Western Rookie - November Elk Behavior

Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting

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4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The conversation delves into the dietary habits and behaviors of elk, contrasting them with other species like white-tailed deer and moose. It highlights the necessity for elk to access grassy areas for sustenance, especially during specific seasons, and discusses the implications for hunting strategies. Takeaways Elk are not browsers like white tails or moose. They consume a heavy grass diet, unlike other species. Elk require access to grassy areas for feeding. Seasonal changes affect elk movement and behavior. Understanding elk diet is crucial for effective hunting. Elk behavior varies significantly from other deer species. Hunting strategies should consider elk's dietary needs. Elk's habitat influences their grazing patterns. Bulls exhibit different behaviors as seasons change. Knowledge of elk movements aids in successful hunting. Our Sponsors: * Check out Thompson Cigars and use my code SE for a great deal: https://thompsoncigar.com * Check out Troll Co Clothing and use my code EMPIRE25 for a great deal: https://www.trollco.com/hunting Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:51.1	All right, everybody, welcome back to the Western Rookie Podcast. I'm your your host dan johnson and today our guest is mr mark kaiser mark welcome to the show hey i appreciate being on here and uh i always love to talk elk there you go there you go. So first, my first question to you I have is,
1:13.2	what is it about elk that you like so much? Oh, I, I, uh, there's many things, but I just,
1:21.5	I like the country. I mean, it's hard not to like the West. I, I grew up in the Midwest.
1:26.7	Actually, I cut my teeth on
1:28.8	white tails. Obviously, you can see a few white tails on my walls here. So I love
1:35.5	white tail hunting. It's just, I think the, you know, the splendor of the West, the
1:40.9	gorgeousness of it, and then the real challenge of it.
1:45.0	Not that a, you know, a 200-acre cornfield, standing cornfield in Illinois can't challenge
1:50.8	you on a white tail because you can.
1:53.5	But, you know, the mountains is just really, they can each you up.
1:58.1	And when you get success, it is so satisfying.
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