Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 2 p.m.
The guys are talking Michigan elk and predator hunting with the first female hunting guide in the state of Michigan Jennifer Drake of Drakes Guide Service.
Michigan elk hunting
- How she got started in guiding
- Her conservation side
- Proposed new guide rules for Michigan
- How watching one of her hunters take an elk makes her feel
- How the December elk hunt went down for her hunter
- Talking about what to shoot
- Western elk hunting vs Michigan elk hunting
- Trusting your guide and doing research on your guide
- Guides helping other guides
- Working with farmers
- Hunting elk in Michigan in the fall vs winter
- Staying in shape for grueling hunts
- Letting your guide know your physical limitations
Predator hunting in Michigan
- Guide for bears with dogs or bait
- Day or night hunts for bobcat
- Bigger bobcats are in the upper peninsula
- Becoming more popular in recent years
- Provide more of a challenge than most any other animal
- How many hunters per group
- More of a mobile hunt
- How to obtain special tags for bobcat
- Same opportunity to kill a coyote while bobcat hunting
Viewer question about bow hunting elk in Michigan
Kids and hunting
Foraging for snacks in the woods