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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.
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Beau Martonik sits down with Gregg Farrell of Tactacam, who's spent almost 15 years in the outdoor industry, a decade of it at First Lite before landing at Tactacam. Gregg walks through why he treats trail camera data almost like a science experiment before he ever locks in on one specific buck, why a big buck photo doesn't always mean a huntable deer, and why a $59 wind sensor might be a smarter buy than another camera. They also cover cold fronts, moon phase, battery life, and what's new in the Reveal 4.0 camera launching next month. 00:00:00 — Intro 00:01:43 — Gregg's Wisconsin whitetail roots and a decade at First Lite 00:06:33 — Breaking into the outdoor industry as a generalist 00:12:37 — Chasing whitetail “Mecca” and going whitetail crazy out west 00:16:59 — Why a trail camera is a tool, not a replacement for woodsmanship 00:20:38 — Data as “365-day hunting” and time-blocking family vs. hunting 00:36:07 — Thinking like a scientist: broad trends before one specific buck 00:49:59 — Cold fronts, pre-rut timing, and late-season food strategy 00:55:01 — Reveal app analytics, moon phase, and the hit list 01:02:29 — Battery life: instant vs. hybrid settings, lithiums vs. packs 01:14:01 — What's new in Reveal 4.0 01:27:47 — The new wind sensor and wrap-up Enter the Deer Camp Giveway! - https://eastmeetswesthunt.com/pages/deer-camp-giveaway Gregg's IG - https://www.instagram.com/gregg_farrell/ Reveal's IG - https://www.instagram.com/revealcellcam/ Tactacam website - https://www.tactacam.com/ Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik sits down with his dad, Joe Martonik, for episode 500, a milestone, listener-requested conversation that’s been a long time coming. Joe’s been hunting Pennsylvania whitetails for almost 50 years, watched deer densities crash and slowly rebuild, and built a lifetime of lessons most hunters never get from a single season. They walk through three deer that define Joe’s 50 years: an 11-point he shot off the ground long before digital trail cameras, an eight-point that Beau and Joe hunted, but Joe ended up shooting a couple of miles away, and a buck named Stickers that took five years to close the deal on. Along the way: the giveaway announcement, a gift for Joe, and what almost 50 years in the woods actually teaches you about patience. 00:00:00 — Intro 00:08:00 — Joe’s Reaction to the Podcast and Why Passing Down Hunting Knowledge Matters 00:13:00 — The "Right to Hunt" Fight and How the Podcast Started 00:21:19 — Bringing Dad on for Episode 500, the Giveaway, and a Custom Case Knife 00:26:21 — Almost 50 Years of Hunting: Joe’s Start and Early Hunting Days 00:32:06 — PA Deer History: Clear-Cuts, Restocking, and Chasing a Bigger Rack 00:34:51 — Getting Back Into Bow Hunting and How Deer Patterns Changed 00:42:39 — The Homemade Trail Camera Era 00:45:10 — The 11-Point Buck and the One-Roll-of-Film Scrape 00:52:24 — Beau’s Early Deer and the Lowest Deer Density Years 01:00:28 — Learning to Trust Your Gut and Beau’s First Trail Cameras 01:04:19 — Handing Off a Buck: The 2010 Eight-Point 01:07:32 — GPS Nostalgia and Beau’s First Heartbreak Deer 01:11:20 — Beau’s First Archery Buck and the Shot That Hooked Him on Bowhunting 01:19:44 — "Stickers": The Five-Year Hunt and Strategy 01:28:16 — "It’s the Only Place You Haven’t Been" 01:35:45 — Recapping Joe’s 2025 Season 01:43:36 — Broadhead Talk and a Saddle Platform Scare 01:56:01 — Joe’s Biggest Lessons from 50 Years in the Woods Enter the Deer Camp Giveway! - https://eastmeetswesthunt.com/pages/deer-camp-giveaway Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik sits down with Collin Heaps of MTN OPS to recap a bowhunt for axis deer in Hawaii. Collin has hunted this ground before; Beau hadn't, and figured his whitetail and mule deer experience would carry over. It did, but mostly didn't. They cover what makes axis deer so much harder to approach than anything either of them hunts back home, a doe Beau recovered after e-scouting a saddle and getting busted the first try, a missed shot on a mature buck that looked different on the drone footage than it did in the moment, and Collin's own gut punch: a doe he was sure he'd killed that actually walked off, and the call he had to make to his three-year-old son to admit it. Also covers: camp life with no AC and a wild dog running through camp at night, gear that held up in red clay and thorn brush, and Collin's line that stuck with Beau the most: don't chase butterflies. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:23 — Collin's Background and How the Trip Came Together 00:06:22 — Camp Life in Hawaii 00:10:25 — What Makes Axis Deer So Hard to Hunt 00:23:36 — Stalking Axis vs. Mule Deer 00:30:41 — The East vs. West Competition 00:33:14 — Beau's Doe Stalk and Recovery 00:47:52 — The Buck Stalk and Missed Shot 00:53:25 — Collin's Humbling Loss 01:08:02 — Gear, Broadheads, and MTN OPS Picks 01:23:06 — Don't Chase Butterflies 01:28:39 — Closing and MTN OPS Discount Code - use code BEAU to save 20% Resources: Collin's IG: https://www.instagram.com/collinheaps/ MTN OPS Affiliate link - https://rstr.co/mtnops/10619 Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik breaks down a peer-reviewed study from the UGA Deer Lab published in December 2025 that found whitetail rubs and scrapes emit measurable UV photoluminescence that deer can detect and humans can't. Beau covers the core finding, what's causing the glow in rubs vs. scrapes (more specific than most coverage reported), a timing detail that most outlets got wrong, and what the study doesn't prove. He connects the science to six years of personal trail camera observations — including a 2020 signpost rub experiment where a buck would show up within 24 hours every time the rub was freshened — and lays out six practical takeaways for how this changes how he's thinking about hunting scrapes and rubs this fall. Topics include: why deer can see UV light and humans can't, why the downwind scrape-checking rule may be more complicated than conventional wisdom assumes, what doe scrape activity might tell us about two-way signpost communication, and why urine in the scrape is the signal — not the scrape itself. 00:00:00 — Intro 00:01:51 — The 2020 Signpost Rub Story 00:05:32 — What Hunters Have Always Assumed 00:07:27 — The UGA Study Breakdown 00:09:01 — Why Deer Can See UV Light and You Can't 00:11:17 — What's Causing the Glow 00:13:36 — The D'Angelo Quote 00:14:13 — The Timing Detail Most Coverage Got Wrong 00:17:52 — What the Study Does NOT Prove 00:19:14 — Bucks Approaching From All Directions 00:21:02 — Activity at Last Light 00:23:16 — Tree Species and the Licking Branch 00:25:29 — October vs. November Scrapes 00:27:25 — Does Working Scrapes 00:29:51 — Urine Placement and the 2020 Rub Revisited 00:34:02 — Six Practical Takeaways for This Fall 00:44:19 — Close Resources: Full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72618 UGA press release: news.uga.edu/a-glow-up-in-deer-communication/ Enter the Deer Camp Giveway! - https://eastmeetswesthunt.com/pages/deer-camp-giveaway Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik sits down with Pat Burns, a big woods hunter from the Northeast who has been hunting mountain laurel thickets for years, killing giant bucks in cover most hunters won’t go near. Pat breaks down how he finds openings and funnels inside a sea of laurel using leaf-off maps, why he considers all those ladder stands on the edges to be the equivalent of hunting a field edge, how he creates access trails to get a quarter mile deep into the thick stuff without making a sound, and the story behind the giant buck he killed last fall. They also get into tracking an 11.5-year-old buck across a five-mile stretch of mountain over several seasons, why November 4th consistently produces for Pat, his approach to reactivating community scrapes with nothing but fresh dirt, camera strategy in remote terrain, and pushing the envelope once you’ve done enough homework to back it. Pat also works for Huntstock, an outdoor festival held in Massachusetts (August 7–9, 2026). Beau will be at the Massachusetts event recording live podcast interviews with Rick Labbe, Lanny Benoit, Jeff Doyle, Jim Massett, and others. 00:00:00 — Intro 00:01:07 — What Makes Huntstock Different From a Trade Show 00:04:20 — Podcast Row and Northeast Legends Beau Will Interview in Massachusetts 00:08:59 — Pat’s Background in Maine 00:11:23 — The Shed That Started a Years-Long Obsession 00:15:44 — Learning to Track Big Woods Bucks 00:20:42 — Five Miles of Sheds and Closing in on a Giant 00:25:58 — How Hunting Pressure Moves Big Woods Bucks 00:31:22 — The Shared Buck Discovery 00:39:06 — Why November 4th Is Pat’s Magic Date 00:45:53 — Reading Wind to Find Buck Beds in Thick Cover 00:49:43 — Finding Bucks in Miles of Mountain Laurel 00:57:13 — Creating Trails to Hunt Deep in Laurel 00:58:27 — Why Big Woods Bedding Isn’t a Science 01:01:37 — Why You Need Boots on the Ground, Not Just Maps 01:06:32 — How Pat Reactivates Community Scrapes 01:14:14 — Pushing the Envelope and Having a Backup Spot 01:25:24 — Camera Strategy in Big Woods 01:34:13 — Mindset and Staying in It Through Hard Seasons 01:41:25 — The Giant Laurel Buck Pat Killed Last Fall 01:48:14 — Bringing New Hunters Into This Style 01:58:37 — Huntstock Details and Beau’s August Appearance Resources: Pat's IG - https://www.instagram.com/thejohnnystewart/ Huntstock - use code EMW25 for a discount - https://huntstockevents.com/ Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik sits down with Johnny Stewart -- a PA-based DIY public land hunter with 30+ years of big woods experience across Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Ohio, and North Dakota. This one is all about summer scouting. Johnny breaks down how he runs trail cameras from April through September purely for inventory (confirming a buck survived the winter), why he almost never moves cameras in summer even if they are not producing, and the pattern he and Beau figured out for why bucks vanish from cuts the moment archery season opens. Turns out it is not always pressure. Sometimes it comes down to food, and not the food sources you would expect. They also dig into the mature forest / mature buck correlation -- including a story about a late-season WV buck that left his bed specifically to eat shelf mushrooms off a downed cherry log -- glassing velvet bucks from road vantage points, and Johnny's philosophy on mid-October scouting and hunting where the deer isn't. Plus gear talk on the Timber Ninja Kunai and new Mini Kunai, the advantage of hunting with a cameraman, and a teaser on a University of Georgia study showing that fresh scrapes glow in UV light. Topics: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:13:38 — Self-filming and upcoming YouTube content 00:17:55 — Mountain hunting traditions and the NH drag-out story 00:21:22 — How each year compounds; building a 30-year catalog with Spartan Forge 00:27:13 — Summer vs. fall deer locations; camera placement; cuts vs. mature woods 00:42:42 — Why deer leave cuts on opener (wild cherries and mushrooms) 00:47:56 — Mushrooms and the mature forest / mature buck correlation 01:18:13 — Camera soaking strategy; velvet transition window; early October shift 01:29:42 — Trail cam tips; spring seeps; summer scrape activity; UV scrape study teaser 01:44:54 — Glassing cuts in late July/August; velvet growth timeline 01:55:02 — Timber Ninja gear talk: Kunai, Mini Kunai, C2 sticks 02:10:00 — Wrap-up Resources: Johnny's IG - https://www.instagram.com/thejohnnystewart/ Johnny's YT - https://www.youtube.com/@TheJohnnyStewart Johnny's website - https://johnnystewarthunt.com/ Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik sits down with Allie D'Andrea (Outdoors Allie) and Nick Berger for the first time in four years. A big chunk of this one is wild game cooking. Allie ran a head-to-head venison burger experiment comparing pure venison, pork shoulder, bacon, butter, mayo, and egg. Pork shoulder at 80/20 won. Mayo was last. She also covers how to handle bear meat, how to render bear fat, where to source fat at the grocery store, and what to do with the turkey that's been sitting in your freezer since last fall. Beyond the cooking, they get into bear hunting in Pennsylvania and the weight that comes with it, the honest math on guide hunts vs. DIY, why Florida outdoorsmen are underrated, deer camp culture, and fall plans including a Wyoming elk tag. Allie is the author of The Butcher's Table cookbook, available on Amazon. Topics: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:04:21 — Long-term content creation: staying in this space 00:16:38 — Guide hunts vs. DIY: the honest math 00:20:51 — Why Florida hunters are underrated 00:28:59 — Wildlife encounters and bear hunting in PA 00:52:46 — Deer camp culture 00:58:28 — Bear meat: how to grind, render, and cook it 01:06:04 — Venison burger fat experiment 01:14:57 — Freezer turkey and wild game cooking tips 01:35:24 — Hawaii axis deer, scalloping in Florida, and Wyoming elk Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beau Martonik sits down with Ryan Leary, a PA hunter who has been grinding big woods public land for six years and put together back-to-back mature buck kills including a 7.5 year old eight point in 2025. Ryan breaks down both hunts — the 2025 buck he killed at 10 yards after trusting his gut on fresh sign mid-morning, and the 2024 deer he killed the same evening he bumped on foot while hunting with a broken shoulder he probably shouldn't have been in the woods on. They also get into how he reads finger ridges and micro terrain, why getting into the nasty stuff changed his success rate, how the gypsy moth acorn wipeout forced him to rethink his whole approach, and what he's learned about mature bucks in the Pennsylvania mountains. Topics: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:04:34 – Background and How Ryan Got Into Big Woods Hunting 00:14:29 – The 2025 Buck — Setup, Sign, and the Kill 00:23:41 – Breaking Down the Terrain and Why the Tree Made the Difference 00:29:48 – Trusting Your Gut in the Big Woods 00:39:13 – Reading Mature Buck Bodies vs. Antlers 00:49:52 – The 2024 Season — Broken Shoulder, Big Encounters, and the Kill 01:00:22 – How Late October 2024 Was Unlike Any Season Recently 01:02:33 – Time in the Woods — Why It Changes Everything 01:13:40 – Micro Points, Buck Beds, and Reading Terrain 01:23:54 – Advice for Guys Getting Into Big Woods Public Land Hunting 01:28:50 – Closing Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors Shop Hunting Gear and Apparel: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Poncho Outdoors - Poncho Outdoors makes tough, sharp-looking, no-BS apparel for hardworking outdoorsmen who put in the time year-round. Go to ponchooutdoors.com/EASTMEETSWEST to save $10 and free shipping Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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