Ep. 399: Targeting Areas with Acorns During the Rut with John Prokop

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Beau Martonik is joined by John Prokop. John resides in Pennsylvania and spends more time in the woods than 99% of other hunters, learning the habits of mountain bucks on public land. They discuss how shed hunting has helped John get on mature bucks, his 2023 7.5-year-old mountain buck, finding the right rut hunting setups near mast-producing trees, access in areas with a lot of acorns, rut magic, mast cycles, weather effects, and much more! Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:07 - Introduction to John Prokop 00:11:02 - How shed hunting has helped John get on mature bucks 00:21:37 - 2023 Hunting season recap 00:30:37 - 7.5 year old mountain buck during the rut 00:35:57 - Finding rut hunting setups 00:39:37 - Honing in on one area 00:43:46 - How often to sit in one tree 00:50:07 - Rut magic - 3 bucks on one ridge 00:59:31 - Mast cycles and weather for predicting rut movement Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length. Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @john_pro28 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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0:00.0	Okay, I'm going to wait for this exact mass cycle.
0:03.5	I'm going to jump in there because I know the deer are going to use it the same way that they did in the past because nothing's changed.
0:09.3	The mast is the same.
0:10.3	The bedding's the same.
0:11.3	The terrain's the same.
0:12.4	So I'll jump into those same exact areas and find success in them.
0:16.5	I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people have all helped me.
0:22.1	Born in the heart of the Pennsylvania deer camp, with the help of experts, friends, and local legends,
0:30.6	we bring you valuable knowledge and powerful stories for your hunting adventures.
0:36.9	Welcome to the East Meets West Hunt podcast with your host, Bo Martonic.
0:45.6	Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast presented
0:50.8	by Spartan Forge.
0:52.4	On today's episode, I am joined by John ProCop.
0:56.3	John resides in Pennsylvania and spends more time in the woods than probably 99% of other
1:01.8	hunters learning the habits of mountain bucks on public land. We discuss how shed hunting has helped
1:08.7	John get on mature bucks, his 2023, 7.5-year-old
1:12.9	mountain buck during the rut, finding the right rut hunting setups near mass-producing trees,
1:18.7	access in areas, a lot of acorns, rut magic, mass cycles, weather effects, and a whole lot more.
1:26.4	Come join me,
1:27.9	Beaumartonic,
1:28.8	and some other season Big Woods hunters
1:30.9	in a two-day camp
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