Ep. 355: Aggressive Elk Hunting Strategies to Increase Opportunities & Western Whitetails with Cody Rich

East Meets West Hunt

Beau Martonik is joined by entrepreneur, western hunter, and host of the Rich Outdoors podcast, Cody Rich. Cody is known for finding big elk, but recently has shown interest in western whitetails. They discuss thoughts around finding whitetails in the Western states, calling and rattling tactics, similarities between hunting elk and whitetails, finding your style of elk hunting, what to do when you find elk, Cody’s midday elk calling strategy, why turkey hunting is similar to elk hunting, and much more!

Topics:

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:08:21 - Cody might be turning into a Montana whitetail guy
• 00:14:58 - Things to look at if you are heading out west to look for whitetails
• 00:23:43 - How to select an area
• 00:27:49 - Looking for archery spots instead of rifle spots
• 00:31:45 - It’s better to cover ground and bump them
• 00:32:16 - Scouting outside of season
• 00:38:54 - Keying in on specific areas based on the rut
• 00:42:29 - Calling and rattling tactics
• 00:45:17 - Drawing parallels between hunting and calling different animals
• 00:47:40 - Using decoys for whitetails
• 00:51:54 - Patience vs aggressiveness
• 00:53:31 - Having a system and finding your style of elk hunting
• 01:02:27 - Be all in on what you choose
• 01:04:08 - You’ve found elk, now how do you kill them
• 01:09:54 - You have to bump elk to find elk; create more opportunities
• 01:16:44 - Cody’s approach to elk hunting
• 01:36:16 - Taking risks, but also be cautious of the wind
• 01:53:14 - A midday calling strategy that has worked for Cody
• 02:00:40 - Hunt the herd bull, and you will run into satellites
• 02:03:16 - Comparing turkeys to elk yet again
• 02:08:04 - Cody’s podcast and elk hunting course

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