East Meets West Hunt Beau Martonik

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!

Topics:

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 system

00:15:52 - Johnny trying different bows and switching to a Prime

00:19:28 - Outlook for this hunting season

00:33:19 - Does the full moon affect deer movement and the rut?

00:36:48 - Weather fronts affecting deer movement

00:42:55 - Early season deer hunting talk

00:50:59 - Hunting buck bedding

00:53:12 - Access when trying to hunt scrapes in October

00:57:18 - Thermal Tsunamis

00:59:20 - More on accessing your stand

01:06:47 - Targeting a Specific Buck

01:16:39 - Hunting core area prediction days on Spartan Forge

01:21:43 - Hunt plans

01:28:30 - Goals tailored to you. Hunt the way that makes you happy.


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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.

Topics:

00:00:00 - Start

00:06:13 - The Swapcast

00:07:02 - It’s weird being in the spotlight, but get to go to cool places

00:08:43 - Being out west helps with hunting back home

00:09:46 - Never killed a turkey in Arkansas

00:11:05 - Merriam's turkey hunting

00:12:30 - “If you want to catch a lot of fish, go to a place with a lot of fish”

00:14:21 - Shooting target bucks and luck

00:17:13 - Dog takes out the Podcast Rig

00:17:39 - Jonathan’s first bow and archery deer

00:22:12 - Speaking the animal’s language

00:24:01 - Jonathan’s woodsmanship with bears

00:32:24 - Hunt bears when it’s hot

00:35:58 - Using time to hunt smarter, not harder

00:39:38 - Do stuff that other people don’t see any value in

00:41:02 - New York hunt and challenging yourself with something new

00:45:51 - Validation from operating with animals on their turf

00:49:00 - Jonathan’s cooking

00:51:40 - Meals can communicate who you are

00:56:09 - Building your brand

00:58:00 - What gave Beau the confidence to leave the 9-5 job

01:01:03 - Know when to walk away, but not quitting is vital

01:03:01 - Why not try to live the most fulfilling life you can

01:07:59 - Hard work and consistency - Four years to kill an elk

01:12:14 - Set priorities in life

01:13:41 - Effort and “want” can get you past lack of experience

01:15:51 - The mustache origin story

01:20:40 - Fresh sushi


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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.

Topics:

00:00:00 - Start

00:11:00 - Hunting Hawaii

00:16:24 - Twans introduction, sniper school, and SEAL team

00:30:12 - Sealed Delivery Vehicles (SDVs)

00:32:21 - What prompted Twan to take the military route that he did

00:35:36 - BUD/S

00:39:55 - Having the task-completion mindset on tough hunting trips

00:43:30 - Shooting basics, learning skills, and muscle memory

01:00:55 - Consistency leads to accuracy

01:03:06 - High-stress situations

01:20:40 - Using a sequence of events to concentrate in stressful shooting situations

01:23:10 - Call of Duty

01:24:40 - Ammunition stashing

01:26:39 - Aliens

01:27:37 - Dry firing


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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.

Topics:

00:00:00 - Start

00:06:20 - Christian’s background

00:13:19 - The birth of Uncharted Supply Co.


00:20:56 - Four Pillars of Preparedness

00:25:19 - General planning and being prepared

00:38:39 - Vehicle preparedness

00:44:53 - Knowing how to use your tools and organization

00:50:13 - The Rapid Raft



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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.

Topics:

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 into hunting

39:36 - Waterfowl hunting talk

44:08 - Eric’s first elk experiences and getting into archery

50:04 - Eric's first Elk in Montana and the film “River”

53:40 - Beau's first deer

56:47 - The journey of hunting and figuring out archery

01:00:13 - Shooting TAC events and getting better at archery and hunting in general


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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’re willing to obsess over

00:19:12 - The struggles of stalking a bedded buck

00:21:11 - The Macro and Micro of mule deer and whitetail hunting

00:22:12 - The war of Attrition approach

00:26:37 - Put yourself in a position for luck to happen to you

00:34:29 - What are the realistic and attainable goals in front of you

00:38:13 - Keep your spirits high when success isn’t coming

00:40:38 - You’re only competing against your own goals

00:44:10 - Wade through the muck to find success

00:46:12 - Sometimes, Dwight might kill your buck

00:46:49 - Grind until the end

00:49:25 - Don’t shy away from competition and comparison

00:56:30 - Wounded deer - what to do next?

00:58:48 - Defining “passing on a deer”

01:08:29 - Different deer characteristics in different areas

01:14:18 - Mule deer vs elk

01:18:15 - Hunt mule deer in open country like elk

01:24:20 - Beau’s Alaska Moose hunt

01:26:56 - James’ season plans and tags

01:32:15 - Western Hunter video series


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