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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME TO LEAVE AN AREA AND FIND NEW ELK? | EP. 261

How do you know when it’s time to leave an area and find new elk?

In this episode, Matt Hartsky draws from 34 years of elk hunting experience to tackle one of the hardest decisions on a public-land hunt. Leave too soon and you may abandon good elk country. Stay too long and you can waste valuable days hunting elk that are no longer there.

Matt covers silent elk, fresh versus old sign, changing hunting pressure, blown setups, and the evidence he uses to decide whether to stay, adjust, or move on.

If you’ve ever spent hours debating whether an area is quiet or truly empty, this episode will…

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