In this Episode (78) of the Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy get a chance to catch up for a midseason update.  Topics covered include a lot of stories from Montana and Idaho, Donnie’s broken leg, heavy packouts, grouse tally, transition to post-rut and rifle seasons, lower elevation elk, last minute bulls, Destination Elk, Randy’s Montana moose, the unexpected turns of life, and a lot of other stories from a busy season of elk hunting.

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2021 Midseason Update

In Episode 77 of Elk Talk Podcast, Corey is home from a harrowing Alaska Roosevelt archery elk hunt.  Randy has been waiting for Corey's story since getting a picture with no details.  This is a story you want to hear.  A story about dreams, perseverance, risk-reward, foolish chances, being prepared for the unexpected, kidney stones, terrible weather, and some of the world's largest-bodied elk in some of the world's worst terrain.

Alaska Dreams - Don't Hunt Elk Here

In this episode (76) Corey and Randy have a preseason session to discuss the 2021 elk season that launches by the time this episode drops. Randy chimes in from a temporary studio, apologizing for the bad audio, while Corey is fully loaded for Alaska archery elk.  Topics covered include Alaska archery elk, luck better than hard work, prioritize physical condition or knowledge or both, mobile tactics better than setups, allocation between scouting days and hunting days, the Montana elk wars, spikes or old bulls, hunting as a conservation tool, and some sneak previews of what Corey and Randy have ahead.

Preseason Primer - Talking Elk for the 2021 Season

In this episode (75) of Elk Talk Podcast, Corey talks with Brice Bishop of Peax Equipment.  While Randy is in Nevada, Corey and Brice talk about manufacturing hunting-specific products for western mountain hunting. This is a story of building a hunting equipment company from nothing more than a great idea and a lot of hard work.  Topics covered include listening to hunters, fulfilling their needs, developing products specific for what a hunter needs, building a mature brand to fulfill the mission of the company, and how a company can help improve conservation and access to hunting lands.

Building a Company for Hunters - PEAX Equipment

In this podcast, Corey and Randy take the stage at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Mountain Summit, where the audience receives a new Gerber knife for having the courage to ask a question that Corey and Randy try to answer.  Questions asked include conservation opportunities, adult onset hunting, getting young hunters involved, too many hunters, the need to continue improving access, calling setups for archery elk, and a host of other sidebars the audience was not expecting.

LIVE Podcast from RMEF 2021 Mountain Summit

In this Episode (73) of Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy are taking listener questions and reciting some experiences of recent elk seminars.  Topics covered include Alaska elk hunting, smoke and elk, hunting new areas, food scarcity, what is the best elk forage, elk dispersal, calling for elk is not for turkeys, making elk hunting simple, eliminating where elk "ain't", most archery seasons are a food pattern, every elk movement is with intention and purpose, same elk on different landscape, thermo-regulation, and many other tangents.

EP73: Hunting Elk in Fires, Smoke, and Droughts

In this episode (72) of the Elk Talk Podcast, Randy and Corey dive into the topic of drought impacts on elk. This takes them into migratory v. non-migratory elk, how to E-scout for each, dispersal v. density, selecting the best sanctuaries based on weather and moisture, priority on highest quality food in drought years, data used for selecting OTC and general units, your archery setup, remaining tag options, and many other tangents.

EP 72: Drought, Migrations, and Elk

In this Episode (71) of Elk Talk Podcast, Corey interrupts Randy's Montana drawing results and with Randy's serious sinus infection they to try carry on a podcast about planning elk hunts now that tags are being issued.  Topics covered include E-scouting differences for archery seasons compared to rifle seasons, eliminating where elk aren't, fall back options in Idaho and Colorado, cow elk hunting, how to pick up returned tags, no plan means paralysis, executing a plan and modifying your plan, World Elk Calling Championship, and a few reader questions mixed in.

EP 71: Planning Season for Elk Hunting

In this episode (70), Corey and Randy are answering listener questions and focusing on planning season.  Now that tags are being drawn, we take questions that give our approach to planning a hunt.  Topics covered include early archery season, how an E-scouting plan is developed, using rafts to escape the crowds, Corey's shed antler report, risk analysis while in the woods, selecting a general unit, what information is used to plan a hunt, and at listener request, a bit of marital advice.

EP 70: Your Elk Hunt, It's Planning Season

In this Episode (69) of The Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy are again scanning listener questions and explaining their approach to many of the topics facing elk hunters.  Tangents explored are public land etiquette for hunters and antler nuts, how to improve habitat for drought, drought impacts on hunting strategy, Randy's Five Periods of the Elk Calendar, some people need a wedgie, technology at our finger tips, remaining elk drawing deadlines, elk near roads, hackers took Randy's Facebook Page, and a host of other listener questions to round out the week.

EP 69: Public Land Etiquette & Other Tangents

In this episode (68) of the Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy talk about the upcoming Colorado elk deadline and a host of other listener questions.  Topics covered include, if Corey was King for a Day, R3 or access, selecting season dates, solo set-ups, nuances of thermals, barometric changes, elk and grizzlies, antler hunting, why some rules exist, elk/deer combo ideas, hunt a week straight or split your time, and a host of other random elk ramblings.

EP 68: Elk, Colorado & Questions

In this Episode (67) of Elk Talk Podcast, Randy and Corey talk about the upcoming New Mexico deadline, along with a host of listener Q&As.  Topic covered include the basics of New Mexico elk apps, Idaho rule change to lower DIY tag allocations, trail cams on winterkills, wolves impacting how elk behave, wolves less vocal, adaptive elk hunters, calling in November, what are edges, high elevation elk, growing the pie bigger, antler drop dates, and more listener question.

EP 67: Listener Q&A and New Mexico Elk Apps

In this Episode (66) of the Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy start taking viewer questions related to the recent flurry of legislation in western states that will impact hunting opportunity and elk.  Before long Corey has point Randy down the legislative rabbit hole and they do and in depth discussion of where these bills are coming from, what hunters can do to improve the situation, and why the future likely has more legislative policy rather than less.  Elk advocacy requires elk hunters speaking up for wild thing and wild places.

EP 66: Elk Hunters as Advocates

In this episode (65) of the Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy pay tribute to the amazing folks who consistently fill elk tags with only weekends to hunt.  We admirably refer to them as Weekend Warriors. Topics covered include hunting on a budget, knowledge trumps gear, making due with what you have, making the most of a limited schedule, meat care concerns determine where/how you hunt, backpacks as an elk hunting tool, a primer for upcoming political podcasts, you can only buy a politician if he is for sale, and a host of other fun topics about elk and conservation.

EP 65: Hail to the Weekend Warrior

In this episode (64) Corey and Randy go over all the details of applying for elk in Arizona.  A complete discussion of the Arizona draw system is provided, along with some things to think about in a drought year such as 2021.  Topics include draw system, points, strategy to increase your odds, mistakes to avoid, season dates, deadlines, setting realistic expectations, baking a bigger elk pie, starting young, allocating budgets, and a host of questions from listeners.

EP 64: Arizona Elk Strategy - Details and Drought

All elk, all the time, and only elk. Hunting elk is the aspirational pinnacle for most American hunters. Corey Jacobsen, 10-time World Elk Calling Champion, and Randy Newberg, long-time public land hunting advocate, have combined to lower the hurdles for aspiring elk hunters and provide insight from their combined decades of elk hunting mistakes that will give useful information to elk hunters of all experience levels. Brought to you by Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and partners Sitka Gear, onX, goHUNT.com, Gerber Gear, and Rocky Mountain Hunting Calls.

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