Episodes

  • Utah, Nevada & Washington DC | Episode 144

    Utah, Nevada & Washington DC | Episode 144
    Apr 18 2025
    Corey and Randy cover the many issues related to deadlines and applications in Utah and Nevada. Corey also asks Randy for an update from a week in DC lobbying on public land issues. Other topics (stories) Randy and Forrest Gump, Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, Montana draw correction, Utah fee increases, Wyoming tag allocation changes, Nevada's new elk plan, RMEF putting more elk on the ground, Congressional delisting under the ESA, wolf intro history, negotiating for state management, and many other topics related to policy that affects elk hunters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Elasticity of Non-Resident Elk Pricing? | Episode 143

    Elasticity of Non-Resident Elk Pricing? | Episode 143
    Mar 26 2025
    Corey and Randy are looking forward to spring and the final half of application season. Topics covered include huge fee increases in Utah, pushing market pricing of non-residents, pressing for resident fee increases, the point system fallacy, RMEF's advocacy for all elk hunters, supply-side tag-enomics, Colorado and Montana deadlines, and fewer rabbit holes than normal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Tag Apps and Creating Public Access | Episode 142

    Tag Apps and Creating Public Access | Episode 142
    Mar 12 2025
    Corey and Randy talk about upcoming applications in Montana and Colorado, complexity of regulations, grizzly bear delisting possible, history of wolf delisting, Great American Outdoor Act, Congress shirking their duties, funding new access, access via permanent easements, list of access projects currently hung up in Congress, how public land policy gets established by Congress, creating access, and a rabbit hole about how your kids are influenced by what they see on a screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Winter Conditions, Elk Populations, and Rabbit Holes | Episode 141

    Winter Conditions, Elk Populations, and Rabbit Holes | Episode 141
    Feb 27 2025
    In this episode of the Elk Talk Podcast, Randy and Corey catch up to discuss their application strategies, Arizona draw results, the current winter conditions in elk country, problems of thawing and freezing snow, some viewer questions, Corey's strategy for drawing tags in years/seasons with optimal conditions, allocating your hunting time, and some diversions out into the weeds on topics barely related to elk hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Planning your 2025 Elk Season | Episode 140

    Planning your 2025 Elk Season | Episode 140
    Feb 3 2025
    Corey and Randy talk about changes to elk hunting seasons in 2025, deadlines for tags drawings, Colorado changing their draw in 2028, moisture patterns and antler growth in arid states, moon phases, burning points in years with the best conditions, harmful legislation across the west, and the normal string of rabbit holes and anecdotes related to elk hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Elk Hunting in 2025 | Episode 139

    Elk Hunting in 2025 | Episode 139
    Jan 13 2025
    In this episode (#139) of Elk Talk Podcast, Corey and Randy welcome in the new year with a discussion about migration hunts, putting more elk on the mountain, what do we mean when we say "access to elk" and how can we do that, better habitat on public lands, and the threats of elected officials proposing to dispose of the Federal lands so many of us use for our elk hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • A 2024 Post-season Wrap | Episode 138

    A 2024 Post-season Wrap | Episode 138
    Dec 28 2024
    Corey and Randy happen to be recording a few hours after the Idaho non-resident tag circus. Topics covered include the Idaho non-resident tag purchase system, the effectiveness of "scarcity marketing," the benefits of resident OTC opportunities, more elk means more opportunity for all, focus putting elk on the mountain, Randy's MT elk season finale, AZ tentative elk tag numbers, Commission action or Legislative action, value of keeping a journal, and other viewer questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Access to Elk; Complications Abound | Episode 137

    Access to Elk; Complications Abound | Episode 137
    Dec 7 2024
    Corey and Randy talk about the complications of inaccessible elk, for whatever reasons it happens. What makes elk less accessible, or more accessible? Complications of public hunting pressure and elk displacement to private land, too many cow tags result in a lower harvest, too many elk as a "neighbor problem," why hunting access to private land is so important, working landowners versus amenity ranch collectors, what options exist for game managers, is the public hunter's role limited, ideas to disperse congregated elk, and a discussion of may tangents combined with a few elk hunting stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 39 mins
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