ElkBros Blue Collar Elk Hunting
Welcome to the ElkBros Blue Collar Elk Hunting Podcast brought to you by ElkBros.com with your host Gilbert Ornelas and elk hunting coaches, Joe Giglia & Leroy Chavez, RC Knox and the ElkBros Venezuelan Mafia. You want to hunt elk….we live to hunt elk, and like you we work hard for our pay to do the things we love. So our goal is to share with you all of our tips, techniques, as well as tried and true strategies we have learned grinding it out on a budget for over 40 seasons. So come on into camp and set a spell. Welcome to Elk Bros Blue Collar Elk Hunting!
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EP 232: Elk Camp Conversation with Dennis Bigas
This is the show where everyday elk hunters from all over the country are our stars! On today's episode of "Elk Camp Conversations", Joe talks with fellow New Mexican Dennis Bigas and gets a special treat with an amazing husband and wife elk hunt story that surprises even him! This y'all is s real as it gets. Enjoy the show!
62 min
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EP 231: Understanding "Pace" in Elk Hunting
When coaching elk hunters, it was pace that stood out as one of the more difficult and important aspects of the hunt for them to grasp, understand and know what to use. Pace in their calling… how often and how much when they do call. Pace in their movements through the woods, when to hurry up and slow down. Pace in reacting to a verbal response, a fresh track, a smell or on a stalk. And even Pace when it comes to energy output during the hunt.
134 min
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EP 230: Elk Camp Conversation with Chris Myers ...
This is the show where everyday elk hunters from all over the country are our stars! On today's episode of "Elk Camp Conversations", Joe receives an Instagram DM from Mr. Chris Myers that started with "BULL DOWN JOE!" Both Joe & Gilbert double team Chris for an incredible and exciting story as Chris shares his journey. The highs, the lows, the lessons learned, practiced and what worked and what didn't. Joe also shares some rifle hunter tips for our listeners hitting the woods this October and November. Enjoy the show!
96 min
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EP 229: Live from ElkBros Adventures Elk Camp 2024
Live from our ElkBros Adventures Elk Camp 2024! Hear the things that hunters with boots on the ground, being coached by Team ElkBros, find themselves learning. The very things we see and deal with over and over again when trying to take hunters to the next level. Insights, perspectives, and "ah-ha" moments for these everyday elk hunters that can be priceless in flattening your own learning curve.
88 min
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EP 228: From the Field - Between Hunts Tips & T...
On today's show ElkBros Coach Joe Giglia takes some time between hunts to have a conversation from the field. Joe talks about dealing with bulls that go quiet when close, Weather issues, morning and afternoon strategy issues, how proximity effects your call-ins, and other variables when hunting public land. Hope you enjoy the show!
58 min
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EP 227: Time to Go Elk Hunting! Live Q&A Show
On today's show the crew is in the house and Joe is sweating like a hog that knows what’s for dinner! Why you say? Because it’s the ElkBros Elk Season Question & Answer show…And it is LIVE! Real questions…Live discussions… all the while having a blast interacting with live listeners! So throw out a special prayer for Joe and let’s get after it!
106 min
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EP 226: ElkBros Mailbox Loaded!- Listener Q&A
On today's show we tackle the pile of ElkBros Mailbox questions that have been rolling in! We also introduce one of our ElkBros Coaches to our listeners. Chico Gallegos, a long time friend of Coach Joe Giglia, has been working and teaching hunters for the last year as an ElkBros Coach and he brings something special to the table. As a proud member of the Dulce Apache tribe, Chico and his way of honoring the hunt and the animal, according to his heritage, is an experienced perspective that he is passionate about sharing.
120 min
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EP 225: Elk Hunting Logic: Behavioral & Motivat...
On today's show, the crew invites guests Jason Slominski & Jas Williams to finish up the series and get perspectives, thoughts and questions from new hunters, like so many out there, and dive off to help them answer some of their own questions concerning decisions during their hunt process, situations or strategies. Real hunters, real application.
143 min
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EP 224: Elk Hunting Logic: Behavioral & Motivat...
On today's show, the crew gets together for Part 2 of our Elk Hunting Logic Series to talk about elk's breeding & rut behaviors that will drive your decisions during the hunt process, choice situations, scenarios or develop hunt strategies that will be more successful.
118 min
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EP 223: Elk Hunting Independence Day... Elk Hun...
Wanna know what Joe Giglia would do when it comes to elk hunting? Well y'all, Joe sits down for a one on one conversation and keeps it simple. His basic strategy tips and the reasons behind them. He talks calling strategy intertwined with elk behavior as well as ways for you to better your elk calling with a few tips and tricks. He also gives some advice for season prep that is short, to the point and straight from experience.
65 min
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EP 222: Elk Hunting Logic: Behavioral & Motivat...
Consistently successful elk hunting is about making the right decisions when it comes to finding, calling, when to press and when to hold. Decisions on responding, chasing, setting up and closing the deal. When you understand what drives elk behavior... their thought processes, instincts and the external forces that motivate them to act or react in a certain way, those decisions become easier.
123 min
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EP 221: 2024 Best Elk Hunting Days & Strategy T...
Just when is the best time to hunt elk in 2024? On today's show the fellas talk about all the variables and possibilities on deciding what days are best to hunt elk this year. Different perspectives, State thoughts, moon phases, holidays and estrus cycles.
105 min
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EP 220: Seeing Through a Master Elk Hunter’s ey...
Dirk Durham talks about those things that an experienced elk hunter’s eyes sees, takes in , deciphers or connects to with the goal of helping others to “see” differently both before and during the season or even just anytime they are in the woods.
105 min
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EP 219: ElkBros Jam Session: Listener Exclusive...
What if you could join the ElkBros around the campfire and ask any elk hunting question that comes to mind. An elk hunting Jam Session if you will!
125 min
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EP 218: Hunting with Elk Decoys - In Depth with...
One of the best tools in your elk hunting toolbox is a decoy. Combine a decoy with your calling and you have just satisfied the two out of the three senses that an elk depends on to make a decision. Many times, just what you need to convince a wary bull or turn a hung bull into a shot opportunity and punched tag.
124 min
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EP 217: Going from Rifle to Archery - Elk Camp ...
Joe & Scott Schwab dig into the differences, biggest changes and thought processing it took for Scott to go from a successful rifle elk hunter to tagging his first archery elk. Such a great perspective full of information. Enjoy!
87 min
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EP 216: Living Elk Hunting in Idaho with Slayer...
Joe & Gilbert talk calls, Idaho elk hunting tradition, techniques and tactics with Slayer CEO Bill Ayer and product innovation and development guru, Joe McCarthy. Folks, between Bill's 34 years of elk hunting experience and Joe's four generations of Idaho history chasing elk with family, friends and some of the top names in the industry, this is an episode you don't want to miss!
105 min
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EP 215: Live from the NM Outdoor Adventure Show...
Host Jesse Duebel of the "Ahi Va" podcast sits down with ElkBros Coach Joe Giglia to talk elk and ElkBros at the 2024 NM Outdoor Adventure Show in Albuquerque. Enjoy the episode!
62 min
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EP 214: Decisions & Realities of Elk Hunting Se...
We break down all the questions that go through the head when it comes to setups. Main categories of concern or hesitation and some tips to overcome them. Scenarios and real life answers. And we get a surprise visit from Season 17 Naked & Afraid Star, our brother Cole Wilks. Don't miss this episode!
117 min
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EP 213: Elk Camp Conversation with Kyl May
This is the show where everyday elk hunters from all over the country are our stars! On today's episode of "Elk Camp Conversations", Joe received an email from Mr. Kyl May and gives him a call to talk about his 2023 elk hunt. Hear the story with all the highs, the lows, the lessons learned, practiced and what worked and what didn't.
87 min
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EP 212: Goto Gear, Challenges and Elk Hunting K...
Armando Martinez and Joe Giglia talk about the tried and true gear that has become his goto’s while hunting elk and other species. They also talk about the biggest challenges Armando has seen for elk hunters during his years as a guide, his own personal challenges and some of the key things that now make the difference for him in the elk woods.
85 min
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EP 211: Talking Elk Hunting & Calling with Tom ...
The Diesing family definitley knows elk calling with multiple Champion titles and top 5 places. But as the Patriarch and with 35 elk under his belt, Tom Diesing Sr. absolutely knows how to call the critters with the best of them!
61 min
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EP 210: Elk Hunting 2024! Draw Dates, States, C...
It's 2024 and time to get ready! The crew starts digging into this year's draw dates and States, as well as some of the changes they see on the elk hunting landscape and some changes in gear they are using this season.
126 min
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EP 209: Elk Camp Conversation with Thomas McKenna
This is the show where everyday elk hunters from all over the country are our stars! On today's episode of "Elk Camp Conversations", Joe received an email from Mr. Thomas McKenna of Low Point, Illinois and gives Thomas a call to talk about his 2023 elk hunt. The highs, the lows, the lessons learned, practiced and what worked and what didn't.
90 min
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EP 208: Calling, Gear and Strategy Pitfalls & Tips
Guests Travis O'Shea and ElkBros Coach Guy Duplantier join the crew and finish up the series dropping nuggets that you won't want to miss. The biggest failure points with elk calling, hunting gear and those elk hunting strategies that are destined for tag soup, as well as tried and true tips to help you in each of those areas.
123 min