Ep. 422: Turkey Hunting in the Northeast - Wild Places & Gobbling Birds w/ Jon Lewis and Cody McIntyre // Just Hunt Club

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 747 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Beau Martonik is joined by John Lewis and Cody McIntyre of Just Hunt Club to share their passion for turkey hunting, strategies for public land, humorous encounters, and insights on challenges and opportunities in New England. In addition, they discuss hunting turkeys out-of-state, their favorite habitat types to find turkeys, the craziest places they’ve discovered turkeys, encountering venomous snakes, and a few big buck stories from last season. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:55 - How Just Hunt Club got started 00:17:25 - Getting into turkey hunting 00:23:55 - Out-of-state turkey hunting and different experiences 00:28:25 - Habitat types to find turkeys 00:35:25 - The craziest spots where turkeys lived 00:43:25 - Rattlesnakes, spiders, bears, and other scary things 00:56:45 - Black squirrel paradise 01:02:45 - Turkey hunting in the northeast 01:11:50 - Benefits of turkey hunting in steep terrain 01:18:15 - Finding adventure on the east coast 01:21:57 - New Hampshire Giant Buck 01:29:09 - Jon’s New York Early season buck over an apple tree Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @justhuntclub 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	But where that long beard was was absolutely wild.
0:03.0	That bird was coming out of a tree on a mountain laurel face, and I'm guessing he was just super pressured.
0:09.2	There was, like, probably a pocket, maybe the size of your living room here, and he would just fly down into that, and he would sit there and just gobble.
0:17.1	And you could not get to him.
0:18.5	And we went back and we hunted that turkey for like three or four days.
0:21.3	I don't know how to get to this freaking thing. Like, I mean, you're like, we're like, oh, yeah,
0:26.5	and he would just sit there and gobble, just boop. It was just a little opening in Mountain Laurel.
0:32.5	I was like, well, if I throw a mic on, then I can help others the way that these people have all helped me.
0:45.8	Born in the heart of the Pennsylvania deer camp, with the help of experts, friends, and local legends, we bring you valuable knowledge and powerful stories for your hunting adventures.
0:53.0	Welcome to the East Meets West Hunt podcast with your host, Bo Martonic.
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