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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