The 2022 elk season is just around the corner for most of us, so it's time to start getting serious about figuring out what we're going to do, where, how, and most importantly – WHY! One of those things is choosing a calling strategy for the elk we'll be chasing, within the context of the different herd dynamics, hunting pressure, habitats, and environmental conditions we'll be chasing them in. In this podcast – the first of at least three during the month of August – we're going to talk to Jay Scott, of Jay Scott Outdoors, and deep-dive into his preferred elk calling strategy, how he came to "develop" it, why it's worked for him for so long, in so many different places, chasing some of the biggest bulls on the planet, and why he thinks it's a sound strategy for MOST elk hunters, regardless of where they are hunting. By now it's no secret that Jay and Chris think alike when it comes to talking to elk, but here, we focus on Jay's insights, opinions, experiences, and analysis. Coming up in this particular series will be Steve Chappell of Chappell Guide Service and Elk Camp TV, and Dirk Durham of Phelps Game Calls.

Anyone... any time... any where [above +/- 10,000 feet]... Altitude sickness, or "Acute Mountain Sickness [AMS]" can strike and leave you feeling absolutely WRECKED! It is NOT something to be ignored or disregarded... it can end your high-country adventure before it can even begin! If you RESPECT the symptoms, understand the issue, and act accordingly, you can save your hunt, save your "high country adventure" and drive on. Ignore the symptoms, be too proud to recognize the issue, and well... you'll be spending a MINIMUM of three days in bed wondering what the heck you just got steamrolled by! That is...if you got off the mountain to survive it!

Ep. 50 makes a quick change in the previously planned direction, and covers a few topics regarding where things are headed, namely:

– Feedback on the podcast and where things are likely to go from here;

– Upcoming Elk related podcasts, the guests, and the reason;

– Wildlife habitat/crops/water in NW Kansas/SW Nebraska, and the outlook for this fall;

– Checking in on neighbors, landowners, farmers/ranchers, etc.;

– Wildlife Biology vs. Management and opportunities for folks to put their money where their #huntingisconservation "mouth" is; and

– More!

Chris covers some ground on THIS one! ...from his thoughts on the Uvalde school shooting, to the 2A community and certain "sportsmen's advocates" and talking about the "RETURN Our Constitutional Rights" Act, to a variety of elk-related questions, to the current "situation" in NW Kansas, there's a BUNCH to unpack and contemplate in THIS one (...like there isn't in MOST of what Chris shares)!

Dirk Durham – The Bugler – of Phelps Game Calls is the guest for this Monday's podcast, talking about the NEW "EZ SUK'R" elk call, making sense of all the different Phelps elk mouth diaphragms, general small business challenges these days, his elk hunting plans for this fall, and SO much more! ...There's a BUNCH in this conversation, so just sit back, settle in, and give it a listen!

This "BONUS" episode is brought to you by everyone that wants to manipulate you into acting upon your initial emotional reaction to their very narrow, carefully crafted – and often leftist, liberal progressive – view-point regarding a very specific, cherry-picked Sportsmen's issue (and, of course... your's truly, who vehemently says "SCREW THEM" in their B.S. liberal progressive tactics). In this episode, Chris goes off on the latest "the sky is falling" sportsmen issue regarding the perceived "gutting" of the Wildlife Restoration Fund/Pittman-Robertson Act, and the details surrounding the Legislative issue, its players, the overall implications, and the general "B.S." that sportsmen are being fed these days. The episode is NOT child/"delicate-ear"–friendly; flowery language is contained herein; listener discretion advised.

Two hundred and forty-six years ago today, a group of courageous people had had enough. Today... you enjoy an extended weekend, and a day or two off of work. Why? Well... in THEIR words... THIS is why!

Chris is done, people!!! ...the spring/early summer round of. NW Kansas whitetail and turkey food plots/habitat work is done – for now – anyway, so it's time to switch gears and start talkin'/focusin' on elk! In this general discussion, Chris touches on:

– Conquering an area/Being "One-track minded" in certain areas trying to pull the best/oldest bulls out;

– Drawing a Limited Draw license in CO;

– Recent Instagram Posts/Reels and the elk vocalizations heard in them;

– Questions regarding cow vocalizations, emotion, and the difference between Contact Mews and Lost Mews; and

– More!

Yep... A whole bunch of nuthin'... That's what's in this week's podcast. It is what it is; sometimes you just don't have anything meaningful, engaging, important, humorous – or whatever other adjective you're looking for in your podcasts – to say. But rather than fake a discussion with no heart in it, I'd rather just keep it real with you, and put a pin in this week's dialog, get my lingering projects done, and then hit you guys with a fresh brain and more enthusiasm in a few days! I'd rather drive REAL discussions for this podcast and the RHR "platform", rather than just drive CONTENT (this 30 minutes notwithstanding. LOL!).

In this episode, besides the update on what Chris has been up to since last week, he asks a very "interesting" question: "Should Kansas Outfitters (or any outfitter for that matter) have to be "licensed" to be able to Guide/Outfit – AND – obtain that license buy providing actual, measurable, habitat/population productivity enhancements or funding?" ...if "hunting is conservation" shouldn't those doing some of the most "taking" be the ones providing some of the most "producing?" In the eternal words of Bill O'Reilly, "What Say You?"

This one ought to ruffle a few feathers! LOL!!!