On this episode of the East Meets West Hunt podcast, Beau Martonik is joined by a successful hunter and owner of Bone Mountain Outfitters, Jeff Helm. Jeff has been going on DIY out-of-state whitetail and elk hunts for years learning from the school of hard knocks. They discuss similarities with big whitetail bucks and bull elk, boots on the ground elk scouting strategies, adapting to elk personalities, keeping your hunting spots sacred, and much more to get you prepared for September elk hunting!
Topics:
Jeff’s background hunting in Michigan
Creating more flexibility to hunt
Similarities with big whitetail bucks and bull elk
Lessons learned from Bivy hunting
Boots on the ground elk scouting strategy
Adapting to elk personalities
Keeping your hunting spots sacred
Texas hunting
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