Ep. 289: 4 PA Public Land Mountain Bucks Over 140” in the Last 5 Years - How Mason is Successful Targeting 1 Deer with Mason Martonik
Bowhunting | Mountain Bucks | Mobile Hunting | Big Woods Bucks | Deer Hunting
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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.
Topics:
- 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
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