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ElkShape Podcast EP 59 - Chasing Longtails

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8618 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

After many years of saving up for a Mountain Lion Hunt and hustling several outfitters to work out some sort of arrangement, I got the call I've been waiting for.  As a resident of Washington State you cannot use dogs to hunt Mountain Lions like you once were able to.  Lion numbers are growing and management is extremely difficult without the use of dogs.  I have been hoping to find an outfitter in Idaho that could help me achieve my bucket list hunt of hunting cats with dogs, and I finally got the best hound guy to return my phone call and take me out for lion hunting.  Mike from Longtail Outfitters is a 25 year old houndsman who runs a legit operation out of northern Idaho. We linked up today to talk about our hunt, his operation and the biology and behavior of mountain lions.  We also get into hunting spring bear and public land DIY bear hunts in northern Idaho.  We also cover elk hunting tactics and some mistakes folks make when coming out West to hunt elk with archery equipment.  This is a fun episode, thanks for listening! LINK to LONGTAIL OUTFITTERS ELKSHAPE PARTNERS: ELK 101 UNIVERSITY OF ELK HUNTING | DISCOUNT CODE ELKSHAPE FOR 20% OFF KENETREK EXO HOYT ARCHERY ONXMAPS SITKA GEAR VORTEX OPTICS EASTON ARCHERY ELKSHAPE YOUTUBE EBOOK PHELPS GAME CALLS BOHNING OFF GRID FOOD CO FNX SUPPLEMENTS | Use discount code elkshape for 15%off PODIUM STRINGS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.4

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0:14.5

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0:17.0

I've guided with the Sorosky-Eel ranges for 12 years, but the BR-10s are simply better,

0:22.6

quicker ranging, better feel in the hand, and clearer, more actionable data.

0:26.9

For a limited time, get a $250 gift card with the purchase of the vinos to build your perfect

0:31.9

glassing setup. Visit revicoptics.com today.

0:36.2

Elkshape podcast, episode 5'9, with me, Dan the Fitnessman.

0:39.9

Thanks for listening.

0:41.3

I love your guys' support.

0:42.7

Today, I wanted to talk about mountain lions.

0:45.1

I actually went on my first ever, maybe my last mountain lion hunt a couple weeks ago.

0:49.8

It's something that's been on my radar for several years.

0:52.9

I've been saving on the side because I knew I was

0:55.1

going to have to hire an outfitter or just get really lucky over in Washington on an incidental. I went to

1:00.9

Idaho, hired an outfitter. I'm going to explain how I made it happen for myself, what I did to

1:07.0

accomplish that hunt because I'm not a guy that can just go out and book a mountain lion hunt every year. This has been on my radar for several years and I wanted to do my part and help manage the predators. And the cat densities are super high, especially in North Idaho. So I'm going to bring on the guy that I hired and kind of interview him. The reason why I bring him on also is because he knows a lot about bear hunting. Spring bears coming up around the corner. He also guides elk, so we're going to get into some elk hunting tactics. He calls for all his clients and kills lots of bulls every year. So he's got a wealth of knowledge. He's a pretty young guy. He can definitely hike the mountains. As you're going to find out, he kicked my ass on the hills. And it's just a really cool episode. So a little different, but I really like it. It's very engaging and I hope you enjoyed learning some of the biology on these animals that we're going to talk about. As far as oak shape business goes, guys, just want to let you know. I got a bunch of new swag in the Elk Shape store. Please check it out. I love some of the stuff that we got there from the hats and shirts. So you can check that out on Elkshape.com. Check out free workouts as well. Go to the

2:05.5

YouTube channel, watch any workout or hunting related content. We're on Instagram at Elkshape.

2:11.6

We're on Facebook as well. And the Elk Shape camp is coming up like in a couple of days. I'm super

2:17.0

pumped about that we're

2:18.0

going to do elk shape camp number two that's going to be early summer or late spring and i'm going

2:23.5

to double the amount of people that can go so i can just do one last camp and touch a lot of athletes

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