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Today we chat with Will Hoffman out of Idaho Falls, Idaho.  He's in his late 20's and spends all his free time shed hunting and scouting for the fall.  Will was lucky enough to draw a November rifle tag in Idaho this past year.  He put all his energy into learning the huge area and narrowing down where to find a big bull.  We go over how he and his buddy tackled the task of finding a needle in a haystack.  Will lives a disciplined and passionate outdoor lifestyle and is a regular guy like many of our guests.  This podcast is dedicated to ordinary elk hunters with extraordinary drive to be successful.

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Steve picked up a bow in his late twenties and immediately jumped into the deep end.  This is a fun session learning how he got his start elk hunting in Montana to all his adventures this year punching 4 mule deer tags in 4 states.  Steve is a blue collar pipe welder from California with an insatiable appetite for adventure and financial freedom.

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Mike Dorning is a husband, father, and miner from Idaho.  He's racked up several successful over-the-counter archery elk seasons hunting solo.  We explore his best practices for successfully punching his tag every fall in the Idaho backcountry.  Mike is full of hard work and discipline, he's the perfect guest to bring in our 100th episode.

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Trey Hostetler is a 24 year old commercial roofer from Missouri (originally from Arkansas) who picked up a bow two years ago.  His dream has been to come out West and chase bugles on public land.  We dive into how he got his start and his 2 year journey to punching his first ever elk tag in the Cowboy state.  This is an inspiring episode on how to make it happen and just for your dreams.

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Today we're record with Steve Flores, a longtime outdoor writer and public land mountain buck connoisseur.  He's a family man that resides in Western Virginia and has cut his teeth on public land elk hunting in Idaho for the last few years.  We uncover his journey, what led to his early success and what areas he can improve upon for his next big fall adventure in the Rockies.

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Ryan Petzold was and is a diehard stealhead angler, but he discovered elk hunting through digital platforms and became intrigued.  After doing some research and picking up a bow, he doubled down and came to ElkShape Camp in 2.0

Ryan embarked on his first ever SOLO archery elk hunt in Montana this last fall and we cover all the hard earned lessons and all the little victories along the way.  This is a unique angle on the elk hunting learning curve, we dive right into Ryan's journey and go over his best practices and what he can work on for the next season.

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Can you relate to blue collar elk hunters that get their tags at Walmart?  Same here, so we record with a Washingtonian blue collar lineman who hunts hard when he's not climbing power poles.  Trevor Tramblie is just like the rest of us, a die hard elk hunter with an incredible appetite to chase elk in wild landscapes.  He recently had successful hunts in WA, ID and NM.  We talk about his tactics and year round pursuit of September.

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We are dedicating this episode for anyone stuck in the elk hunting learning curve... my journey was a long five years of bowhunting elk before I finally was successful.  Today we sit down with Anthony Padilla, a blue collar family man who's struggling to seal the deal on public land elk hunting.  We go through his journey and work together to create a road map for his 2020 success.

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Today Dan breaks down his archery elk hunting season, what he experienced and how to create a road map for success in 2020.

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There are roughly 80,000 elk hunters in Idaho - I'm asking you all to make this episode a priority.  Around 600 wolves have been harvested in the last two years in Idaho and that's largely due to trapping.  That may sound like a lot, but if you peel back some layers you'll see that 600 isn't enough to keep wolf numbers from growing.  We're already ten times over objective in Idaho. We need more Sportsmen to put their precious hard earned dollars into trapping, which is a very expensive and time consuming proposition.  If you're like me, having a young family prevents me from running a trap line and checking sets every 72 hours which is required by law.  I don't own a snowmobile and I cannot break away to dedicate the necessary time to do trapping justice.  Luckily, there's still a few trappers out there that are willing and able to put the hard work in...and we can join forces and help them recoup some of their overhead when it comes to trapping.  

Foundation for Wildlife Management is an organization that helps reimburse hunters and trappers for their expenses when it comes to a wolf hunting or trapping.  Anywhere from $500-1,000 depending on the take method.  This is not a bounty, this is purely a partial reimbursement.  If you're a member, you qualify for a reimbursement and your dollars help reimburse those that are getting it done.

Just Webb is our guest today, and he's here to set the record straight on what F4WM does, why we need to manage wolves and how to take action.  Wasting time pounding a keyboard on social media is not a favorable action.  You will not change anyone's mind, so why not put your money where your mouth is and learn how this foundation is making it possible for our future generations to have wildlife resources.

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