134 episodes

All elk, all the time, and only elk. Hunting elk is the aspirational pinnacle for most American hunters. Corey Jacobsen, 10-time World Elk Calling Champion, and Randy Newberg, long-time public land hunting advocate, have combined to lower the hurdles for aspiring elk hunters and provide insight from their combined decades of elk hunting mistakes that will give useful information to elk hunters of all experience levels. Brought to you by Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and partners Sitka Gear, GOHUNT, MTN OPS, and OutdoorClass.

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All elk, all the time, and only elk. Hunting elk is the aspirational pinnacle for most American hunters. Corey Jacobsen, 10-time World Elk Calling Champion, and Randy Newberg, long-time public land hunting advocate, have combined to lower the hurdles for aspiring elk hunters and provide insight from their combined decades of elk hunting mistakes that will give useful information to elk hunters of all experience levels. Brought to you by Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and partners Sitka Gear, GOHUNT, MTN OPS, and OutdoorClass.

    Our Crystal Ball Projections for Elk Hunting

    Our Crystal Ball Projections for Elk Hunting

    Corey and Randy explore many off-season topics related to elk hunting information, various state deadlines, money generated by point schemes, deflating your points, the future of OTC tags, changes to point systems and point creep, slanting the table to well-heeled hunters, Wyoming setting the bar for non-resident elk fees, population explosion in Rocky Mountain states, the folly of point systems, correlation between technology and success rates and opportunity, and many other tangents important to elk hunting.
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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Are Wildlife Trustees Qualified? Or Not?

    Are Wildlife Trustees Qualified? Or Not?

    Randy and Corey follow up on a listener email where a Colorado Wildlife Commissioner claimed that State Trusteeship of Wildlife is legal fiction. In addition to updates on the deadlines for MT, CO, and UT, topics covered include qualification to be a wildlife trustee, do we want a Federal wildlife system, the laws/cases/Constitutional basis for our current state-based wildlife systems, Trustees ignoring their duties, how we got the the current systems we have, and many other topics that impact how wildlife gets managed and how opportunity gets allocated.
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    • 1 hr 13 min
    Our Five Elk Hunting Mistakes

    Our Five Elk Hunting Mistakes

    Corey and Randy discuss a variety of topics to include Randy's Top Five Elk Hunting Mistakes, scientific selection of a hunting unit versus choosing an area that fits your hunting style, what criteria to use for selecting a unit, hunter density, success rates can be deceiving, Montana's crazy draw structure, is everything the Game & Fish agency's fault, some examples of successful advocacy, Corey's wolf hunting update, and the usual string of distractions and tangents.
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    • 1 hr 45 min
    Elk, Applications, Policy, Gear, and Fitness

    Elk, Applications, Policy, Gear, and Fitness

    In this episode (#121) of Elk Talk Podcast, Corey has recovered from his trade show virus and joins Randy to solve a lot of elk hunting issues. Topics covered include upcoming draws in New Mexico, Montana, and Colorado, updates on some legislation proposals in Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, more animals equal opportunity, potential loss of OTC in Colorado impacts every state, Randy's fitness update, mental fortitude, and a lot of other banter, most of which relates to elk hunting.
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    • 1 hr 29 min
    Listener Q&A and Arizona Deadlines

    Listener Q&A and Arizona Deadlines

    In this episode (#120) of Elk Talk Podcast, Randy and Corey take a lot of listener questions and try to answer them by category. Also touched is a reminder of the Arizona draw deadline. Other topics are western state population increases, Randy's Arizona choices, non-resident fee increases, Washington wildlife commission craziness, Colorado ballot initiative, Randy's Marriage 101 seminar, fitness for aging hunters, No Plan B, and a ton of other rabbit holes.
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    • 1 hr 42 min
    Wanna Hunt Elk in 2024; Listen Up!

    Wanna Hunt Elk in 2024; Listen Up!

    In this Episode (#119) Corey and Randy come back from the Holiday break to discuss big changes to the elk application process, specifically big changes in Wyoming. Also covered is the huge threat to hunting from a Colorado Ballot Initiative, how to increase tag numbers, a technology hiccup by Corey's computer, and the normal banter that any good episode deserves.
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    • 1 hr 1 min

Customer Reviews

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1.5K Ratings

1.5K Ratings

Randy SF ,

Lesson Learned

Cory. Thank you for the lesson learned podcast. Ouch!! I try not to talk about age. However, maturity has its benefits. Another great lessons learned. Randy

Nuckrd ,

Bump and Charge

Listened to the Bump and Charge episode on the drive out west for our elk hunt. Used this tactic during our hunt and called back in a bull for my 63-year old buddy’s 2nd archery elk. Thanks for the advice and sharing great information.

Lance Butler ,

Great advise and entertaining

Really enjoying listening to these guys along with all the great information on being a better hunter.

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