Calling Pressured Elk with Top Guide Randsom Owens

Sep 18, 2020

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When elk get wise, savvy hunters employ unorthodox techniques. 

Guest Randsom Owens: Wildlife Artist extraordinaire, practical rifleman, top guide, & passionate hunter

Calling Elk: From fundamentals to advanced techniques

• Reading the situation
• Knowing when to call
• Setting up to call—and optimize shot opportunities
• Knowing how much to call
• Elk vocalizations & call types
• Other sounds better than elk talk
• Triggering the "come" response by leaving
• Raking, stomping, scraping, huffing, and shaking trees
• Age class bulls & the calls they respond to
• Adolescent vs. old-bull bugles
• Tales of the hunt: Randsom's most momorable
• Broadhead for old bulls
• Randsom's favorite cartridge for elk

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