ELKSHAPE Podcast - Early Season Elk Tactics

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

September has finally arrived, and with it comes the start of elk season. In this solo episode, Dan kicks off the September Series by breaking down his approach to hunting elk in the early season. From understanding elk behavior in the first days of September, to locating herds before peak rut activity, to strategies for calling, glassing, and moving through the mountains—this episode is all about stacking the odds in your favor when the season is fresh. Dan also shares the mindset and preparation that separates hunters who just show up from those who notch tags. 💢 Discount Codes 💢 BORN PRIMITIVE OUTDOOR - 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠⁠ PEAX EQUIP - 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠⁠ CANVAS CUTTER - 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠⁠ WILDERNESS ATHLETE | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠⁠ VORTEX WEAR | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ BLACK OVIS | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ SHEEPFEET | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ onXhunt ELITE Membership | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ Basekamp Quarter Pad | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ CrossOver Symmetry | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stealth Cam | 20% Off Code (non-cellular): ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE20⁠⁠⁠⁠ MAGVIEW | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ MY MEDIC | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠⁠ DARK ENERGY | 10% Off CODE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠⁠ GORUCK | LINK TO ⁠⁠⁠⁠SHOP⁠⁠⁠⁠ BLACK RIFLE COFFEE | 20% OFF CODE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE20⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🚨Video Production🚨 A CAM - ⁠⁠⁠⁠SONY A1 BODY⁠⁠⁠⁠ B CAM - ⁠⁠⁠⁠SONY A7 IV W/KIT LENS⁠⁠⁠⁠ SONY ⁠⁠⁠⁠LONG LENS 70-200MM⁠⁠⁠⁠ WIRELESS ⁠⁠⁠⁠DJI MIC 2⁠⁠⁠⁠ STUDIO LENS ⁠⁠⁠⁠24-70MM ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠DJI DRONE ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠DJI ACTION 4⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up? Welcome to the Elkshape podcast. Welcome to September. This will be a four-week series.
0:08.4	Week to week. I'm going to hop in here solo and try to talk you through the phases of elk hunting.
0:13.9	I'm going to try to give you some. I'm just going to brainstorm with you guys, get you some good, solid ideas to think about while you're out there
0:22.8	good chance you're listening to this episode and you are driving towards Elkamp and you have a
0:29.9	smile on your face as you should because it's finite and it's finally here and there's so much
0:36.9	anticipation and uh i just want to make sure that we can harness that excitement It's finite and it's finally here. And there's so much anticipation.
0:43.7	And I just want to make sure that we can harness that excitement and put it to good use.
0:44.8	Week one.
0:49.4	And I want to kind of give you guys just some hard hitting tips, things to think about.
0:50.7	And that's it.
0:52.0	So this will be a short listen.
0:53.6	We're going to do four of these.
0:57.1	And the first week is all about early season tactics.
1:02.1	Week two, we are going to cover calling versus not calling.
1:03.5	I think that's important.
1:05.6	Week three, we're going to talk about peak rut.
1:09.7	And then week four, we're going to talk about buzzer, beater tactics.
1:11.1	You're out of time.
1:13.7	You've got to make S happen fast.
1:14.8	Let's go.
1:19.1	So week one, you're stoked, you're pumped, you're headed down there.
1:21.7	Hopefully everything is on lock.
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