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The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

191 | ELK WEEK - How to make the most of opportunities...

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to ELK WEEK! This is the 4th of 5 back-to-back episodes answering your questions about elk hunting. Our roundtable of guests includes Dan Staton (ElkShape.com), Corey Jacobsen (Elk101.com), Trent Fisher (BornAndRaisedOutdoors.com), and Paul Medel (ElkNut.com). In this episode, we discuss how to make the most of opportunities. You have worked hard to find elk and close the distance, now when the moment of truth comes, how do you make the most of a shot opportunity? There is a lot that can still go wrong when you are in bow-range and we discuss some of the main things you need to be aware of. Visit ExoMtnGear.com/podcast to enter in the August 2019 giveaway for a custom Benchmade + Exo Mtn Gear knife.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, welcome back to Elk Week on the Huntback Country Podcast.

0:03.3

In the previous episodes, we've talked about finding elk

0:06.2

and we've talked about hunting quiet elk

0:07.7

and how to close the distance.

0:09.7

But when all of that comes together

0:11.6

and you actually get an opportunity,

0:14.3

you get that elk in Bow Range, let's call it.

0:17.4

How do you then execute?

0:19.1

So like, what are the things that helped all of these guys

0:22.0

go from just being an elk hunter

0:23.5

to actually killing elk and filling tags more consistently?

0:27.2

If you're fortunate enough to get within Bow Range

0:30.2

of an elk, there's so many things

0:31.8

that still have to go right for a shot to happen.

0:34.5

And some of that's on the elk, some of that's on us,

0:37.2

some of that's nerves, there's all kinds of variables.

0:40.2

But newer hunters can make mistakes in those last moments

0:44.7

and don't capitalize on opportunities.

0:46.4

And so we want to talk about making the most

0:48.1

of all the opportunities.

0:49.3

So I think a big thing that comes up

0:51.9

is just that that elk in Bow Range

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