Blue Collar Elk Hunting

TWO TAGS FILLED! Part 1 live from the ElkBros Elk Camp: It's winter in September for the ElkBros! Snow, sleet, collapsing tents and temperatures in the twenties, but the boys keep on GRINDING! Silent bulls that are bachelored up and the effects on the rut from an eminent storm both before and after. You will hear real life scenarios and some of the lessons learned. How do you feel about cell phones when it comes to elk hunting? Great tool or distraction? Have you ever had a buddy talking to their wife when your elk came running in?? Well, pull up a chair and let's talk about just that. This is as real as it gets! Recorded live from the ElkBros, New Mexico, 2020 Elk Camp. The crew tell the stories, share the trials and tribulations and talk about important lessons learned. They also share the techniques and strategies they used for the various stages and conditions of the hunt. Y'all, this is exactly what we all go through and how to come out winning! So pull up a chair and welcome to Elk Camp! We hope you en

The tables get turned as you are about to hear a collaboration podcast recorded by Jim Huntsman on the Western Huntsman Podcast as he interviews Joe Giglia of ElkBros. Today's show is Part 6 of Jim's School of September Series that included some of the top names in the elk hunting industry; Paul Medel, Cory Jacobson, Dirk Durham, Michael Batease, Jason Phelps and Chris Roe. Joe was incredibly honored when Jim asked him to be a part of the School of September and truly enjoyed talking about hunting elk from the ElkBros perspective. They talk about finding elk, Joe's calling philosophy and the strategies that he feels makes them so successful hunting the public lands of New Mexico. They also share aspects of the Blue Collar Elk Academy, something Joe and the ElkBros are very proud of when it comes to coaching and educating today's elk hunters. Also, at the very moment you are listening to this show, the ElkBros crew are in Elk Camp. So the next podcast may or may not come out on our regular schedule. The next s

Elk decoys are extremely effective in the right situation. But what is the right situation? You are in a partner setup and there he is! Your partner is about 50 yards in front of you in shooting position. Only 100 yards out from your partner you can see the tips of his horns as he begins to come over the rise. Your heart starts racing! He comes over the rise in clear view, stops and belts an earth shaking bugle! And then...he locks up. He is just standing there looking directly in your direction. Decision time...what do you do? A cow call? A bugle? Well y'all, what you have here is the perfect situation...decoy time! On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, your Coaches cover different situations and scenarios for using elk decoys and help you to understand why & when a decoy is effective. They also talk about strategies for both Solo and Partner setups as well as carrying, deploying and the types of decoys they use. Pull up a chair and come on in to elk camp! We hope you enjoy the episode. EVERYTHING

If you plan on being successful on your elk hunt, then there is one more thing you had better be planning for... getting your meat off the mountain! It seems that we are getting so many questions these days. Questions about mistakes to avoid when field dressing your elk. Or, whether you even need to even field dress? How long before meat will go bad? When to hang meat or not to hang it? What to do if you get back to your base camp and your ice is gone? Each of us wants to honor both the hunt and the animal by being as ethical and responsible as possible when it comes to the harvest of our kill. So this is an episode that you don't want to miss! On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, Elk Hunting Coach Joe Giglia is joined by Jason Nauert, known by most as Jason the Butcher. Jason is a professional butcher, elk hunter and outdoor specialist that instructs military and civilians survival processing of wild and domestic animals. We promise you this, Jason knows his stuff.  In this episode, you are about t

It doesn't matter if you have a spike, bull or cow elk tag in your pocket... If you want to be successful at hunting any of those critters, you had better be hunting the cows. When most people listen to our show, they get the idea that we are only talking about hunting bull elk. But if you listen, really listen to what we are saying, it's just the opposite. On Tuesday’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, First up, We talk about the importance of hunting the cows for all around success. Then, Cow specific hunting tips as well as locating cows during the rut and the late season . And finally the discussion goes to calls to use when specifically hunting cow elk.  Next, questions from our ElkBros Mailbox:  Droppings and Urine...how do you know? Fixed Broadheads BLUE COLLAR ELK ACADEMY - https://elkbros.com/shop EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast: https://youtube.com/c/elkbros Listen to their Blue Collar Elk

Using your senses, your eyes, ears and nose to hunt elk. Just what does that mean? Probably the toughest thing for those new to elk hunting is trying to relate their current experiences and backgrounds to the things that they are learning when it comes to hunting elk. The differences for those teaching and those learning can create confusion. That’s why as your coaches, we take a step back to make it more clear. On Tuesday’s Live Viewer Question Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, First up, just what does it mean to hunt elk with your senses. Next, Some advanced elk hunting scenarios and then questions from our liveAudience as well as form our ElkBros Mailbox.  Tonight we discuss: Should you be concerned with weather affecting the Rut Timeline? Using Tree stands to hunt Elk Working Bulls in Open Country How to pull cows to lead a bull Discussion on Migration Routes and Winter Grounds  BLUE COLLAR ELK ACADEMY - https://elkbros.com/shop EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch

So you have made to the elk woods and you look around and say to yourself, WHAT NOW? You are not alone. If it’s your first time or your 10th time elk hunting, sometimes the toughest part is knowing where in the heck to start. Where to start looking for elk? To start calling? And where do you go from there once you do start? The whole process can become intimidating to the point that a person can feel lost and question everything they are doing.  On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, a collaboration podcast that was an interview of Elk Hunting Coach Joe Giglia by Chad Ryker and the BackCountry Rookies Podcast. The idea of this show was to help new hunters not be intimidated by the mountains and elk hunting. Chad explains in the beginning that his first year he was blown away at the size of the Colorado mountains and as prepared as he thought he was, the first step in the woods was intimidating. Joe settles some of the confusion and talks through scenarios to help prepare a new hunter for the mountain

It's getting close y'all because our listener's questions keep rolling in and the conversations are full of nuggets, revelations and even some controversy. Are elk always moving from bedding down to the bottoms to feed? Can you find elk in the same place from rifle to archery season? Understanding elk call devices. What to do when having to care for meat and a great question concerning the fear of getting lost. Also, a special announcement concerning the release of the ElkBros first Training Camp from the Blue Collar Elk Academy. On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, this episode is inspired by the questions rolling in from our listeners and your coaches are in the house and taking on each one in hopes of helping alleviate uneasiness.  Tonight we discuss: Do elk always bed high and feed low?  Finding elk in the same places from Archery to Rifle seasons Diaphragm calls and grunt tubes explained Field dressing mistakes and processes Elk migration in Southwest states Limiting hunting time because

How many of you are worried about not being able to scout and then hunting aimlessly for days without seeing hide nor hair of an elk? Or that the search might take you so deep into the wilderness that killing a bull might just become a nightmare? What do you do if you are not able to get boots on the ground to scout? What can you do to keep your elk hunt from becoming a five or seven day hike? All totally legitimate concerns shared by so many elk hunters heading to the Western Mountains for the first time.  On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, this episode is inspired by the questions rolling in from our listeners. There is a lot of nervousness mixed in with the excitement out there and we totally understand. And tonight your elk hunting coaches start eating away at those questions beginning with the concern of not being able to get boots on the ground to scout. Or finding them too far in and not knowing what to do if you did kill one.  Tonight we discuss those topics plus: Traveling at night wit

Have you ever hooked a fish and then didn’t know how to reel it in? That’s exactly how it can be for us as elk hunters. We finally get a response to that location bugle we have been perfecting for weeks and THERE HE IS... it’s ELK ON! But... then what? Our mind starts racing.... Do I set up and call from here? How close should I be to set up? Do I get closer? How do I know where I should set up? All very important questions y'all. Your set-up is the last crucial component of getting into position to close the deal. No set-up, No shot. Just another fish story about "the one that got away". On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, your elk hunting coaches are at it again and this time they are out to demystify the ‘when’ and ‘where’ of setting up on a bull. Not only will they help you with the basic decision process of set-ups, solo or with a partner. But they cover a whole new approach to look and understand setups in a way never talked about before. The differences between "Dynamic" and "Static" set-ups

Cow Calls, Location Bugles, Lip Bawls, Challenge Bugles... Practicing in your garage or in your vehicle on the way to work. Getting chased out of the house! We know exactly where you are with your elk calling. Any respectable elk hunter within a thousand miles is going through the exact trials and tribulations. And the sounds are starting to come together, but you still have that anxiousness. There are still all those questions about when, how and where to use each of those calls? On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, your elk hunting coaches are here to help you... well...help yourself. (Huh?) The first question to fix your anxiousness shouldn't be about the when, how and where. The most important question simplifies the whole process. It's all about the "WHY". Why you would use a particular call. Your elk hunting coaches are going to break down the why into basic categories and talk about the calls used in each of them. For example, when it comes to bull sounds, are you trying to Locate, Participat

That 2020 Elk tag is in your hands and we know exactly what you're going through right now! So many questions and what, like 50 days to go! Last week we began talking about the TOP 3 CONCERNS we have been getting from our listeners and we started off with a huge one... Finding Elk. Now it's time for Part 2! On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, it's Part 2 of the Series and up next it's all about your concerns over; 1) Calling Elk (What, when & why…recommended calls…the ElkBros philosophy), and 2) Knowledge of the hunting area (what to expect, what you need to know, getting info). Your Elk Coaches take both areas and lay it right out with points on each to help you not only have answers, but develop methods and confidence to take with you into the elk woods this year.  EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast: https://youtube.com/c/elkbros Listen to their Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast: http://podcast.el

How incredibly exciting is it when you draw that elk tag! You picked your state, researched hunt units, applied and now you're rockin' with a 2020 elk Tag!! Then, reality sets in and that excitement turns into a string of thoughts, questions and concerns about specific things needed to have a successful hunt. And when it comes right down to it, the three biggest concerns we are getting from listeners are questions about 1) Finding Elk, 2) Calling Elk and 3) How to get knowledge about the hunting area. On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, it's Part 1 of a two part series with the ElkBros Coaches sinking their teeth right into those concerns. Up first, "Finding Elk". The guys go into both Rifle and Archery thought processes to find elk both before and after getting boots on the ground. What they do and what they look for. So y'all, pull up a chair and come right on into elk camp! EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Collar Elk H

So many of our Grinders listen to our show and think, “Man, Those Guys have got it together”. Well, we are here to tell you that what you are seeing or hearing is a culmination of years and years of plenty of things we have learned the HARD WAY. We do a lot of things right, because we learned from a LOT of mistakes. If you could do it wrong or have it just go flat out wrong, it's happened to us! That's why we do what we do, to help you possibly avoid some of those very same pitfalls. On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, The ElkBros talk about some of those mishaps and even share some deep personal feelings about some very hard knocks experienced along the way and the lessoned learned. It's all about turning lemons into lemonade, in elk hunting and in life. We hope you enjoy the episode. EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Gear - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast: https://youtube.com/c/elkbros Listen to their Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast:

Elk hunting should come with a warning, “What you are about to do may change your life...forever”. What is it about something that is so physically and mentally demanding that keeps thousands coming back for more? Coming back to find something within the hunt that answers so many questions within the soul? For each of us, it will be something different. But for each of us, there is one common thread. Our life is changed from the experience. For some, it may even save our lives in ways we never knew possible. On Today’s Edition of Blue Collar Elk Hunting, Inspired from a story from one of our grinders, we talk about the many ways that elk hunting can effect your life. How it can help you possibly find answers, bring things into focus or even hit you over the head with things you need to change.  EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast: https://youtube.com/c/elkbros Listen to their Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast:

Elk Hunting is about encounters and opportunities. The more encounters you have, the higher your odds at having an opportunity and closing the deal. But how is it that some people have so many more opportunities? Is it luck? My father had a saying. Whenever I would tell him he was lucky, he would always tell me "Luck is nothing but skill and opportunity meeting". When I asked him how it was that he had so many more "opportunities" than others, he just looked at me,... winked and said..."because I create MY OWN opportunities".   When it comes to elk hunting, there are going to be plenty of guys and gals that have encounters and opportunities this coming season. They are going to be in the right place at the right time. But if you want to be "That Hunter", the one out of 10 that are consistently having opportunities and getting it done, year after year, then let me share a little lesson from my dad...you are going to have to learn how to create your opportunities. On this Tuesday's Show, We talk about how to c

In Final Part of this Three Part Series, The coaches talk about investing your focus, time and money on one of the toughest pieces of Real Estate for any of us.....that six inches between our ears. When it comes to self improvement, our greatest ally AND our greatest enemy can both be simply...ourselves. In this final episode we talk about how to invest your focus and time in improving the areas of: Mental Endurance Attitude Confidence Work Ethic The goal of this Series is to help you identify those areas to best invest your Focus, Time, Energy and Money. Investing in those areas that are going to differentiate you from the pack, and give you the best chance to be that 1 successful hunter out of 10. Think of it as an "Insider Tip" into your own Elk Hunter Stock. And the beauty of this investment is that it’s all reward! Those topics and the Coaches share a story about one of their favorite hunts!  EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Bl

In Part Two of this Three Part Series, The coaches don’t pull any punches and provide years of experience and insight when it comes to us all investing properly in those areas that will give us the best opportunity at punching a tag. Next up, investing in your "Elk Hunting Know How", otherwise known as skill sets and abilities and we break this up into 3 areas: Calling Elksmanship ElkZone Preparation The goal of this Series is to help you identify those areas to best invest your Focus, Time, Energy and Money. Investing in those areas that are going to differentiate you from the pack, and give you the best chance to be that 1 successful hunter out of 10. Think of it as an "Insider Tip" into your own Elk Hunter Stock. And the beauty of this investment is that it’s all reward! Those topics as well as our EBD Segment  EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast: https://youtube.com/c/elkbros Listen to their Blue Coll

Understanding how and where to find and locate elk can be an incredibly daunting task for the first time or just about any level of elk hunter. Just the shear vastness when you first look at a map of a hunting area can be intimidating and have you asking yourself, "Where in the heck do I start?"  On today's InSights Edition we interview Paul Medel, the ElkNut, about his process to first determine where to hunt and how he goes about finding, locating and of course calling elk in places he has never been. Paul is one of the most passionate elk hunters you will ever come across. A renowned elk hunter, sought after speaker and the man behind the ElkNut App, Paul never fails to bring his years of knowledge and high energy anytime he can talk about hunting elk.  Some of the other topics covered:  Creative location vocalizations Aggressive "Hung Bull" technique Problems when calling in open terrain  Creating an opportunity even when your "busted" EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Mer

This year alone, thousands of dollars are going to be invested in preparation for the upcoming season. It’s safe to say that pretty much 100% of the guys hunting for elk this year will have all the gear they need. But less than 10% of hunters, on average, will punch their tag this year. So what is the difference? Your best investment for success on your upcoming elk hunt is to invest in those areas that are going to differentiate you from the pack, and give you the best chance to be that 1 successful hunter out of 10. The goal of this Series is to help you identify those areas to best invest your Focus, Time, Energy and Money. Think of it as an "Insider Tip" into your own Elk Hunter Stock. And the beauty of this investment is that it’s all reward! Those topics as well as our ElkBros Mailbox:  Other Podcast Recommendations Tips for the NM Draw Diaphragm Calls Calling hunters rather than bulls EVERYTHING ElkBros – https://www.elkbros.com PURCHASE ElkBros Merch - https://gear.elkbros.com Watch the Blue Col