Ep. 73: Idaho's "Good Old Days" of Elk Hunting
In Pursuit
MeatEater
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
When I hear the phrase "good old days," I want to know exactly how good it was. Dirk sits down with outdoor writer and lifelong Sportsman advocate, George Bettas, to chat about elk hunting in Idaho's famed Clearwater region back in the 70's and 80's. George transports us from back in time to elk hunting massive herds of elk in a place void of hunters, to modern times where elk aren't as plentiful.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Reed Isble. |
| 0:01.2 | And Dan Ism |
| 0:02.0 | Otherwise known as the Brothers Hunt. |
| 0:03.7 | We're hosting a new podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | God's Country by Meat Eater and Our Heart Podcast. |
| 0:07.7 | God's Country is a weekly drive to the intersection of music and the outdoors. |
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| 0:26.8 | Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Yes. Welcome back to another episode of Cutting |
| 0:43.3 | the Distance Podcast. I'm Dirk Durham and today my guest is a longtime |
| 0:48.4 | sportsman and a sportsman advocate and outdoor writer. Lifelong Hunter and if anyone wants to know anything about elk hunting, |
| 0:58.0 | I feel this is the guy you want to get inside his brain and pick it a little bit. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome to the show. I have George Bates. Do you want to get inside his brain and pick it a little bit? |
| 1:07.0 | Welcome to the show. I have George Beatus here today. Welcome George. Thank you, Derek. It's great to be with you guys. |
| 1:12.0 | I've been following George for several years on social media and I've seen a lot of |
| 1:17.2 | stuff he's written over the years and I've always thought he was pretty neat and |
| 1:21.7 | fascinating guy and I thought, you know, who better to get on the podcast and kind of talk about the good old days of Elkunning in Idaho? |
| 1:30.0 | And in particular, Idaho's Clearwater region. |
| 1:33.0 | It's kind of a magical place and I think it's probably arguably one of the most beautiful |
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