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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