562 | The Power of Constant Adjustment in Elk Hunting

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Jasen, a listener of the show, joins us to share lessons from his elk hunting journey. Over many years of hunting, Jasen has had plenty of success, along with many years of struggle. He discusses the importance of constantly assessing and adjusting your approach to hunting, the lessons he has learned from solo hunting, how family dynamics factor into his hunting journey, and much more. CHAPTERS... 00:02:49 — Jasen's Hunting Origins 00:06:20 — Family Dynamics and Hunting 00:14:50 — Consistency, Not Complacency 00:22:08 — Success to Struggle 00:37:32 — Knowledge Through Experience 00:49:15 — Close Encounters with Elk 01:10:54 — A New Approach to Hunting 01:19:09 — Solo Hunting & Sharing Support The Hunt Backcountry Podcast is brought to you by Exo Mtn Gear: https://exomtngear.com/ Email Sign-up: https://exomtngear.com/newsletter Contact Us: podcast@exomtngear.com Leave A Message: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huntback Country podcast.
0:16.6	This is episode number 562.
0:19.8	And our guest is one of you guys, a listener of the show.
0:25.7	Jason joins us to share a bit about his El Cunning experience over many years,
0:32.1	that included plenty of success, but also plenty of struggle, and kind of the power of constant adjustment.
0:40.9	Going through seasons as a hunter where you're just managing life and family and the pursuit
0:47.9	itself and how that changes over time. Sometimes consistency is the key, and sometimes you really have to change things up
0:57.3	to find success again. So we go through this with Jason on everything from family dynamics to
1:04.9	the pursuit of bow hunting, to learning about elk in different conditions and places, and really enjoying the process of it all.
1:15.6	There's so much to take away from this one for you guys.
1:18.8	If you do enjoy the show, this episode, or the podcast in general,
1:23.8	it would help us if you can leave a rating or review in your podcast app.
1:28.0	That truly does make a difference as we don't advertise this show at all.
1:32.7	And so your reviews and support from the reviews or even sharing the show with a friend does help tremendously.
1:39.8	Thanks for taking a moment to do that.
1:42.1	Let's dive right to this conversation with Jason.
1:51.5	Jason, I'm excited to chat with you.
1:54.2	We've been trying to schedule this one for a while now
1:57.5	and appreciate you sticking with the chaos of fall hunting season and then
2:02.4	the holidays and it'll be 2026 when this one's published so yeah man excited to chat not only
2:09.3	about recent huts but really some pretty extensive history and like lessons you learned
2:15.4	over the course of call it your hunting career if you
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