Beau Martonik is joined by Becca Latini and Jennifer Guerriero. The change of the opening day of rifle season in Pennsylvania from Monday to Saturday has been one of the most polarizing and controversial issues. They discuss deer camp traditions, what happened with the opener change, impacts on small business owners, hunter surveys, dissecting the numbers, proposed solutions, how to voice your opinion and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:10:10 - Becca Latini background and deer camp traditions
• 00:11:55 - Jennifer Guerriero background and deer camp traditions
• 00:14:20 - The most important things you need in a deer camp
• 00:24:20 - Benefits of deer camp for youth
• 00:27:40 - Most memorable stories from deer camp
• 00:33:37 - Anyone can get good at hunting
• 00:35:30 - PA Deer season opener changed from Monday to Saturday in 2019
• 00:40:10 - How the deer season opener change impacted Jennifer
• 00:42:50 - Did the Saturday opener positively affect women?
• 00:46:40 - Impact on small businesses in rural areas
• 00:48:40 - “This just doesn’t feel fun anymore”
• 00:50:22 - Youth hunter retention
• 00:54:06 - Does the change affect wildlife conservation?
• 00:59:35 - Hunter surveys
• 01:01:53 - Dissecting the numbers on tag sale increases - Jennifer's video
• 01:06:55 - Proposed solutions
• 01:16:00 - What you can do to voice your opinion

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Beau Martonik is joined by Tom Taylor and John Pantuso of Case Knives. Beau visited the Case factory in Bradford, PA to see where the iconic knives are made by the hands of American workers. They discuss 135 years of knife manufacturing, why you should always carry a pocket knife, different types of knife blade profiles and materials, field sharpening knives, go-to hunting knives, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:42 - Introduction at Zippo & Case Headquarters
• 00:08:48 - Handcrafted Variance in Case Knives
• 00:13:46 - John's Hunting Heritage and Career Path
• 00:21:03 - Modern Designs in Knife Making
• 00:22:11 - Tom's Outdoor Roots and Hunting Traditions
• 00:29:02 - Carrying a Pocket Knife
• 00:29:55 - Unexpected Uses of a Pocket Knife
• 00:31:28 - Importance of Pocket Knives
• 00:33:47 - Blade Types for Different Applications
• 00:38:01 - Traditional Knife Patterns
• 00:40:20 - Different Blade Shapes and Types
• 00:42:36 - Handle Materials and Types
• 00:46:22 - Blade Materials and Their Uses
• 00:50:59 - Sharpening in the Field
• 00:55:48 - Knife Versatility and Preparation
• 01:03:34 - Emphasis on Preparedness
• 01:08:04 - Case Warranty and Guarantee
• 01:09:46 - American-Made Quality and Lifetime Guarantee

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Beau Martonik is joined by Josh Ilderton, Zack Marcum, and Cole Booth of The Untamed. They spent 5 days running the mountains of southern West Virginia hunting turkeys and ended up with 3 gobblers. They discuss aggressive run and gunning, Zack’s white-winged Tom, tactics for turkey hunting steep mountains, Beau and Josh’s double, and much more! You can watch the 3 part series from this hunt on the Untamed's YouTube channel here!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:57 - Cole Booth introduction and what it was like interning with The Hunting Public
• 00:16:51 - What it’s like Turkey hunting in Southern West Virginia
• 00:19:31 - Aggressive run-and-gunning
• 00:31:14 - Re-hashing the first few days of hunting - Zack’s white-winged Tom
• 00:43:22 - Why they rarely use a turkey call when located birds
• 00:51:48 - Sounds travel funky in steep terrain
• 01:03:01 - Doubled up on gobblers
• 01:17:08 - Taco Bell talk
• 01:19:31 - Sustainable turkey hunting and populations

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Beau Martonik is joined by Christopher Leppert of the Mobile Hunter’s Expo. Christopher shares his journey from hunting exclusively on private land to transitioning to public land hunting. They discuss understanding thermals in the early season, finding consistent food sources, finding setups to increase opportunities, Chris’ giant public land Ohio buck, mobile hunting gear, the Mobile Hunter’s Expo, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:07:02 - Christopher’s background
• 00:11:11 - Learning curves
• 00:12:34 - Using thermal-based movement early season
• 00:18:49 - Scouting is crucial so you can give yourself more at-bats
• 00:21:59 - Mobile hunting
• 00:28:24 - Christopher’s monster Ohio buck
• 00:41:04 - Utilizing the native browse food sources
• 00:42:48 - Find color diversity in imagery to find food sources
• 00:44:19 - Christopher shows off the monster rack
• 00:46:29 - Geeking out on mobile hunting gear
• 00:51:33 - Focus
• 01:00:16 - Reasons to start the mobile hunter's expo and conversing with people at shows.
• 01:12:48 - Info on upcoming Mobile Hunter Expo events

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Beau Martonik is joined by Hunter and Truth from the Stand Deer Hunting podcast host, Clint Campbell. Clint has been going to Kansas for the last 3 years with the goal of shooting a mature buck with his bow on the ground and did it in a big way last year with a 172” buck! They discuss simplifying hunting strategies, playing in the shadows, lessons learned from encounters with big bucks, the importance of repetition, ground hunting strategies, how to make the shot happen, continuous learning, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro, How to Apply for A Kansas Whitetail Deer Tag
• 00:14:09 - Life forces you to adapt your approach to the entire scouting and hunting process
• 00:17:38 - The mental game and listening to your gut
• 00:27:58 - Control the controllables and do the basic things right
• 00:35:45 - Clint’s PA and Kansas bucks
• 00:48:40 - What “draws” look like in Kansas
• 01:05:06 - How you get comfortable sitting when ground hunting
• 01:09:06 - Getting away with more when ground hunting
• 01:15:59 - Planning your setup on the ground as it pertains to cover
• 01:24:56 - Drop your ego: What is going to help you kill the deer?
• 01:34:13 - Chasing the experience, not the antlers
• 01:40:22 - Clint’s Idaho elk plans this fall
• 01:45:26 - Choosing who to hunt with

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Beau Martonik is joined by Brandon Miller of the Everyday Outdoorsmen. Brandon is an avid Pennsylvania hunter who spends every weekend he can in the woods. They discuss Brandon’s YouTube channel, his 2023 deer hunting season, a still-hunting strategy that works really well, different methods for getting a deer out of the woods, mountain laurel bedding, deer camp, hunting in September in Maryland, building his own traditional bow, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:07:26 - Brandon’s intro
• 00:09:40 - Advice for starting a media outlet to get a message out there
• 00:12:57 - Self-filming hunts
• 00:16:06 - Brandon’s season
• 00:27:53 - Still-hunting strategy that works!
• 00:32:14 - Different methods for getting deer out of the woods
• 00:37:16 - Laurel and thick vegetation for bedding
• 00:43:45 - Brandon’s deer camp tradition
• 00:49:52 - Getting newer hunters experiences
• 00:56:25 - Hunting in September in Maryland
• 01:08:26 - Meat hunting
• 01:10:37 - Getting better at self-filming with more reps
• 01:19:23 - Brandon is building a recurve bow
• 01:24:09 - Brandon’s channels: The Everyday Outdoorsman

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Beau Martonik is joined by champion turkey caller and hunter Beau Brooks. Beau is known for fooling just about anything with a mouth call. They discuss growing up in the West, finding the turkey that wants to play your game, mid-day turkeys, what to do when a Tom has hens with him, calling strategies, their top gear for turkey hunting, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:06:25 - Learning from successful people
• 00:08:22 - Beau Brooks’ background
• 00:10:16 - Elk and turkey hunting contrasting
• 00:17:43 - Beau’s dad Casey Brooks
• 00:20:44 - Beau Brooks’ passion for calling animals
• 00:24:46 - Search for the bird that wants to play YOUR game, and timing is everything when calling
• 00:32:25 - Beau Brooks’ approach to hunting Easterns
• 00:36:32 - Finding the unpressured birds
• 00:39:53 - Mid-day turkeys
• 00:47:19 - Get above em
• 00:50:43 - What do you do when your tom has hens with him?
• 00:54:27 - Mouth calls exclusively?
• 00:59:57 - Calling: getting them on the right day at the right time
• 01:03:42 - How do you gobble on a mouth call?
• 01:10:53 - What gear is Beau Brooks using for turkey hunting?
• 01:14:35 - Tick defense: Sitka Gear Equinox guard
• 01:18:22 - Seed ticks
• 01:24:09 - Preferred type of pot call?
• 01:30:30 - Where to go to learn more from Beau Brooks

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Beau Martonik is joined by Maven Optics founders and team members at the Maven HQ in Lander, Wyoming. Through their business model, Maven makes the highest-quality optics at half the price of their competitors. They discuss how Maven started, why they do things differently, Beau’s first time Chukar hunting, the RS.2 Riflescope, the infamous riflescope drop test, the employees who make it all happen, direct-to-consumer benefits, and the best/worst things about working at Maven.

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:09:11 - How Maven started and what the facility is like
• 00:15:05 - Why are Maven specs a little bit different from everything else?
• 00:17:54 - The Maven look
• 00:23:53 - Chukar hunting
• 00:30:56 - Bow hunting or rifle hunting?
• 00:37:56 - Favorite scope: RS2
• 00:40:50 - The infamous riflescope drop test
• 00:44:26 - Craig’s introduction
• 00:46:40 - Sarah's introduction
• 00:48:00 - Jordan’s introduction
• 00:49:34 - Shows and expos
• 00:50:40 - Direct-to-consumer benefits
• 00:56:36 - Best and worst things about working at Maven

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Beau Martonik is joined by two extremely successful whitetail hunters specializing in public land hunting, Johnny Stewart and Rendell Erik. They discuss learning to pick out things mature deer like, trusting your gut, smart bucks skirting hunting pressure, phases of a hunting area, and much more. Listen to last week’s episode if you missed part 1 of this conversation!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:05:51 - Big smart bucks are like Rambo
• 00:18:59 - Learning to pick out the things mature deer like
• 00:21:17 - Trust your gut
• 00:28:23 - Take videos on your phone while scouting so you remember details of how you should set up
• 00:30:00 - Extreme cold and hunting mid-day late-season
• 00:41:17 - How bucks deal with hunting pressure
• 00:45:04 - Smart bucks hanging out right by the road/parking lot
• 00:45:47 - Word gets out and good areas go through phases
• 00:47:00 - Posting trail cam photos
• 00:53:37 - Rendell’s Bobcat trapping story

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Beau Martonik is joined by two extremely successful whitetail hunters who specialize in public land hunting, Johnny Stewart and Rendell Erik. They discuss categorizing your hunting spots, the best wind to capitalize, the deer camp resurgence, Rendell’s experience scouting with Johnny, areas with no oak trees, trail camera strategies, and much more. Listen next week for part 2 of this conversation!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:08:31 - Categorizing your hunting spots
• 00:10:03 - East wind = kill wind
• 00:11:39 - Spartan Forge Cyber Scout AI
• 00:13:27 - Rendell’s background
• 00:23:09 - Back on topic: Rendell’s background continued
• 00:26:28 - Money
• 00:32:03 - Deer camp resurgence
• 00:44:24 - The report from Johnny and Rendell scouting earlier in the day
• 00:46:41 - Hunting big woods areas with no oak trees
• 00:48:07 - Hunting a specific deer
• 00:53:11 - Trail camera talk and knowing where you need to be
• 00:54:42 - Being aware of when the does go into heat
• 00:58:05 - Using yarn to monitor the wind and thermals
• 01:00:01 - One thing to NEVER do with a cell cam

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Beau Martonik is joined by entrepreneur, western hunter, and host of the Rich Outdoors podcast, Cody Rich. Cody is known for finding big elk, but recently has shown interest in western whitetails. They discuss thoughts around finding whitetails in the Western states, calling and rattling tactics, similarities between hunting elk and whitetails, finding your style of elk hunting, what to do when you find elk, Cody’s midday elk calling strategy, why turkey hunting is similar to elk hunting, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:08:21 - Cody might be turning into a Montana whitetail guy
• 00:14:58 - Things to look at if you are heading out west to look for whitetails
• 00:23:43 - How to select an area
• 00:27:49 - Looking for archery spots instead of rifle spots
• 00:31:45 - It’s better to cover ground and bump them
• 00:32:16 - Scouting outside of season
• 00:38:54 - Keying in on specific areas based on the rut
• 00:42:29 - Calling and rattling tactics
• 00:45:17 - Drawing parallels between hunting and calling different animals
• 00:47:40 - Using decoys for whitetails
• 00:51:54 - Patience vs aggressiveness
• 00:53:31 - Having a system and finding your style of elk hunting
• 01:02:27 - Be all in on what you choose
• 01:04:08 - You’ve found elk, now how do you kill them
• 01:09:54 - You have to bump elk to find elk; create more opportunities
• 01:16:44 - Cody’s approach to elk hunting
• 01:36:16 - Taking risks, but also be cautious of the wind
• 01:53:14 - A midday calling strategy that has worked for Cody
• 02:00:40 - Hunt the herd bull, and you will run into satellites
• 02:03:16 - Comparing turkeys to elk yet again
• 02:08:04 - Cody’s podcast and elk hunting course

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