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THE ELK HUNTING SKILLS YOU NEED TO KILL BULLS IN TIMBER | 🎙️ EP. 167
In this episode Matt Hartsky breaks down one of the fastest ways elk hunters ruin opportunities in timber without ever realizing it. Most hunters believe being quiet means moving slower and avoiding obvious noise, but the real problem isn’t loud mistakes—it’s predictable movement. Elk don’t need a snapped stick to know you’re there. They recognize rhythm, timing, and patterns that don’t belong, and once that happens, the encounter is already compromised.
Drawing from more than 34 years of hunting Western elk, Matt explains how elk actually interpret sound in the timber and why so many hunters…
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