East Meets West Hunt
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.
Episodes
September 26, 2023 • 107 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Chris Toomey and Kurt Martonik. The three of them have traveled to hunt in many different states, using their vehicles as basecamps. With three different truck camping setups, they discuss what has worked for them, what hasn’t, what they would change, and the specific gear used for making truck camping work for hunting trips.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:12:32 - Beau and Chris meeting through Johnny Ste...
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September 19, 2023 • 103 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Joe Martonik and Johnny Stewart. They are getting ready for the season to kick off in Pennsylvania and discuss hunting from a saddle, outlooks on this season, the full moon, weather fronts, accessing stand sites, thermal tsunamis, targeting a specific buck, and much more!
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00:00:00 - Start
00:05:11 - Johnny and Joe starting to hunt out of saddles more
00:14:39 - Using the saddle as a hybrid sys...
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September 12, 2023 • 90 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Jonathan Wilkins. Jonathan is an avid waterfowl hunter, bear hunter, deer hunter, wild game cook, and the founder of Black Duck Revival from Arkansas. They discuss Jonathan’s journey to bowhunting, bear hunting in the big woods, hunting smarter, wild game cooking, living a fulfilled life, and much more.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:06:13 - The Swapcast
00:07:02 - It’s weird being in the spotlight, but ...
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September 5, 2023 • 101 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Anthony “Twan” Dickman, former Navy SEAL, Kurt Martonik, Gunsmith, and Drew Carroll of Seek One. They recently completed the Guardian Precision long-range shooting course in Alabama. They sat down to talk about the takeaways from the course, how Twan’s SEAL team background has helped him in challenging situations, how consistency leads to accuracy, how to deal with high-stress situations, and much more.
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August 29, 2023 • 64 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Christian Schauf, founder and CEO of Uncharted Supply Company. Uncharted manufactures high-quality survival systems and products to empower people with the proper gear and education to guide them back to safety in an unanticipated emergency. They discuss preparedness and safety in the backcountry, front country, and in your vehicle to help you before hunting season kicks off.
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August 22, 2023 • 78 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Eric Jackson. Eric is a professional snowboarder and hunter from Washington. They discuss Eric’s journey from professional snowboarding to hunting, learning to bowhunt, SITKA’s film - River, Eric’s first bull elk, Total Archery Challenge, and much more.
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00:00 - Start
10:26 - Running and Beau’s bitch ass ankles
17:03 - Eric’s journey: Snowboarding and hunting
29:31 - Eric's route to getting in...
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August 15, 2023 • 105 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by James Yates. James is an archery nerd, mule deer fanatic, and hunting editor for Western Hunter Magazine. Part 2 discusses James’ macro and micro techniques for finding the biggest buck on the mountain, setting goals, hunting the hunt you want, and much more.
Topics:
00:00 - Intro
00:07:45 - How James hunts mule deer
00:10:03 - Being picky vs. having a rolling standard
00:13:42 - Find something you’r...
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August 8, 2023 • 66 mins
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.
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00:00 - Start
07:44 - Meeting at TAC
09:08 - Stay out of the sun
09:29 - Isaac ...
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August 1, 2023 • 106 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Michael Perry of Alabama. He holds the current Alabama state record for his 195” mountain buck, has killed over 40 public land bucks 8 pts or better, and is the author of “Secrets to Taking Mature Bucks on Public Land.” They discuss Michael’s approach to finding big mountain bucks in rugged terrain, creating hunt plans, using annual data, trail cameras, and the story of hunting the state record non-typica...
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Beau Martonik is joined by Rusty Johnson of United Outdoors. Rusty is from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and has a dedicated year-round approach to chasing mountain bucks. They discuss the importance of ditches, vegetation gaps, hunting all winds, taking mountain tactics to Kansas, trail cameras, deer stories from the past, and much more!
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00:00 - Intro - Montana Archery Hunt Film Launch!
08:56 - Introducing Rusty and t...
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July 18, 2023 • 69 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker for part 2 of their thermal hub and terrain feature discussion. Shane has an extremely detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how bucks are using the terrain to bed, travel through the ridges, what topo hubs are, other terrain features, and much more.
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00:00 - Intro
05:34 - Antic...
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Beau Martonik is joined by Alabama Big Woods hunter, Shane Parker. Shane has an extraordinarily detailed and analytical approach to hunting whitetails around thermal hubs in the mountains of Alabama. They discuss how he uses weather stations, thermal hub characteristics, fallout points, waiting until the thermals switch, scouting hubs, and more. This is part 1 of 2.
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00:00 - Intro
07:20 - How Beau Found Shane
08:20 - Sha...
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July 4, 2023 • 119 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Henry Ferguson of the Colorado Bowhunter’s Association. When you think of Henry, you should think of big mule deer bucks. Henry breaks down his unique strategy for scouting, finding, and consistently being successful on giant bucks, as well as some stories with some lessons anyone can learn from.
Topics:
00:00 - Intro
09:10 - Drought conditions and water levels
17:06 - Shoulder mounts and trophy rooms...
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June 27, 2023 • 83 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by Bryan Hale of Elk County Outfitters. They discuss everything you need to know about applying for elk tags in Pennsylvania, what units to consider, different seasons, and everything in between. A blog post is available on eastmeetswesthunt.com to walk you through the process.
Topics:
00:00 - Intro - PRIME REVEX 2 BOW GIVEAWAY
09:50 - Elk County Outfitters
13:30 - PA Elk Application process
24:53 - Wha...
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Beau Martonik is joined by New Jersey native and hunter, Paul Putera. Paul has a wealth of knowledge hunting the big woods, mountains, swamps, and everywhere in between in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, and other places. This is part 2 of 2, where they discuss details around different browse, forbs, all day sits in early season, buck bedding tactics, and the thermal advantage.
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00:00 - Intro
07:08 - Mock scrape...
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June 13, 2023 • 68 mins
Beau Martonik is joined by New Jersey native and hunter, Paul Putera. Paul has a wealth of knowledge hunting the big woods, mountains, swamps, and everywhere in between in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, and other places. They discuss the types of habitat that Paul prefers hunting, mature buck bedding, access, knowing when to stop when looking at sign, reading rubs and tracks, and much more. This is part 1 of 2.
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Beau is joined by Jared Prusia of the HUNTR Podcast and Whitetail Properties. They discuss the controversial inner workings of advertising in the hunting industry, purposely hunting “big buck states,” Jared’s first experience hunting the big woods of Pennsylvania with Steve Sherk, and much more.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:07:08 - The HUNTR Podcast
00:09:22 - Prioritizing your time when you’re in the “outdoor industry” with pod...
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May 30, 2023 • 73 mins
On today’s episode, Beau is joined by Randy Newberg of Fresh Tracks TV and Hunt Talk Radio. Randy is a hunter and the voice of public land hunters in America. They discuss the importance of outdoor education, deer camp traditions, how western hunting has changed over the years, keys to success rifle hunting elk, and how you can improve land access.
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07:56 - Outdoor Class
18:05 - Deer camp traditions
22:48 - What made Ran...
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On today’s episode, Beau is joined by Jake Hofer of Exodus Outdoor Gear and The Land Podcast. We discuss everything surrounding buying or building a deer camp, financing your dream hunting property, common misconceptions about buying property, making your property pay for itself, and much more!
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00:07:27 - Time flies by
00:10:48 - Going full-time with East Meets West Hunt and being self-employed
00:11:55 - Getting a real...
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On today’s episode, Beau is joined by Clint Casper of CC Hunt Files and Working Class Bowhunter. Clint is a hard-charging, stone-cold killer from the whitetail woods to the western mountains. They discuss the origin of the podcast, getting into western hunting, challenges with learning to hunt the backcountry, how to be the best hunting partner and much more.
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00:00 Intro
08:22 - when Clint was almost an East Meets West p...
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