Ep. 287: 4 Public Land Bucks, 4 Different Tactics with Chris Weist

On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by Chris Weist. In the last few years, Chris has left his home in Pennsylvania to try his hand at public lands in Maryland and Ohio. Last season, Chris brought home 4 bucks between the 3 states using different tactics for each. They break down these tactics based on his stories from a memorable season. Topics: 00:00 Intro 03:18 Chris’ Background 09:13 Branching out hunting Maryland and Ohio 12:36 Scouting Maryland public land for early season 16:17 Finding where the deer bed outside of the clearcut 20:03 Hunting the off-wind 21:12 Finding the right access to hunt the feed tree 25:31 Locating the Right White Oak Tree to Hunt 28:19 Patterning bucks in September 32:42 5 years of trail camera data learning where bucks like to bed in Pennsylvania 34:54 Locating this buck’s specific bed 38:00 How Chris killed this PA Mountain buck near his bed 43:28 Three-year strategy to breaking down a piece of land 46:08 Spending 22 days in Ohio  53:28 Setup above or below the trail? 56:06 How hunting with a traditional bow changes your setups 57:29 Gun season double in Ohio 01:02:11 Still-hunting ridges in Maryland 01:05:56 Recapping the 4 tactics used for 4 different bucks in one year 01:08:13 Spring scouting and historical data 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 @unleash_the_weist 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

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