About this episode

Matt and Trent discuss the skills and techniques necessary for hunting Roosevelt elk, emphasizing woodsmanship and understanding animal behavior.

In this podcast episode, Matt and Trent discuss building hunters through skill and craft, focusing on woodsmanship as a learned "puzzle" of understanding animal behavior, terrain, and sign. They emphasize starting with fundamentals—food, water, shelter—then using tools like OnX to locate clear cuts/units, plan routes, and mark rubs, wallows, trails, and notes to build an experience-based map. They describe practical methods for Roosevelt elk: covering ground by truck/bike, glassing for fresh rubs, bugling every 200 yards to locate elk, listening for stick pops, and learning to judge freshness of tracks, scat, and scent. They compare Roosevelt vs Rocky Mountain elk behavior, stress constant wind-checking, and highlight mindset: don't overthink or talk yourself out of clues, accept the effort, and treat each attempt as learning, illustrated by a story of following cows that led to a close encounter with a large bull.

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Guest: Trent

Topics covered

• woodsmanship
• hunting skills
• animal behavior
• terrain navigation
• Roosevelt elk
• hunting techniques

Keywords

• hunting
• Roosevelt elk
• woodsmanship
• animal behavior
• terrain
• OnX
• hunting techniques
• scouting
• elk behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: OnX

Places: Roosevelt, Rocky Mountain

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