Elk Hunting with Jeff Moran

Elk Hunting and the Anti-Hunt Movement with Jeff Moran

Show Notes:

Jeff Moran is an expert hunter, who focuses mostly on elk hunting and bowhunting, and he joins me today on the pod. He’s spent a lot of time hunting whitetail, but recently started zoning in on taking elk with a bow.  In fact, he says off the bat that he hasn’t used a rifle in nearly a decade. We swapped stories about elk hunting, traded information about bows and equipment, and a lot more.  

 

We started by talking about issues we all face as hunters: reputation. There’s a growing anti-hunt movement in the country, and they use irresponsible hunters to paint us all as the bad guys. Jeff and I talked about how this happens, why it happens, and what we can do to stop it. 

 

We talked a bit about predator species in different areas across the country. We covered bear, coyotes, and wolves. I’ve done a bit of bear hunting, so it was great to talk about those species with Jeff. After that, we swapped stories about some of our recent hunts. Jeff’s got some great anecdotes about elk hunting up in Idaho.

That led us to talking about arrows and equipment. After Jeff had some problems with one of his arrows, we got into the nitty-gritty on arrow construction and manufacturing. We also talked a bit about the mentality required to get results. From there, Jeff provided some tips for hunting bulls in midday conditions. As an expert elk hunter, it was great to hear these from him.

 

Jeff and I traded a few more stories, before we ended with a little conversation about wildlife population management — another subject both of us are pretty passionate about.

 

What's Inside:

- How the “antis” paint hunters as evil in the mainstream media.

- What we can do to avoid this reputation.

- We swap stories about elk hunting.

- Tips for midday elk hunting.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

Howl for Wildlife: https://www.howlforwildlife.org/

Phoenix Shooting Bags: https://www.phoenixshootingbags.com/

 

Short Description:

In this episode, I sat down with elk hunter Jeff Moran to talk about his experiences bowhunting for elk. We traded a bunch of stories from hunts we’ve been on. We also talked about arrow construction, the anti-hunt movement, midday hunting, population management, and a whole lot more. 

 

Tags:

Elk hunting, anti-hunting movement, elk, population management, bowhunting, predator hunting, big game hunting, days in the wild, jeff moran