Elk Season

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; A review of our trail cam placement and hike, some really bad and stupid news on wolves, what does El Niño mean for the west and for us here in southern Idaho, I was wrong about dogs Vs. Bears, like really wrong, but the right dog could make the difference for hazing bears, why grizzly bears should return to California, a close encounter with a badger, al...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Question of the podcast, What happens when a celebrity wolf kills a celebrity's dog? Some wildlife related bills will NOT continue their path through the legislative process in Oregon and Colorado, Wisconsin is desperate for more hunters, western wolves get their numbers adjusted, jogger attacked by grizzly at Henry's lake, more people want griz...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Big news in the grizzly bear story out west, our understanding of wolves helps guide us into grizzly management with many wolf issues across the west, a bounty for coyotes in Utah, an interesting CWD map, the water situation out west is as serious as its ever been, can a bear crave human flesh? and how big are the big predators out west? All that plus tal...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; how was your 4th of July weekend? Wolves in California are making headlines again, a few stories on habituated black bears, the time stamp of scat, elk in the drive through, fishing regulations pulled because of drought, the new hybrid Scout, all that plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast!

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Randy Newberg had an urgent message we all need to hear, Bison vs tourist,  what do you call a herd of grizzlies? and wolves take down an elk in front of tourists. All that plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast.

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; a big poaching case in Idaho leads to prison sentence, bear hunters in Northern Idaho find dead body, black bear attacks happening around the west, the bear hazing dog breed!  wolves gotta eat, grizzly's are coming to Idaho, a couple of Idaho state fishing records, mountain goats in the Tetons are invasive, what's the fastest land animal? all th...

On This episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Spring bears are all over, Bears in Japan, Bears in Montana, Bears in Yellowstone, the PCT is the new Poop Cruise" signs of alpha, grizzly standoff with a sandhill crane, wolverine in Western Idaho, Idaho endowment land just outside of Jackson Hole sold to millionaire, the no hunting initiative in Oregon is silly, fire season starts off with an old h...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast: you should always have a plan B, Elk harvest numbers from 2025 are in, wolf update in California, it's a busy season for bears already, trying to make the corner crossing case for Montana is taking a step forward, a big CWD study is underway, Idaho makes some changes to it's lifetime hunting licenses, lightning strikes close to home, all that pl...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; packing goats, drones in hunting, the Cody Roberts sentence is final, one bad beaver, fishing on the Hudson River, western snowpack outlook, almost 9000 acres removed from access yes in Idaho because of misuse, the official sport of Idaho is... Hunting! a 3 hoofed elk, and how did this happen to this elk? all this plus tales from the trail on this episode...

On this episode of The Elk Season Podcast; Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner charged with poaching, Idaho removes wolves to help elk, hunting wolves is hard!  Wolf attack on a human in Germany, some land use in Utah now requires a hunting license, a good pack frame, a local archery shop pulls a good one, a snapshot of the elk picture shopping up in Colorado, all that plus tales from the trail on th...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Wolf talk-wolf talk-wolf talk, so much happening all over the west right now with wolves, an alliance with crows, and listening to ravens.  All that plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast! 

On this episode of the Elk Season podcast; A second chance drawing for out of state deer and elk rats for Idaho, a review (so far) of Destination Elk V8, packing goats! a wolf in L.A. County California, the bleak western water outlook 2026,  black bear hunts in Florida resume, and a resilient elk herd in Idaho causing problems.  All that plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; hoarfrost in the January Idaho desert, wolves are a serious issue in California, and now 3 killed in Utah! more wolf talk and another wolf killed in Colorado, cited for glassing? Coyote mating season is underway so keep a close eye on your dogs, how close is too close for a selfie?  Coyote ugly on Alcatraz, bison grazing lease revoked, hunting for food......

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; If you really love wolves there's a dream job in Colorado for you, coyotes are getting bigger - much bigger, an incredible graphic of wolf packs in Idaho, what other wildlife rules should be turned into pictures, a fed bear is a dead bear proven true again, watch out for tricky headlines, FALSE ALARM!!! Grizzly in Idaho, YouTuber Stealthlyhunter is f...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Predator hunting, coyotes, and wolves, how many wolves in Colorado? and wolves in NY!!! The water situation in Idaho is real good news/bad news right now, helicopter pilot pleads "no contest" for shed pick up, Idaho fish and game moves bighorns from Oregon into Southern Idaho, and 2 Southern Idaho men sentenced for bighorn poaching, CWD is movin...

This Week on the Elk Season Podcast; Changes in out of state elk tags in Idaho, crazy story out of Wyoming for helicopter hunters flown into BLM grid.  Elk Congregation season, what makes pig fat blue? an interesting find in animal language with wild dog population in Africa,  Grizz attack in B.C. hibernation in a crawl space, a raccoon has my dream weekend, and what is a luften? all that plus tal...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; The bears in Japan have racked up some impressive numbers this year, but Idaho has it's own impressive bear numbers, ESA (endangered species act) is holding up logging in parts of Montana, are elk in Oregon genetically protected from CWD? Wolves on Vancouver Island get a free lunch, and where are we on the wolf recovery effort in Colorado?  beavers r...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Elk hunter dies in Idaho, some big poaching cases come to an end in Wyoming and Southern Idaho, elk hunter from British Colombia dies weeks after being mauled by grizzly and many hunters are asking to reverse the ban on hunting grizzlies. Grizzly chases 4-wheeler, wolves, we now need to talk about wolves in 7 different states without any wolf management p...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast: A quick recap of our outdoor activities over the last 2 weeks, including a backpacking mountain bike trip, and a tour of Yellowstone including a grizzly encounter, in conservation news the INL (Idaho National Laboratory) has opened more land to hunters, Rexburg poacher caught, and a moose poacher in northern Idaho is busted, dogs and cows can (sometimes)...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast;  It's not just Americans and tourists in America that have boundary troubles with wildlife, the last unicorn? what wolves are saying, a very dynamic tern of events at a carcass in the wild, hiking the CDT, NOT ONE ACRE!!! All that plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast. 

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; a summer outing and a prediction for the fall rut, tents banned at a Colorado campsite, grizzlies hit by train, man chases dog chasing wolf, Colorado wolves beginning to take shape, west coast wolves, bears in Idaho neighborhood, cow elk chases grizzly chasing her calf, OUR PUBLIC LAND IS NOT FOR SALE! infrared water purifier, fixed Vs, mechanical broad h...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; A quick review of the book "the Comfort Crisis" so far, a fed bear is a dead bear, a recap of the difference between Grizzlies and Brown Bears, grizzlies are Utah bound, a Colorado wolf update, and the oldest wolf in Wyoming, and a western solution for wolf hunters, how close can you get to a Bison? the new way to get you Idaho elk tag from out...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; a few more thoughts on "Mauled" by Crosbie Cotton, and Jeremy Evans (the Grizzly Dude) Bears love garbage, and there are many bear stories this week, a few moose stories,  how much danger are our public lands in?  UPDATE: more fires in Minnesota means less deer habitat, and higher winter kill. The simple tech of waterproofing, and should some of...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; is there such a thing as earthquake tourism? Wolf hunting is really hard! Bae bear behavior, the curious case of the blue faced bear, attack of the killer doe!? a deadhead find of all deadhead finds, the unbridled exuberance of drawing an elk tag, plants but like on Avatar - must be Australia.  That a good camo bro! an interesting addition for trekking po...

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; a recap so far of "Mauled" by Crosbie Cotton, and Jeremy Evans, more info on the Southern Idaho poaching ring, how bad are the wolves in California? Colorado wolf update, a new pronghorn initiative, swift fox, is there anything to be done about encroaching populations on national parks, a little pre season action in the tourist/buffalo games tha...