Hunt West Podcast

By Jaden Bales

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Episodes: 111

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The Hunt West Podcast is for hunters who'd rather wear out a pair of boots than a YouTube playlist. Most hunting podcasts give you campfire stories, gear hype, or endless tag talk. Hunt West is different. This is applied hunting wisdom — the stuff that actually helps you find critters and fill tags in the wild country west of the 100th meridian. Hosted by Jaden Bales — hunt consultant, mule deer junkie, and professional tag nerd — the show mixes solo riffs, guest conversations, and hard-earned lessons from real hunts. You'll get strategies for e-scouting, application hacks, mindset shifts, and the kind of woodsmanship that still matters when the Wi-Fi goes dark. If you're the kind of hunter who loves general seasons, sharp steel, glassing knobs, and planning three tags ahead — welcome home.

Episode Date
Do Honey Holes Exist? Stories of Testing the Theory...
Sep 26, 2026
Late-September Elk: Silent Bulls, Satellite Tactics & a 15-Hour Recovery
Sep 19, 2026
Kill This Season, Today, or Right Now? Opening Week Hunting Lessons
Sep 12, 2026
How We Build Mule Deer Hunt Plans On Scouted Bucks with Garrison Kinsel
Sep 05, 2026
What to Do When the Shot Goes Wrong: Rocky Mountain Big Game Recovery
Aug 29, 2026
Contingencies in Action: Adapting on a Tough Blacktail Hunt
Aug 22, 2026
A Premium Pronghorn Tag & Backcountry Hunt Plans
Aug 15, 2026
The High Country Mule Deer Game with Trevor Stewart
Aug 08, 2026
How to Hunt One Specific Bull with Cody Rich
Aug 01, 2026
Hunting Big Pronghorn with Chance Marshall (Rokcast Crossover)
Jul 25, 2026
How to Choose the Right Hunting Boots | Solo Round
Jul 18, 2026
The Craft of Backcountry Bowhunting with Adam Foss
Jul 11, 2026
Building a Hunting Season After Draws with Hayden Richins & Tyler Bales
Jul 05, 2026
New Muzzleloaders, Mountain Miles & Taking Chances with Tyler Grethen
Jun 27, 2026
Inside the Life of a Wyoming Game Warden with Scott Werbelow
Jun 20, 2026
Jim Zumbo: Lessons from a Western Hunting Legend
Jun 13, 2026
Optics Basics for Western Hunting | Solo Round
Jun 06, 2026
Solo Elk Packouts, Wolves, Big Deer, and New Gear Hunters Need | Beau Pullin of Cervara Gear
May 31, 2026
The 3 Phases of Scouting For September Elk Hunts
May 24, 2026
Archery Hunting Fundamentals with Keifer Rogers
May 16, 2026
How To Manage Hunting Pressure | Solo Round
May 09, 2026
Chubby Athletic & Dangerous: Always Hunt Ready with Lyle Hebel of MTNTOUGH
May 02, 2026
Spot & Stalk Lessons You Can Use This Fall: Stories from Argentina
Apr 27, 2026
We Were In Elk… Now What? Archery Tactics for Sealing the Deal
Apr 18, 2026
What the Crappiest Tags Teach You | Solo Round
Apr 11, 2026
Old School Skills, Big Bulls, and What Matters in Western Hunting with Randy Burtis
Apr 04, 2026
The Spring Bear Playbook: Finding Bears on a Low-Snow Year with Tyler Bales
Mar 28, 2026
Tips to Staying Legal While Hunting the West
Mar 21, 2026
Some Good 'Ol Bowhunting Stories with Josh Jenni
Mar 14, 2026
Public Land, Public Wildlife: Why Hunters Need to Pay Attention with Zach Lentsch & Chris Allen
Mar 08, 2026
It's Gonna Be Harder Than You Think | Solo Round
Feb 28, 2026
Full Send: Bucks and Bulls with Kenneth Thrall at Kifaru
Feb 21, 2026
Colorado Mule Deer & Their Management: A 2020 Throwback Episode
Feb 13, 2026
Contingencies: How to Build Backup Plans with Hayden Richins
Feb 07, 2026
The Craziest Hunting Season You've Ever Heard with Alex Aguirre
Jan 31, 2026
Crushing Easy-Draw Colorado Elk Hunts & the Muley Obsession with Garrison Kinsel
Jan 24, 2026
Gear Evolution for Western Hunters: How to Build a Smart Kit Without Wasting Money
Jan 17, 2026
Private Land & Public Hunters with James Nash
Jan 10, 2026
Hunters, Habitat & State Politics: What Wyoming's 2026 Legislative Session Means for You
Jan 03, 2026
2025 Wrapped & 2026 Loaded: What Worked, What's Changing, and Where Hunt West Is Headed
Jan 01, 2026
No Bugles, No Problem: A Wyoming Cow Elk Story
Dec 27, 2025
Walking With Your Eyes: Rifle Elk, Old Mule Deer, and Hunting With Purpose with Derik Henderson
Dec 20, 2025
Two Tags, Two Bulls, and Ten Years of Elk Lessons with Bryon Thompson
Dec 13, 2025
Inside Guide Life: Hunting Stories of the Good and the Bad
Dec 06, 2025
The 2026 Hunt Planning Love/Hate Episode (And Why Honey Holes Die)
Dec 03, 2025
Dad Bod Prevention & Post-Season Recovery with Dr. Rob
Nov 22, 2025
The November Muley Guide: Glassing, Weather, Rut Timing
Nov 15, 2025
The 5-Step Playbook for Planning Next Year's Hunts
Nov 08, 2025
How to Hunt Late-Season Elk in a Roaded Unit: Game Planning with Tyler Bales
Nov 01, 2025
The Pre-Rut Mule Deer Playbook | Solo Round
Oct 25, 2025
Beat the Odds, Burn the Gas: Two Successful Pronghorn Hunts
Oct 18, 2025
From Unfilled Tags to a Giant Bull: The Lessons That Made an Elk Hunter
Oct 11, 2025
"I Love it When a Plan Comes Together" | Wyoming Elk Hunt Story
Oct 05, 2025
Late Rutting Elk Hunting Success & Tips | HW Field Report 9.27.2025
Sep 26, 2025
The Mule Deer Double Story: 400" of Antlers on Opening Day with Gray Plunkett
Sep 23, 2025
The Cow Elk Hunters' Playbook | Solo Round
Sep 20, 2025
Die with Memories, Not Dreams with Chris Atkins
Sep 13, 2025
Moose Madness & Opening Days of Elk Hunting | HW Field Report 9.5.2025
Sep 05, 2025
The Elk Hunting Playbook with Cody Rich
Sep 05, 2025
September Mule Deer Madness with Hayden Richins
Aug 30, 2025
BONUS: Planning Future Hunts Like Someone With a Touch of the 'Tism
Aug 24, 2025
No Excuses Hunting: Beating Negativity and Finding Success This Season | Solo Round
Aug 23, 2025
Old-School Skills & Modern-Day Mountain Hunting with Cade Cole
Aug 16, 2025
Kill Kits & Field Processing: Field-Tested Systems for Western Big Game Hunts
Aug 10, 2025
Hunting Blacktails the Local Way with Jeff Lund of the On Step Podcast
Aug 02, 2025
How to Get A Tag Every Year with Brian Lueddeke of the Twilight Hunters' Podcast
Jul 26, 2025
When S**t Goes South with Hayden Richins
Jul 18, 2025
The Fundamentals of Scouting For Mule Deer & Elk | Solo Round
Jul 11, 2025
How to Get Started Out West
Jul 05, 2025
How to Be a Dialed Backpack Hunter with Brad Brooks of Argali
Jun 28, 2025
How to Pick Glassing Knobs | Solo Round
Jun 21, 2025
Sheep Stories: How to Hunt Bighorn Sheep with Guide and Outfitter Jimmy Owens
Jun 17, 2025
Sheep Stories: Early Bighorn Research, Surviving TWO Plane Crashes & More with Kevin Hurley
Jun 16, 2025
Sheep Stories: How Wyoming is Putting and Keeping Sheep on the Mountain with Katie Cheesbrough
Jun 15, 2025
Real Talk on Nutrition & Hunting Stories to Back It with Kyle Kamp
Jun 07, 2025
Lessons from the Field and Gear For Traveling Hunters with Seth Oren
May 30, 2025
Wyoming Bear Down & The Gear We Used with Jordan Budd
May 24, 2025
How to Make a Hunting Plan: A Real Hunt West Session
May 20, 2025
Old School Deer Tactics & What it Takes to Find a Big One with Robby Denning
May 17, 2025
Huntin' Stories & Surviving HAPE with Matt Emerson
May 10, 2025
All About Western Muzzleloaders with Chad Eidson
May 03, 2025
Arizona Coues & Wyoming Adventures with Jason Scott
Apr 26, 2025
I Drew a Tag, Now What!?
Apr 21, 2025
Oregon's Massive Mule Deer Changes with Josh Smith
Apr 12, 2025
Nerding Out About Mule Deer and Their Management with Jared Oakleaf
Apr 06, 2025
Hunting the Southern Hemisphere's September | Stories from Argentina
Mar 30, 2025
The Messy Montana Draw with Hayden Richins
Mar 23, 2025
Free-Range Hunting in Argentina with Remi Donnelly of Terra Pampa
Mar 19, 2025
Cody Rich Gives the Montana Playbook for Deer and Elk
Mar 16, 2025
Successful Colorado Strategies with Garrison Kinsel
Mar 09, 2025
Colorado Deer and Elk Overview | Solo Round
Mar 02, 2025
Bo DePeña Talks Fatherhood & Hunting Colorado
Feb 23, 2025
Spot & Stalk Spring Bear Hunting 101
Feb 16, 2025
Is Your Rig Ready for Western Hunting? Jaden & Tyler Talk Offroading
Feb 12, 2025
Myth-Busting Mule Deer Age and Antler Size
Feb 07, 2025
Planning an Alaska Blacktail Hunt with Jeff Lund and Tyler Bales
Feb 04, 2025
Hunter McWaters on Hunting Adventures, Catching the Muley Bug, and the Evolution of a Hunter
Feb 02, 2025
There's No Place Like Home: In-State & Out-of-State Hunts with Jordan Stailey
Jan 27, 2025
Cow Elk Hunts & Granolas v. Bubbas with Chad Lubinski
Jan 21, 2025
Out of State Hunting & Our Favorite New Gear with Chad Ryker
Jan 13, 2025
Should You Choose Limited Quota or General in Wyoming with Logan Dix
Jan 10, 2025
Wyoming General Elk Hunts: The Soup-To-Nuts Overview
Jan 06, 2025
Where to Mule Deer Hunt in 2025: States, Strategies, and Opportunities
Dec 28, 2024
Wyoming Elk Applications & What To Do At Different Point Levels
Dec 17, 2024
Should I Try To Get A Tag In Idaho?
Dec 01, 2024
Late Season Gear For Black Friday & Idaho Hunt Recap
Nov 24, 2024
The Differences in Eastern & Western Hunting
Nov 18, 2024
Cody Rich | Late Season Elk, Evolving Expectations, & More
Nov 12, 2024
HW Field Report 11.3.2024
Nov 03, 2024
Snowy & Cold Weather Hunting Tips
Oct 28, 2024
Hunt West Podcast Pilot Episode
Oct 26, 2024