Elkshape

Today's episode we sit-down with blue collar hunter Sonny Cloninger from Washington state.  Sonny is in his sixties and has elk hunted the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness for over 40 years.  We learn about his early days of backcountry DIY hunting and some of his wild stories from the 1970's and 1080's.  Sonny hunts one of the last places on earth where you can hunt for elk in September with a rifle.  His hunting area has faced adversity of the last ten years with wildfire and wolf introduction.  We chat about the good old days and what its like packing in with stock in the backcountry and what it takes to be a tough backcountry hunter regardless of age. Sonny is a breath a fresh air, not too often do you get to chat with someone who has elk hunted longer than you have been alive.  We talk about the wolf problem and how conservation and hunting is at a tipping point.  This is a great discussion and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Selway Elk Zone LINK One of the rules we talked about in the episode ab