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ElkShape

The SAD news about BlackOvis.com

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8618 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dan opens up about the recent and unfortunate news of BlackOvis.com filing for bankruptcy. He shares his honest reaction to the announcement, what it means for the hunting industry, and how he personally plans to pivot moving forward. Dan also reflects on his six-year partnership with the BlackOvis team—expressing deep gratitude, respect, and sadness for the hardworking people behind the brand who poured everything into building it. This one’s a raw and real conversation about change, loyalty, and finding a way forward when the unexpected happens. 💢 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 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 MAGVIEW | 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

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0:11.0

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0:22.1

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0:27.5

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0:36.8

Welcome to the Elkshury podcast. This is a bonus episode to this week.

0:42.4

This will be a short one, but this is the best place to do this one. So I want to talk about

0:47.7

the company Black Obus a little bit, and it's kind of a sad story. And it's one that kind of their path

0:53.6

crosses are. So I just kind of wanted to, you know, address it and kind of a sad story. And it's one that kind of their path crosses our.

1:00.6

So I just kind of wanted to, you know, address it and kind of let people know our side of the story a little bit.

1:08.3

It's not really, it's not fun to talk about when somebody you know and you're working with goes bankrupt.

1:09.7

But that's kind of what we're talking about.

1:11.6

So about a week ago, they filed bankruptcy. I think it's called chapter seven. And I don't know all the details in that. But I kind of

1:19.4

wanted to, it does affect us quite a bit. But also, you know, we'll move on. We'll move forward.

1:26.7

So Blackovus, if you didn't know, is like a Blackovus.com was a retailer, an online retailer

1:33.2

for pretty much hunting and outdoor gear.

1:36.4

And they had another branch of their business called Camofire, which was a great place to get

1:42.4

things like flash sale type liquidation and I think the model

1:46.9

was more like we'll sell stuff on black ovis and if it doesn't move as fast and we need to lower

1:53.3

the price our liquidate will put it on camo fire or if we come across something that is being

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