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ELKSHAPE Podcast - This will CHANGE the hunting industry FOREVER

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8618 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dan sits down with longtime friend and podcast legend Cody Rich, host of The Rich Outdoors. What starts as a conversation about elk hunting, business, and the grit it takes to live a purpose-driven life quickly turns into something much bigger. We dive into the lessons Cody has learned as an entrepreneur in the hunting industry, share some unforgettable hunting stories, and then peel back the curtain on a revolutionary new piece of technology that could change the way we all hunt. This isn’t your average gadget—it’s a tool built by hunters, for hunters, and it’s about to raise the bar on how we prepare, track, and execute in the backcountry. If you're passionate about the future of hunting, building a legacy, and sharpening every edge—this one’s for you. Link: https://ctznfirstresponse.com 💢 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

We're recording. We're good. We're live. We're live. Yeah, I was just saying you were the first podcast that I listened to in the hunting space. It's funny because I was listening to podcasts for a long time. And I actually remember thinking podcasts were overdone. I was like, oh, dude, there's so many podcasts. Like, everyone's doing them. But there wasn't a hunting one. And so I was like, I should do a hunting podcast. And I gave myself two weeks. It was like, I'm going to have it up by April 1st or whatever. And so like bust some ass, like, you know, recorded two or three episodes. And I remember I was actually, he posted the other day, Will Ask You and I were shooting Bose. I don't know if you know Will.

0:38.1

He's like, oh, G.

0:39.2

I know of him.

0:39.6

He's like a graphic designer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we were shooting a 3D course. I was like, dude, I'm thinking about doing a podcast. And he's like, oh, interesting. And so, yeah, anyway, it was like two weeks later, launched it. Brian Cole, Jay Scott and I all launched like the same week.

0:55.4

So there was no hunting podcast.

0:57.1

And then like the same week. So there was

0:55.7

no hunting podcasts. And then like the same week all had the same idea, never heard of each other

1:01.0

and like launched. So yeah. So you're probably on what year now? You're 10. You're 10.

1:07.3

Yep. You're crazy. I'm on, this is year eight for us.

1:13.1

So yeah, you're two years out in front.

1:14.9

I listened to your podcast early on because you had one of my friends on.

1:19.9

And it's funny.

1:20.8

It's Dan Evans.

1:21.5

And I leveraged the fact that he went on your pod to have, he needed to come on my pod and he said no

1:29.5

I'm not doing him anymore and I think it took probably five years of pestering and I finally

1:37.5

drove to his house and did a podcast did you you got him on yeah dude that's freaking awesome

1:42.2

that guy's OG actually that was the original reason I started upon was that guy.

1:46.7

He, uh, I remember. That's crazy. I was, I mean, like, in those days, he was, I don't know, fairly, a lot more public than he is now. And, uh, dude, just a giant bull killer. He was such a big bull killer. and I had this bull in Idaho that I was hunting

2:00.3

and it was kind of my first next level bowl

2:03.4

like that bull you're like, you're targeting this bowl. You can't get him. And dude, I had read every article, read every ball. You know, like there just wasn't the information. And I remember being in Idaho, being like, gosh, I just wish I knew how Dan Evans would do this. Like,

2:17.6

you know,

2:17.9

like he was such a big bull killer.

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