Episode
Ep. 497: Giant Bucks in Mountain Laurel Nobody Else Will Hunt w/ Pat Burns
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- East Meets West Hunt
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- Jun 30, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 7937
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Summary
Beau Martonik sits down with Pat Burns, a big woods hunter from the Northeast who has been hunting mountain laurel thickets for years, killing giant bucks in cover most hunters won’t go near. Pat breaks down how he finds openings and funnels inside a sea of laurel using leaf-off maps, why he considers all those ladder stands on the edges to be the equivalent of hunting a field edge, how he creates access trails to get a quarter mile deep into the thick stuff without making a sound, and the story behind the giant buck he killed last fall. They also get into tracking an 11.5-year-old buck across a five-mile stretch of mountain over several seasons, why November 4th consistently produces for Pat, his approach to reactivating community scrapes with nothing but fresh dirt, camera strategy in remote terrain, and pushing the envelope once you’ve done enough homework to back it. Pat also works for Huntstock, an outdoor festival held in Massachusetts (August 7–9, 2026). Beau will be at the Massachusetts event recording live podcast interviews with Rick Labbe, Lanny Benoit, Jeff Doyle, Jim Massett, and others. 00:00:00 — Intro 00:01:07 — What Makes Huntstock Different From a Trade Show 00:04:20 — Podcast Row and Northeast Legends Beau Will Interview in Massachusetts 00:08:59 — Pat’s Background in Maine 00:11:23 — The Shed That Started a Years-Long Obsession 00:15:44 — Learning to Track Big Woods Bucks 00:20:42 — Five Miles of Sheds and Closing in on a Giant 00:25:58 — How Hunting Pressure Moves Big Woods Bucks 00:31:22 — The Shared Buck Discovery 00:39:06 — Why November 4th Is Pat’s Magic Date 00:45:53 — Reading Wind to Find Buck Beds in Thick Cover 00:49:43 — Finding Bucks in Miles of Mountain Laurel 00:57:13 — Creating Trails to Hunt Deep in Laurel 00:58:27 — Why Big Woods Bed…