ELKSHAPE Podcast - Peak Rut Tactics

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Dan dives solo into one of the most exciting times of elk season—the Peak Rut. In this episode, he breaks down proven tactics for calling in bulls when the woods are alive with bugles. From understanding bull behavior and timing your setups, to reading the herd dynamic and adjusting to hunting pressure, Dan shares practical strategies that hunters can put to use immediately. Whether you’re a seasoned elk hunter or chasing bugles for the first time, this episode gives you a sharper edge for those intense September days. 💢 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	all right guys welcome back to our series this is our mini series that we are dropping exclusively
0:04.8	here in september a lot of you guys are headed to back out you've been out for a couple
0:11.3	weekends and now you're hitting your first real week off uh this could not be a better year for
0:17.5	peak rut as far as third week in sept. We're looking at fall equinox
0:21.6	the 21st through the 22nd. We're talking the darkest moon. So we're hoping that the elk
0:28.2	are forced to do a lot of the peak rut. All the cows are in heat or a lot of them are during
0:35.5	the daylight hours of the 21st and the 22nd, which is what we need for peak rut, behavior, peak action. Speaking of peak, this is Peaks equipment. This is a partner of ours. Today's episode is brought to by Peaks Equipment. I'm going to give you a quick rundown on some of the gear that I love. The Peaks Duo Headlamp, Discount code oak shape will save you 10%. This has a red or
0:56.2	green light plus a bright white light. Every light has three settings. Plus you can hold a button
1:00.2	down and it will flash twice, meaning it is turned off and will not get turned on accidentally in your
1:05.2	pack. This thing is what we use. Two is one. I always have one in my side pouch and then one of my kill kit you
1:12.4	never want to run out of light especially if you're cutting up an elk trekking poles get the back
1:17.5	country elites the core candles what i prefer you're talking about aluminum and carbon all into one
1:22.3	and trekking poles are light especially me post ACL surgery back in january i'm going to have a
1:27.4	trekking pull out almost at all times for sustainability, for like the trajectory that I can hunt
1:32.7	gracefully all of September. The new peak shelters drop. I've been rocking that one P
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1:50.1	It's spacious.
1:51.2	You can go with the original 4P solitude,
1:55.3	which is really, in my opinion, more like a two-person with all your gear.
1:59.1	And you can get seal nylon or you can get the new dynema in the solitude 4P.
2:06.0	Discount code oak shape 10% off.
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