Ep. 355: Aggressive Elk Hunting Strategies to Increase Opportunities & Western Whitetails with Cody Rich

Beau Martonik is joined by entrepreneur, western hunter, and host of the Rich Outdoors podcast, Cody Rich. Cody is known for finding big elk, but recently has shown interest in western whitetails. They discuss thoughts around finding whitetails in the Western states, calling and rattling tactics, similarities between hunting elk and whitetails, finding your style of elk hunting, what to do when you find elk, Cody’s midday elk calling strategy, why turkey hunting is similar to elk hunting, and much more! Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:08:21 - Cody might be turning into a Montana whitetail guy 00:14:58 - Things to look at if you are heading out west to look for whitetails 00:23:43 - How to select an area 00:27:49 - Looking for archery spots instead of rifle spots 00:31:45 - It’s better to cover ground and bump them 00:32:16 - Scouting outside of season 00:38:54 - Keying in on specific areas based on the rut 00:42:29 - Calling and rattling tactics 00:45:17 - Drawing parallels between hunting and calling different animals 00:47:40 - Using decoys for whitetails 00:51:54 - Patience vs aggressiveness 00:53:31 - Having a system and finding your style of elk hunting 01:02:27 - Be all in on what you choose 01:04:08 - You’ve found elk, now how do you kill them 01:09:54 - You have to bump elk to find elk; create more opportunities 01:16:44 - Cody’s approach to elk hunting 01:36:16 - Taking risks, but also be cautious of the wind 01:53:14 - A midday calling strategy that has worked for Cody 02:00:40 - Hunt the herd bull, and you will run into satellites 02:03:16 - Comparing turkeys to elk yet again 02:08:04 - Cody’s podcast and elk hunting course Note** Timestamps will have roughly 4 minutes added to them depending on ad length. Resources: Instagram: @eastmeetswesthunt @beau.martonik @therichoutdoors Facebook: East Meets West Outdoors GoWild: Beau Martonik (East Meets West Hunt) Website/Apparel/Deals: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/ YouTube: Beau Martonik - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJon93sYfu9HUMKpCMps3w Partner Discounts and Affiliate Links: https://www.eastmeetswesthunt.com/partners Amazon Influencer Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/beau.martonik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices