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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 388: How to Consistently Track Down Mature Adirondack Wilderness Bucks with Joe DiNitto // ADK Trackers

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9747 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Beau Martonik is joined by legendary Adirondack tracker, Joe DiNitto. Joe has spent his lifetime tracking bucks in the snow in vast wilderness areas throughout the northeast and Montana, with his average buck’s age being 6.5 years old. They discuss how to find a mature buck track in the wilderness, determining how fresh a buck track is, what a big buck track looks like, his process for following a track, realistic practice with your rifle, some hunting stories, and a lot more. This episode was recorded live from Huntstock in New York. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:10:19 - How to find a mature buck track in the wilderness 00:15:36 - How to determine how fresh a buck track is 00:19:04 - What a mature buck track looks like 00:22:14 - Once you find a track, what’s next 00:34:59 - You jumped the buck you’re tracking, what’s next? 00:40:04 - Most memorable tracking story 00:46:44 - Realistic practice - shooting your rifle 00:53:59 - Iron sights vs. scopes Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length. Resources: 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

You show me a way that I can kill a buck, a mature buck, with as little scouting as I just did,

0:06.3

quicker and easier, I'll switch the way I hunt.

0:10.1

That's just tracking in a nutshell.

0:13.3

I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people have all help me.

0:18.7

Born in the heart of the Pennsylvania deer camp.

0:22.3

With the help of experts, friends, and local legends,

0:27.2

we bring you valuable knowledge and powerful stories for your hunting adventures.

0:33.5

Welcome to the East Meets West Hunt podcast with your host, Bo Martonic.

0:40.9

Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented by Spartan Forge.

0:47.5

On today's episode, I am joined by legendary Adirondack tracker Joe Donito.

0:53.2

Joe has spent his lifetime tracking bucks in the vast wilderness

0:56.6

areas throughout the northeast in Montana with his average buck's age being six and a half

1:02.8

years old. We discuss how to find a mature buck track in the wilderness, determining how fresh

1:08.5

a buck track is, what a big buck track looks like, his process for

1:13.5

following a track, realistic practice with your rifle, some hunting stories, and a whole lot more.

1:20.5

Come join me, Beaumartonic, and some other seasoned Big Woods hunters in a two-day camp that

1:26.8

will be hosted in north-central Pennsylvania in the Big Woods hunters in a two-day camp that will be hosted in north central

1:28.7

Pennsylvania in the Big Woods Appalachian Mountain Country. This course will combine classroom

1:34.6

and in the field scouting to help you locate more bucks and create a game plan to increase

1:39.6

your success rate. Topics will include map reading, e-scouting, buck betting, food source identification,

1:46.0

seasonal scouting, wind and thermal demonstrations, trail camera strategies, and so much more.

1:52.2

Our goal is to give you the knowledge, framework, and confidence to make your own opportunities.

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