565 | DIY Elk in CO with Llamas (A Listener Story)

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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A listener of the show, Russell, joins us to share the story of a do-it-yourself elk and mule deer in Colorado, which he went on with his Dad, brother, and a couple of llamas. As non-residents, we hear how they planned and prepared for this hunt, what Russell learned from pre-season scouting, how the hunt unfolded, what they experienced hunting with llamas for the first time, and much more. "I just want to go hunt." CHAPTERS... 00:04:06 — Choosing Colorado: The Hunt's Background00:09:03 — The Unique Experience of Hunting with Llamas00:15:00 — Scouting and Preparing for the Hunt00:26:49 — The First Days of Hunting: Successes and Challenges00:39:46 — Lessons Learned from the Hunt00:56:00 — Reflections on the Experience and Future Plans 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. This is episode number 565. And today we have a fun listener story.
0:24.5	Russell joins us to tell us about a over-the-counter Elkhunt, which was also partially a mule deer hunt that he did with his father and brother.
0:35.5	It's just a cool adventure of regular guys going on an out-of-state
0:39.8	hunt and learning and finding success and dealing with setbacks and for their first time
0:46.9	using llamas as well, which is a unique aspect of this hunt. So we get into all that. We talk
0:52.7	about hunting with llamas and what that
0:54.7	experience was like for them. Talk about hunting with Colorado and pressure. They did some
1:00.5	earlier season scouting compared to a later season hunt and the dynamics between those two,
1:06.2	and a whole lot more. I know you guys will enjoy this episode and take away some things from it. If you are
1:12.5	enjoying the show, it does help us if you can leave a rating or review in your podcast app. Take a second
1:18.4	and do that now. If you can, it does help us a lot. We don't advertise this show or monetize this show
1:23.5	or anything like that. So your support, your feedback, your ratings, all that stuff just
1:28.1	helps us organically grow and reach more hunters. Additionally, if you have any questions or comments
1:34.2	for us directly, feel free to reach out. Just send an email to podcast at exomotview.com.
1:39.8	Right now, though, let's go right into this discussion with russell russle i'm glad to have you on the
1:51.7	podcast today excited to speak with you and just personally interested to hear more of your hunt
1:59.1	and some of the lessons learned you had sent an email
2:01.6	a while back mentioning you guys were doing this hunt and you're kind of asking about some
2:07.6	resources for hunting with llamas and uh i told you as like well steve and i haven't done it i know guys
2:14.2	who do and then maybe here's some places to go look and then I told you
2:18.1	as like, follow up with me. I'd love to hear how it goes for you. So we'll talk a little bit about
2:21.7	hunting with llamas, but also just tell some of the hunt story in general. Before we do dive into that,
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