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

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 Note** timestamps might be off by a few minutes on the audio version due to ad length changes Resources: GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices