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East Meets West Hunt

Ep. 406: How to Choose a Riflescope for Deer Hunting (Don't Make These Mistakes!) - Gear Talk Series

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9747 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Gear Talk, a new series of the East Meets West Hunt podcast. The Gear Talk episodes will be short bonus episodes that dive into specific gear items Beau Martonik uses and why. In this episode, Beau and Kurt Martonik discuss everything you need to know about riflescopes for deer hunting including the types, magnification, mounting, setup, and much more! Let us know what gear items you have questions about and want to see in a future podcast! Send inquiries to [email protected] with the subject line saying Gear Talk. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro to riflescopes for deer hunting 00:02:43 - Types of riflescopes 00:04:03 - Beau’s preferred riflescope for deer hunting - Maven RS.2 00:05:03 - What magnification to keep your scope on while hunting the big woods 00:07:13 - Low light capabilities 00:07:43 - First vs. Second focal plane scopes 00:10:34 - Elevation and windage adjustments 00:11:38 - Scope mounting height Resources: Instagram:   @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @kurt_the_gunsmith 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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If you have a low zoom and you have that scope mounted low, it just points naturally.

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When you are, you see a deer in the woods, you keep your eyes on that deer, you pull your rifle up and the reticle goes right to it.

0:10.0

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

0:16.0

Born in the heart of the Pennsylvania Deer Camp, with the help of experts, friends, and local legends,

0:24.7

we bring you valuable knowledge and powerful stories

0:28.1

for your hunting adventures.

0:31.0

Welcome to the East Meets West Hunt podcast

0:34.6

with your host, Bo Martonic.

0:43.7

All right, welcome back to another episode of the Gear Talk podcast, which is a series of the East Meets West Hunt podcast.

0:51.3

Short 10 to 20 minute episodes, sometimes we go a little longer but uh i'm back again

0:57.1

with my brother kurt martonic otherwise known as kurt the gunsmith and we're going to walk through

1:04.1

we've been doing this kind of rifle series within it of breaking down hunting rifles from

1:09.6

mounting a scope to caliber selection, all those different

1:13.6

things. And now we're going to go into talking about scope specifically for whitetail

1:18.7

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

1:25.5

that will be hosted in north central Pennsylvania in the

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Big Woods Appalachian Mountain Country. This course will combine classroom and in the field scouting

1:34.9

to help you locate more bucks and create a game plan to increase your success rate.

1:39.7

Topics will include map reading, e-scouting buck betting food source identification seasonal scouting

1:45.9

wind and thermal demonstrations trail camera strategies and so much more our goal is to give you the

1:52.6

knowledge framework and confidence to make your own opportunities you get hands-on gear learn how to

1:57.8

use it there will be exclusive deals free free swag, and big geared giveaways

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