For this episode, Chris brings in Cliff Gray to talk about Cliff's knowledge of elk movement, behavior, hunting, and outfitting in a variety of northwest Colorado Elk/Deer Game Management Units, and get his thoughts on the upcoming wolf reintroduction, and "what could be" with the reintroduction effort, and if sportsmen got their $#!+ together! Cliff was the owner/operator of Flat-tops Wilderness Guides for nearly 10 years (amongst other guiding/outfitting activities), and now has a very informative YouTube channel called "Pursuit with Cliff" (along with his Instagram page under Cliff Gray) where he shares a TON of knowledge from his direct experience for those just getting started in the hunting/elk hunting. Cliff is also a great "critical thinker," while being a humble dude, so he's a great person to dive into a variety of topics with, and especially those that might be tricky, controversial, and uncomfortable. In other words... another great "intellectual sparring partner" for some of the discussions we've had on here of late!
For this discussion, we touch on:
– Guiding/outfitting in Colorado
– Forest Service management of guides/outfitters/habitat management/fire fuels mitigation, and more
– Elk movement and behavior now vs. "what could be" once wolves hit the landscape
– What Colorado sportsmen "might/could" do, and what they darn-well "should" do in response to what we're seeing with the wolf reintroduction, and
– More
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