Episode 88
Calling Pressured Elk with Top Guide Randsom Owens
September 18, 20201h 30m
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Show Notes
SHOW NOTES
When elk get wise, savvy hunters employ unorthodox techniques.
Guest Randsom Owens: Wildlife Artist extraordinaire, practical rifleman, top guide, & passionate hunter
Calling Elk: From fundamentals to advanced techniques
- Reading the situation
- Knowing when to call
- Setting up to call—and optimize shot opportunities
- Knowing how much to call
- Elk vocalizations & call types
- Other sounds better than elk talk
- Triggering the "come" response by leaving
- Raking, stomping, scraping, huffing, and shaking trees
- Age class bulls & the calls they respond to
- Adolescent vs. old-bull bugles
- Tales of the hunt: Randsom's most momorable
- Broadhead for old bulls
- Randsom's favorite cartridge for elk
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