

Episode 289 Published 3 years, 3 months ago

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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.

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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