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Rifle Hunting the West and Becoming a Gunsmith with Kurt Martonik
Description
On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by his brother and gunsmith, Kurt Martonik. Kurt runs his blog, Kurt the Gunsmith and works for C. Sharps building premium black powder rifles. They discuss stories from their childhood, gunsmithing, learning to hunt antelope, upland bird hunting, 3 bucks in 3 days, killing a free-range bison, lessons learned hunting the west, his gunsmith blog, and more.
Topics:
- How Kurt and I grew up learning to hunt and shoot
- Gunsmithing
- Learning to hunt antelope
- Upland bird hunting and hunting the plains
- 3 bucks in 3 days
- Killing a free-range bison with the C. Sharps black powder rifle that he built
- Lessons learned hunting different species across the west
- Kurt the Gunsmith blog - https://kurtthegunsmith.com/
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