EP 411: Becoming A More Consistent Elk Hunter with Ben Guttormson
The Rich Outdoors
Cody Rich
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2019
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Whats’s up podcast Patrons welcome to another great episode of hardcore elk hunter conversations. In this week’s Wapiti Wednesday I sit down with good buggy Ben Guttormson to talk all kinds of elk hunting. We talk a lot about the mistakes that separate the rookie and the novice. Ben started chancing elk in 2007 and since then has made a pile of mistakes but also has turned into a truly great elk hunter. There is a big mental shift in those hunters who are wandering around in the mountains hoping to kill and elk and the guys like Ben who can consistently kill elk every year.
Show Notes:
Introduction – 0m 53s
Ben’s 2019 Season – 3m 31s
Recognizing Mistakes & Pulling the Plug – 15m 37s
Considerations When Stalking Into a Herd – 26m 6s
Planning Your Season at the 201 Level – 31m 10s
Reading Elk Trails, Tracks, & Territories – 43m 43s
Choosing Your Area, Size & Pressure – 51m 25s
Closing Thoughts – 65m 19s
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rich outdoors where we break down the tips, tactics, and strategies of hunting's great |
| 0:14.4 | to not only help you become better hunters but to motivate and inspire you between |
| 0:18.9 | hunting adventures. For more about us including additional resources on our, and links to everything we cover in the interview, |
| 0:25.5 | check out the rich outdoors.net. Welcome to Wapati Wednesday. |
| 0:33.0 | What's up good buddy, Mr. Benjamin. Welcome to Wapet to Wapet to Wednesday. |
| 0:43.5 | What's up good buddy? |
| 0:44.5 | Mr. Benjamin. |
| 0:45.5 | How's it going? |
| 0:46.5 | Do you go by Ben or Benjamin? |
| 0:47.5 | Uh, Ben usually, but Benjamin works? |
| 0:51.5 | Benjamin. Benjamin. Benjamin. |
| 0:53.0 | I don't know, I've been called Weavers. |
| 0:55.0 | Does your mom call you Benjamin when you're in trouble? |
| 0:58.0 | No. |
| 0:59.0 | It was, it was a loud shrieky. BAN! |
| 1:04.0 | And I heard it a lot, I think, as a kid. |
| 1:07.0 | So. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, we're going to talk a little bit about |
| 1:15.0 | 201 elk planning. |
| 1:18.4 | And so you and I were chatting of the day about this whole 201 concept |
| 1:20.4 | and I was asking you what you thought about it. I guess I was trying, I don't know if I was defending it or explaining it, |
| 1:26.0 | but it's more along these lines of like 101 being the guy that wanders around in the woods hoping to get lucky |
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