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Jason Phelps Elk Hunting Scenarios Part 1 11.29

Title: The Elk Scenario with Jason Phelps 
 
Show Notes:
As a designer of elk calls, Jason Phelps from Phelps Game Calls has a lot to say about how to talk to a herd of elk. The weather, the time of day, even the pitch of your call, will all help how responsive a bull is to you. Jason shares some tips for how to prod a bull to respond, and when you should press your advantage during the hunt.
 
For Jason when he’s hunting, he’s looking for certain responses from the bull. He wants that rut-crazed bull coming at him. Since a lot of his hunting has been done in the Northern US, he knows some of the ways he does things will be very different for other hunters in different parts of the US.
 
When the sun starts to rise, you should be able to hear the elk. So Jason puts in a little extra effort to plan to hear the elk the night before to pinpoint their location. The elk are creatures of habit and will do the same thing day after day until they’ve been bumped or disturbed.
 
As a 90% bugle caller and only a 10% cow caller, Jason talks about his strategy for attracting their attention. He talks about when he chooses to use the cow caller, and why he prefers the bugle caller so much more.
 
Jason cut his teeth hunting in southwest Washington, some of the wettest woods anywhere. That constant rain can impact the length of the rut, and requires some creative strategies to work around that problem. Rather than describing some more effective calls that he’s discovered, he demonstrates them for me.
 
 
 
What’s Inside:
To start the rut, sometimes a little creative bugling is all that it takes.
Jason always recommends getting as close as possible before starting to call to the elk.
Warm weather and dry weather will definitely affect the elks’ behavior.
One of the best times to hunt elk is after a midday rain, according to Jason.
Jason demonstrates some of his most responsive bugling calls.
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
Days in the Wild on itunes
Days in the Wild on Podbean
Phoenix Shooting Bags
Phelps Game Calls
 
Short Description:
Experimenting with bugling sounds can improve your chances of prodding an elk to respond to you. Jason Phelps from Phelps Game Calls uses bugling to challenge a bull, find a herd, prod a response from cows, and enrage the elk he wants. He talks about how hunting in the rain affects elk season, and he demonstrates some of his favorite bugling calls.
 
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elk hunting, elk scenario, bugling elks, bugling bulls, finding elks, elk hunting in the rain, tracking elk, location bugling, start an elk rut
 

Elk Hunting Scenarios with Corey Jacobsen, part 2 11.28

Title: The Elk Scenario with Corey Jacobsen Part 2 
 
Show Notes:
Sometimes in elk hunting, you’ll keep running up against some of the same scenarios. In part 4 of the Elk Scenario, I continue my conversation with Corey Jacobsen from Elk 101 about how he approaches these common scenarios.
 
Most of what Corey hunts is just general, over-the-counter tags. So five or six elks bugling all at once is elk heaven to him, and he doesn’t worry too much about which ones he goes after. But when you’re competing against other bulls in the wild, how do you make yourself stand out? Corey talks about the direction the conversation should go when you’ve figured out which bull you want to go after.
 
When there are a lot of elks bugling, it can be hard to make yourself heard over them. Corey and I both have some good strategies for interrupting a bull by bugling over them, or creating a scenario with sound that catches the attention of a bull.
 
Challenging a bull may not give you the results you want, and there are a lot of different reasons for this. Depending on the size of the herd or the age of the bull, you may want to choose a different approach.
 
When Corey hears the bulls bugling and running, they’re usually moving up a mountain. Trying to get them to turn around is a common situation. Even though they have the upper hand, it could be an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the terrain. Corey’s recent experience demonstrates some of the tricky parts of being below a herd.
 
For Corey, he loves calling. If an elk won’t bugle back to him, his first instinct is to move on. I might choose instead to use some other audible sounds to prod him to respond. We talk about different ways to get a response from a quiet bull.
What’s Inside:
Eliminating opportunities on a hunt is one of the last things you want to do.
It’s illegal to call an elk in a national park.
How to tell an elk to shut up, according to Corey.
Big rubs and puny bugles don’t always mean big bulls or small bulls.
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
Days in the Wild on itunes
Days in the Wild on Podbean
Phoenix Shooting Bags
Elk101
 
 
Short Description:
Learning to talk to elk can change your entire hunting experience. Expert elk bugler Corey Jacobsen describes how he changes his bugling tactics based on different scenarios. Attracting the attention of a quiet elk versus catching the attention of a herd of trumpeting elk requires entirely different calls. The nuances of elk bugling will make you appreciate the hunt even more.
 
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Elk Hunting Scenarios with Corey Jacobsen, part 1 11.27

Title: Elk Hunting Scenarios with Corey Jacobsen, part 1
Show Notes:Over the next few weeks, I’ve invited a couple of different guys to talk about how they hunt elk. Ithink this is a neat perspective and a cool way to learn from others when you see the differentways other hunters react to different scenarios.With some research beforehand, Corey knows what kind of elk he’s going to see. That meanshe’s not in a hurry to shoot the first elk he sees. The temperature and the water conditions willimpact the behavior of the elk, so you’ll need to be aware of that. Corey shares his strategy forhunting elk when the hunt doesn’t go the way he pictured.The desert states seem to have an on/off switch for the ruts, says Corey. How well managed astate is seems to have some impact on this. Nevada, Arizona, and Utah have a much differentconcentration of elk, demographics, and the bull-to-cow ratio are all different than Idaho andOregon, so your hunting approach may need to change.It’s rainy and you haven’t heard an elk in hours, so what would you do? This is a very realconcern if you’re in an area like Oregon. Depending on the camping conditions, Corey mighttake the day off or just keep going. His approach depends on a number of different factors.Corey thinks that creating opportunities within the hunt will change your ability to find success.He applies this idea to midday hunting, which is one of his favorite times to hunt. The averagehunter goes out before daylight and hunts for two or three hours before they head back to campfor lunch and a nap. Corey hunts all day long for a lot of different reasons.What’s Inside:● The early season in the desert states is very different from the early season in themountain states.● If you’re an elk addict like Corey, you can never really stop thinking about hunting elk.● In the desert states, water is going to be your friend.● Corey adjusts his elk hunting strategy based on the full moon and the weather.
Mentioned in this Episode:Days in the Wild on itunesDays in the Wild on PodbeanPhoenix Shooting Bags
Short Description:
When factors like the weather, a drought, or a full moon can all affect elk hunting, how can youchange your strategy to compensate for that? Corey Jacobsen, a self-proclaimed “elk addict”talks about how he’d adjust his plans based on different scenarios. No elk hunt goes perfectly,so being ready to adapt your game plan will help you come away with the animal you set out toget.Tags:elk hunting, bugling for elk, elk demographics, elk hunting in Idaho, weather and elk hunting, elkhunting and full moon, elk hunting strategies, hunting elk midday

Michael Batease Elk Hunting Scenarios part 2 ep 11.26

Title: The Elk Scenario with Michael Batease (Part 2 of Elk Scenario)
 
Show Notes:
I think seeing the same scenarios through the eyes of other hunters is a really great way to see how other hunters who know a thing or two about elk hunting deal differently with the same situation. It can help you compare different hunting strategies, so that when you come up against the same kind of situation, you’ll have some great options.
 
If you’ve got a bull that’s answering you all morning long, but every time you get close, he takes his females and moves just a little bit away, what do you do? The transition between a feeding area and a bedding area may be causing this behavior. Michael talks about what you want to be hearing when the bull is bugling back.
 
Getting close to a bull, but they just don’t want to stand and fight is a little bit like a keyboard warrior. Michael suggests you get parallel to the bull, and talks about how he creates a “story” to attract the interest of the bull by flipping the script on him.
 
We as people have to stay far enough back that the herd bull can’t see us, so getting them to take your challenge seriously can be hard. Michael and I talk about the kind of decoys we’ve used, and what kinds are better for certain circumstances.
 
Hunting on open prairie with nearly no cover is when Michael breaks out the ultimate predator decoy. He talks about how visual stimulation and light calling can be used to work a bull, and get him to move to where you can take him down. Sometimes Michael likes mounting the decoy on his bow to free up his hands which lets him focus on getting closer to the herd.
 
 
What’s Inside:
Determining the size of a bull by sound can be deceptive sometimes, says Michael.
Michael talks about how to play on the herd dynamics.
If a herd bull deals with satellite bulls all day long, how are you going to get him to move?
We talk about the different kinds of decoys we’ve used and when they worked well (and when they didn’t).
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
Days in the Wild on itunes
Days in the Wild on Podbean
Phoenix Shooting Bags
Elk Calling Academy
Elk Calling Academy on Facebook
Elk Calling Academy on Youtube
Elk Calling Academy on Instagram
 
Short Description:
Sometimes just bugling at a bull elk won’t cause any sort of reaction from him. Michael Batease from Elk Calling Academy has expert advice on how you can talk to a bull so that they actually react to you. By recognizing the different kinds of sounds a bull produces, and what those sounds mean can make the difference between putting in elk in the ground and wasting an entire hunting trip.
 
Tags:
Elk hunting, hunting scenarios, bugling bulls, stalking bulls, mimicking cows, elk decoys, do decoys work, hunting elk bulls

Michael Batease Elk Hunting Scenarios part 1 11.25

What’s Inside:
Determining the size of a bull by sound can be deceptive sometimes, says Michael.
Michael talks about how to play on the herd dynamics.
If a herd bull deals with satellite bulls all day long, how are you going to get him to move?
We talk about the different kinds of decoys we’ve used and when they worked well (and when they didn’t).
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
Days in the Wild on itunes
Days in the Wild on Podbean
Phoenix Shooting Bags
Elk Calling Academy
Elk Calling Academy on Facebook
Elk Calling Academy on Youtube
Elk Calling Academy on Instagram
 
Short Description:
Sometimes just bugling at a bull elk won’t cause any sort of reaction from him. Michael Batease from Elk Calling Academy has expert advice on how you can talk to a bull so that they actually react to you. By recognizing the different kinds of sounds a bull produces, and what those sounds mean can make the difference between putting in elk in the ground and wasting an entire hunting trip.
 
Tags:
Elk hunting, hunting scenarios, bugling bulls, stalking bulls, mimicking cows, elk decoys, do decoys work, hunting elk bulls

Hunting With Krissy Hay Knox 11.24

Hunting With Krissy Hay Knox 11.24
 
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The Crew talking While on Quarintine in Argentina bonus episode

Title: Big Game Hunting in Argentina During a PandemicShow Notes:Big game hunting in South America takes on a whole new dimension when you add in apandemic, a quarantine, a little civil unrest, and the most unbelievably gorgeous scenery. I waslooking for my gold trophy class, so I share some details about my hunt. My wife and friends talkabout their impressions of Argentina, and their experiences about the trophy hunt.First of all, the itinerary did not tell us there was going to be a small revolution while we weredown there. After having been reassured in October that everything was totally under control,we were surprised by the graffiti, crowds, and a tear gas experience while out in a restaurant.Our guides took us out in the morning, and the mist was pretty incredible. We hunted for redstag, fallow deer, and Axis deer. There was wildlife everywhere, and it was the perfect situationfor cover, with bushes almost the exact, right distance from each other.There was a lot of respect for the animals, from the guides to the drivers to the hunters. Ourwives talk about what surprised them about the hunt. They realized that the shot is such a smallpart of the hunt. The calm before the shoot, the stalking, and all of the work to get to the top ofthe mountain; they’re all a much bigger part of the hunt than they realized.The food was unbelievable, and we’ve never eaten so many wild game dishes where each dishis better than the last. The topography, the landscape; it was just all amazing.We kept getting hints that things in the outside world were not going well. After a visit fromChilean immigration, we had to contact the U.S. embassy, and we realized that all internationalflights were being canceled. We had a small window to return to the United States before wewere stranded in South America until June. Stay tuned for part 2.
What’s Inside:● Taking friends and wives along on a big game hunt in Argentina was an unforgettableexperience.● The topography, weather, and animals in a totally new locale made the experienceunlike any other.● Our trip was made more exciting by tear gas, civil unrest, and the Coronsvirus. Plus, aquarantine, and nearly getting stuck in South America.● Our wives share their experiences, feelings, and thoughts about the hunt.
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Red Stags, Social Revolutions and Corona Virus Qurantine in Argentina 11.23

Hunting For Red Stag in Argentina During a PandemicShow Notes:It was about 10 years ago when I first started looking into doing a big hunt, but it took that longto get everything lined up just right. I knew that I wanted to go to Argentina instead of a placelike New Zealand because I wanted to hunt for red stag. It wasn’t until I connected with myfriend Nico who owns an outfit down in Argentina that I could get everything pulled together, butI never anticipated how a worldwide pandemic would impact all of my carefully made plans.One of the reasons I chose Argentina is because red stag have been there longer, since the1800s and the herds are almost native at this point. I prepared for shooting at deer and not elk,but the bone structure of red stag is more dense than elk. I talk about how this impacted myhunt with them and what I’d do differently next time.It took us a little while to realize that we were caught between the pandemic, possible jail time inArgentina for breaking the quarantine, and panic because the flights kept getting canceled. Wewere a couple of hundred miles from Buenos Aires, and we had spotty wi-fi in the middle of theday. Probably the most difficult part of this trip was how hard it was to communicate with theoutside world.Since we were quarantined by the government, we decided to use this opportunity to go afteranother stag. I had that stag fever, and you know how hard that is to shake once you’ve got it.The ranch owner offered to let me shoot anything for $1,500, so we were all trying to make thebest out of the situation. However, nothing, and I mean nothing, worked out the way I planned.I want to recognize all of the positive parts of this experience because it’s easy to focus on thenegative ones. People I hadn’t talked to in years contacted me to help us get out. I got my stagthat I’d always wanted. And despite everything, I would go back and do it again. It was anamazing experience.What’s Inside:● If you like elk hunting, you’ll love red stag hunting, which was the entire reason I choseArgentina.● I share some of the unique challenges with red stag hunting.● In spite of all of the craziness with the pandemic, we were still out there hunting trying totake our minds off of things.● So many people reached out to me to help us try to get out of Argentina when it lookedlike all of the flights were canceled.● Every step of the way, something new and crazy got thrown in our path.
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Short Description:With some time now between my big hunting trip to Argentina and my return to the States, I canlook back with some perspective on how everything went down. There were a hundredunplanned, irritating things that happened, but also some amazing experiences that I will neverforget. I talk about my stag fever, the one that almost got away, and trying to get out of thecountry when no airlines were flying. It was an unforgettable trip, in more ways than one.
Tags:Argentina stag hunting, hunting in a pandemic, red stag hunting, South American hunts, huntingtrip of a lifetime, hunting during quarantine, big game hunting

Candy Yow 11.22

Title: Teaching Women to Hunt with ConfidenceShow Notes:A great teacher who is passionate about a subject can pass that love and passion along to theirstudents. Candy Yow runs Ladies Hunting from Oregon, and teaches women in organized huntsall over the west to feel confident with their new sport. She says that women need confidencebuilding hunts to help them love hunting.Candy’s husband wanted to teach her to hunt, but Candy realized pretty quickly that she didn’twant to listen to him. For many couples, it’s better learning from someone other than yourspouse.We have both noticed that the right gear and clothes for women will make a difference in howmuch women enjoy hunting. We talk about some of our favorite gear that really takesperformance to the next level.Women need education about hunting to build confidence and also to teach them safety skills.Her hunting camps teach women the farm to table approach, including hunting, field dressing,and cooking the animals. She shares some of the first kill experiences she’s been able to sharein.The best gateway hunt, according to Candy, are the cow elk tags or the deprivation tags. It’s aneasy hunt that builds a lot of confidence for women, and it’s the one she usually turns to for herclients. In Wyoming, the Women’s Only Antelope Hunt pairs them with a mentor, and Candyrecommends it too.The most memorable hunt Candy’s been on wasn’t really about her. She focused on helping hersister regain her confidence and deal with her grief. Her story really illustrates how much ofhunting is in your head and heart.Ladies Hunting is currently planning numerous hunts later this year. This could be a great gift foryourself or your spouse to help them become more self-confident out in the wild.What’s Inside:● By focusing on finding success in a hunt, Candy teaches women to love hunting.● Why proper gear for women will help them become better hunters.● The easiest and most accessible hunts for women and youth.● Candy’s most memorable hunt that brought a lot of healing to her family.
Mentioned in this Episode:Days in the Wild on itunesDays in the Wild on PodbeanPhoenix Shooting BagsWomen’s Wyoming Antelope HuntLadiesHunting.comCandy Yow’s TV show
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Scott Ellis 4x Grand National Champion Turkey Caller 11.20

Turkey Hunting secrets with Scott Ellis 4x Grand National Champion Turkey Caller 11.20
in this episode we talk about:
Locating birds in areas you never hunted
Calling in henned up birds
What to do when you are not hearing gobbles 
How to call to quiet birds
How to blind call for turkey
Should I use a turkey Decoy 
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