Elk Season

On this episode of the Elk Season Podcast; Harold and David give a recap of their 2026 elk season, plus a few stories dominating western conservation like 14 bears euthanized in Bozeman area, I know they love you but don't feed the bears! AI could help haze bears with help from a new device, a classic wolf post is corrected by an even better post, super El Niño is going to be a story through the winter, and a new free app to help you find a campsite.

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, all that plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast.

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 grizzly bears back in California, what is the best defense against bears?  what do you think happened to this floating elk? and is this bear gonna be ok? when will we be free to kick seal lions? new tech and old taxidermy, all that plays tales from the trial on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast.  

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 tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast.

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 this plus tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast.

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 honey hole bear home, all that plus tales from the trail on this episode off the Elk Season Podcast. 

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 plays tales from the trail on this episode of the Elk Season Podcast.  

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 of the Elk Season Podcast.