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In Pursuit

Ep. 40: Elk Biology with Brock McMillan, Part 1

In Pursuit

MeatEater

Life Sciences, Science, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show, Jason is joined by his buddy Brock to talk all things elk biology in part one of this two part series. In this episode they cover everything from moon phase to who really controls the herd -- the herd bull or the lead cow?

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0:00.0

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0:52.7

Welcome back to Cutting the Distance.

0:54.2

Today's guest comes to us with a bunch of data, research, and information on elk, their

0:58.9

biology, and their behavior.

1:01.0

I want to see how we may be able to take this information and use it to our benefit during

1:04.8

hunting season.

1:05.8

See what makes sense, what relates, what doesn't, and what you're seeing out there.

1:09.2

So Brock McMillan comes to us with a PhD in biology.

1:12.8

He was a professor of ecology at Minnesota State University for nine years prior to joining

1:18.9

the faculty as wildlife ecologist at BYU for the past 15 years.

1:24.2

In addition to all of his professional experience, he is also an archery elk hunter, which I'm

1:28.0

most excited about because we get to jump in and talk about some of the things that I've

1:32.8

observed, and if they have a biological reasoning as well as what he's observed and maybe how

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