As someone who's been elk hunting for 5/6 years out here in Montana, and listening to The Rich Outdoors for the same amount of time, this course brought back important topics covered in Wapiti Wednesdays, And throughout the history of the podcast but put it in a more condensed format, that puts hundreds of hours of information at your fingertips. It connected dots during the off-season when pondering on all the mistakes ive made. Unfortunately an injury a week before season kept me out of the mountains this year, but i felt very confident heading into season strapped with some new knowledge and the course has continued to help me grow as i focused more on scouting this year. Looking forward to next year!

After 30 years of hunting elk I finally got over the hump this season!!! The course shared some great lessons on being more effective and setting up a system for success. Thanks Cody for contributing to my success!!!

I downloaded this course before departing on my 32-hour drive to Montana for my first Western hunt and successfully harvested a 5x5 bull! I work as a wildlife biologist and habitat consultant, helping landowners manage their properties for whitetail. That is to say, I feel very confident in my pursuit of WTD. When I drew an elk tag for Montana, I knew I was going to have my work cut out for me on my first-ever Western hunting experience. So, I did what I always do when learning something new: surround myself with talented people. The Elk 201 course gives you the tools needed to become a more successful woodsman and Hunter. It was like having Cody ride shotgun and answering my elementary elk hunting questions before I knew to ask them. Develop a system. Get closer. Experience more encounters. If you aren't using these tactics to punch your elk tag, you're doing yourself a disservice!

I put the principles from the 201 course to use this archery season and was able to get in closer than I could have imagined, within 35 yards. It gave me the confidence to move aggressively when needed and display patience when the moment came. Unfortunately the wind switched and that big old growlly 7x7 got away. I have one last weekend this season to get back in arena and punch my tag.

This is a great next-step course after getting the basics down. The 90-9-1 concept makes complete sense and allows you to apply a system that covers more ground to find the elk then slowing down and turning up the intensity when in range.

You need to invest in your elk knowledge and Cody’s classes are clear and concise. The processes he puts in place are easy to implement, make sense and work! They’ve helped me shorten my learning curve as a fourth year elk hunter.

Throughout my elk hunting journey i have experienced some amazing encounters and some of the highest of highest and lows of lows. It wasn’t until the last couple of years that i brought all of the experiences and encounters full circle. I analyzed what worked and what did not work, the whys and the how’s of what created success. For me elk hunting is a game of expectation management. As an active duty military guy i have to use my time wisely and put a plan into action. Cody says it right over and over with his Elk 201 series. You have to have a system period. For me it all starts with in-depth e-scouting. I take the past years experiences and look at where I’ve had encounters or where we have killed bulls and i apply that terrain analysis to the map and plot waypoints matching almost the exact criteria of past encounters. Secondly i do my best prior to season to confirm or deny those areas by hiking around and confirming or denying elk sign in the area. For those of us in Roosevelt country i am specifically looking for rubs and hard used trails in areas that have supporting habitat (food, water etc) if i find that sign it goes in my PACE plan. A PACE plan is defined as primary, alternate, contingency and emergency. Once i establish my pace plan of spots to hunt them when it’s time to go, i only spend a couple days in those areas max. If i am not in elk i leave and move down the pace plan. The point i am trying to drive home is exactly what Cody will coach you through and that is building a system for you. Your system will develop over time but if you go in without a plan, you will be highly disappointed. Just wanna thank Cody for the phenomenal knowledge he continues to put out.

I have done all of the well known courses they are all great but I really liked your course because you get straight to the point. Sometimes (most times) you just don’t have time to read EVERY detail in those other courses so I enjoyed the no bs approach. It didn’t take me months to complete, literally like a day of listening to it and I took in so much of the key points. And after 4 years I finally took my first archery bull! Thank you for all the help!

You want to know if this will help you kill elk. That's the only reason you're this deep into considering a 201 course. Short answer: I'm pretty sure this gives you exactly what you need on the knowledge side to get the job done every single year. The physical prep and execution is still on you. But at least you've minimized the variables for success. Longer answer: I spent a good number of years on my own in the woods chasing elk. I always found elk. Every year, almost daily. But there were parts of the puzzle missing and nobody was there to connect the dots for me. What was I missing? I was desperate to see the bigger picture. Cody has done an incredible job at succinctly connecting the dots here. Before, I felt like I was walking around in a dark room and kept slamming into furniture. Cody walked in and turned on the light switch. The content and value is that significant. Seriously, for the price of this course, you'd be crazy not to buy it and listen over and over again. Spend the money and get yourself dialed to the next level. You won't regret the investment.

I’ve taken a few elk hunting courses, read multiple books and listened to numerous podcasts. While all of these resources have been beneficial none have given me a way to be successful year after year. The elk hunt 201 course helped me create a system to find, get close to and kill elk consistently. If you’re going to spend any money this year to take your hunting skills to the next level, this course is it.

I’m an east coast hunter and this will be my first fall out west. I know a lot of guys who go out there and swing and miss over and over. I’m trying to look at this as more of a process of learning to hunt Elk than just coming out trying to kill an elk as my primary goal. If you’re organized, Elk 201 really gives you a system to put in place so you can work a real plan. I’m going through it a 2nd time right now as I prepare for the fall. I’m not sure what will happen but I am sure I will have a plan and that gives me a lot more confidence going into the season.

As someone who is from the Eastern United States 🇺🇸 but dreams of heading west for some hunting adventures including elk, I am always looking for solid resources to learn more. As a longtime subscriber of the Rich Outdoors podcast I came across his other passion in this Elk Hunt podcast and Elk 201 courses. I can truly appreciate Cody’s approach to explaining his system for entrepreneurship and in this case how he approaches his elk season every year. Starting in the offseason and working his way through September. He explains multiple scenarios and how to look at each one. Each segment is easily digestible for anyone and I can see how the culmination can be made into a successful system year in and year out. His e scouting additional module also is excellent and has added to my skill set to get ready for next season. I haven’t been elk hunting yet to give a full testimony but plan on doing so after I do.

My name is Nate and this course is amazing!! Been bow hunting elk for the past 3 years and I would not have had the experiences I’ve had if it wasn’t for this as well as the podcast! There are so many stories, I had multiple encounters and found elk every time I went out in multiple locations and multiple units, but I’ll just talk mostly about the last day of the season. I had taken the first week of the season off and had a few weekends to hunt and had multiple encounters, failed and learned and improved on set ups, calling techniques, and patience. The last weekend of season, after searching for a cow to fill the freezer I ended up finding two giant bulls! Completely blew it on the first one and played to safe on the second. Decided to completely move units, and meet up with my cousin who had already got his bull and was out with his girlfriend and were in very rutted up elk. Got into the area that morning and got on a group of cows. Couldn’t get close enough so I decided to bugle and see what happened. A bull answered from across the drainage and I began to cut the distance. As I got the other side about 100 yards closer I bugled again with no response. I was nervous he rounded up his cows and left so I began to move very quickly. I came to an opening and looked up and there he was about 50 yards up the hill from me! He was looking in the direction I had last bugled from. I crouched and all I could see was his ivory tipped antlers as I knocked an arrow. Breathe! I started to take in big long breaths to slow my heart rate, then to my left a giant spike and about 4 cows took off. The bull didn’t care a bit and was intensely looking for the bull he heard. I began to creep forward with a little juniper blocking our view of each other. I watched his antlers turn in my direction. I froze and he then turned his whole body away from so I moved up closer. He heard me pop a stick and now I could see his whole body and a bit of his head from behind the little juniper. That was as close as I was going to get so I drew my bow and stood up slowly. Now he’s looking right at me, and that little juniper is blocking his vitals! I could almost hear Cody’s voice saying you can get away with more than you think and took a couple more steps to forward and to the left. I was now trying to decide if he was 40 or 30 yards, I put my 30 pin right where it needed to go and was almost settled and he busted! I cow called and he stopped so I took another couple steps and then his cows busted and that was that. Heartbreaking! Buuttt it was the most incredible encounter I’ve ever had with such an impressive animal and if it wasn’t for what I’ve learned from this course as well as countless podcasts I wouldn’t be anywhere near where I am as a new archery elk hunter! I am confident in finding elk and learning from every mistake, sometimes it takes a couple times to learn the lesson but I can usually find an answer to what went wrong and fix it for the next one! Next September I am confident that I will be in elk and have enough opportunities to be able to get it done!

Cody's seminars are amazing and has taught me a ton more about OnX. His e-scouting tips have definitely helped narrow my search areas. It helped locate better potential elk areas which paid dividends like wallows, scraps, and rubs. Sadly the only thing missing were the elk during daylight hours. If you have tapped into Cody's seminars you are missing out.

I have only listened to the audio version so far but I think this course in its entirety will be very beneficial in upcoming elk hunts. Thanks for putting together such great information!! Ryan

Not your every day run of the mill “how to kill an elk” info you see on YouTube. It goes way beyond your basic info and goes into a lot of out of the box way to think about elk hunting. After taking the course last year I tagged my first elk thanks to a lot of good tips I learned from the course. Highly recommended

This is very solid information delivered in an easily digestible and repeatable format. It will elevate or solidify your elk hunting knowledge which is the whole goal! There is so much content out there that is hard to apply to your particular situation, but I would say Cody has made something that’s approachable and can be tailored to you better than most. I found there were a few glitches in viewing certain sections and some minor editing issues, but for the price this is a solid product.

Awesome content that will give you an edge in the elk woods.

This year was my 11th year of bowhunting elk and I finally killed my first bow bull! Im not going to say the course was the magic sauce to success but it definitely opened my mind to a different thinking so it did boost me for sure. Totally recommend it.

Listen to it repeatedly while driving out elk hunting to keep ideas fresh in my mind. Tons of great info in there

The Elk Hunt 201 course has opened up lots of insight on how I can achieve success in the elk woods this fall on my Oregon big bull tag. Although I haven’t been able to put all this information to use with boots on the ground it has helped with my preparation and game plan to tag out this season! Thanks Cody for the very informational course!

Huge opportunity to get a clear, concise, and professional scoop on going from 101 to 201. Nothing to sort through, just lots of gold that you can apply instantly to elevate your elk game.

As a “self taught” elk hunter, this program has shaved years off of my learning curve. It seemed a little bit redundant in the beginning, but I feel like I now have a better plan prior to season starting and I have a better understanding of the elk patterns in my area.

Been doing the course for a few months trying to up my game on elk. It’s been a great thing with lots of awesome information and has helped me a ton

Content was spot on. To the point, not a lot of fluff. The e-scouting portion also went into more detail than others I have found.

Thought I’d take this as a refresher course before my big archery hunt coming up and boy am I glad I did. I got a ton of valuable tips out of it but also it just really helped me wrap my head around all of the pieces of the hunt. This course flows really well and I found it very helpful. Now I just need to make it happen with my bow this year 🙌.

Hey I absolutely love what you are doing and your pod cast has helped me immensely, especially the elk nut episodes! I have got on elk every time I’ve been out using the tactics and either wind switches, other hunters, getting to aggressive, or not aggressive enough. Shit has been incredible! Had a bull catch me with my pants down when he came charging in to 20 yards and screamed the loudest most aggressive, almost terrifying bugle I have ever heard and then my buddy got him in the rest of the way and the shooter missed 3 times! It shook me harder than anything I’ve ever experienced! I started bow hunting in KS after I got back from Iraq and should have continued when I got out of the army and returned back home to Montana. The last two years I’ve gotten closer and closer and hopefully the lessons learned, and ass whoopins I’ve received will lead to me putting a bull on the ground this year! So thank you for your content, game Fuckin changing bro!

I’m new to elk hunting and was a little overwhelmed by how much goes into it, but this course really helped me to understand how to break it down into manageable pieces. I can’t wait to put it into action this fall.

This has been an amazing course, I just love the fact that it didn’t take me months to get through it. The fact that Cody gets wright to the point and no fluff is awesome he didn’t loose my attention span at all (can be difficult just ask my wife). Cody’s explanation of his process is second to none, find elk go as hard as u can to do this, then use your 3-5 tactics that u r comfortable with to chase them. Guys like me that come from Wisconsin don’t get a lot of time in the elk woods every year, u can listen to endless amounts of podcast,videos and so on but how many of us can retain and us all that info and use it in the heat of the moment. Sticking with what Cody explained in his course showed me I can simply my approach and be more confident in my tactics. Thanks for a great course and podcasts.

Some great info and tidbits. Love listening to it as I travel hunting to keep ideas fresh in my mind

The course is straight to the point and gave me some great ideas looking forward to next elk season. Cody may have given up too many secrets I feel like I'll see him in the woods this fall.

Great course, straight to the point. No bull shit. Highly recommend if you want to be consistent in the elk woods.

I've been listening to The Rich Outdoors for a few years now, so when Cody Rich came out with this 4 step audio course for only $30 I didn't hesitate to get it. Do not be intimidated to buy this course even if you're a beginner like me. In a sea of knowledge this layout really helped me to simplify and start organizing all the new information that I'm learning about elk hunting. 10 out of 10, definitely recommend!

As an “Eastern Flatlander” I need all the help I can get when it comes to big game in big country out west. I have hunted hilly country in PA, WV and Western MD so I’m not a total newbie and I harvest a lot of game but the tips tactics and knowledge offered was a massive contributor to my successful September . It wasn’t an accident we were able to call two bulls into 26 yards on public . The decisions I made based on what I was taught and whats offered in the elk course enabled me to make the best decisions based on experiences I hadn’t personally had but was able to build on and apply throught my hunt. Totally worth it ! We were able to find elk and make good enough decisions for a hunt we will never forget. Thank you for sharing the knowledge with me.

The Elk 201 course has dramatically improved how I find elk, talk to elk, and move in on elk. This is information I wish I had 7 years ago when I started hunting them. For $30 this is one of the best investments you can make for yourself, I can't recommend it enough. This course is comprehensive without the fluff, and I'd happily pay hundreds for it. If you're on the fence, make the move and buy this course! You're future you will thank you.

Cody, yesterday I shot my first bull and you were in my head saying “sometimes you gotta MAKE the shot happen.” I was hiding behind a lone juniper on a wide open sage hillside as the bull came over the ridge chasing his cows. He came 30 yards side hilling upslope of me. I took one big step out from the tree after remembering you said that. He spooked about 15 yards and i arrowed him at about 45! I really can’t express how much you’ve taught me through the podcast man, keep it up because it works!!

I left high-school without ever killing a bull elk in archery or rifle. I discovered this podcast and decided to try being a guide with little experience. Two years later I’ve guided clients to 6 archery bulls and 8 rifle bulls, some on private and some public. I give all the credit to this podcast and course. There isn’t a better place to learn about hunting in the west than here.

Having been fairly successful the last few years and a regular consumer of anything online about elk hunting, I was curious how much I’d get out of the course. After going through it I’d recommend this course to anyone looking to up their elk game!!

It seems obvious that to be consistently successful hunting elk, you must understand elk behavior and know how to use that ‘understanding’ to your advantage. A tremendous amount of such information exists - a vast amount of which is contained on Cody’s podcast. With this 201 course, Cody has done a remarkable thing by absorbing stories, challenges and knowledge from himself and others, and condensed it all into a concise and usable strategy for us to run with.

Elk Hunt 201 hits the nail on the head when it comes to being concise and informative, without getting too bogged down in the minutia. My biggest complaint with some of these longer courses is it’s easy to get lost because there’s so many videos and they’re usually long. Could easily work through this course during my lunch breaks and not take any extra time out of my day to day. Worth at least 2X the cost, so feel confident in the value for your dollar here.

I have taken several Elk Hunting courses over the years, and this one takes things to another level. Cody reveals great tips and tactics that everyone should have in their toolbox. This is a great course at a great value!

Elk Hunt 201 is hands down the best value out there. I have tried consuming just about every educational platform there is trying to absorb as much information about how to kill elk as I can, and this is hands down the most condensed and information packed platform I've found. Well worth the money and I would highly recommend trying this out!