Bow building and tuning
The highlight of camp. Josh Jones and the Podium team build and tune your bow. Every attendee leaves with a $4,000 bow build.
Podium Archer × ElkShape
Elk Immersion Experience
Brought to you by Mathews
Four days to elevate your archery elk game. You leave with a $4,000 bow build.
March and June 2027
March: Nashville, TN area | June: Spokane Valley, WA
15 per session
Brought to you by
MATHEWS
Presented by
PODIUM ARCHER
ELKSHAPE
The highlight of camp
The $4,000 bow build. Then elk.
The Elk Immersion Experience, brought to you by Mathews, will take place in the Nashville, TN area for the March sessions and Spokane Valley, WA for the June sessions. Dan Staton on mindset, tactics, and fitness. Joel Turner on shot control, elk calling, and butchering. Mark Livesay on e-scouting and hunt planning. Josh Jones and the Podium team on bow building and tuning.
Every attendee leaves with a $4,000 bow build. Each date has 15 places. Additional dates open as each group of 15 fills up.
- 2027 Mathews Flagship
- Black Gold Modd Sight
- QAD Ultrarest
- Easton Arrows (12)
- Stan SoleX Clicker Release
- Podium Stabilizers, V-Bars, And VR Bracket
- Mathews Quiver
- Mathews Limb Legs
- Greylight Bow Case
- Podium Archer Inserts and Points
The experience
What you will do.
Bow building and tuning first. Then shot control, mindset, and e-scouting. You leave with a $4,000 bow build.
Shot control, calling, and butchering
Joel Turner runs shot control, elk calling, and live elk butchering.
Mindset, tactics, and fitness
Dan Staton covers mindset, tactics, and fitness for hunters who intend to do the work.
E-scouting and hunt planning
Mark Livesay runs e-scouting and hunt planning so you leave with plans you can actually hunt.
The roster
Who is at the camp.
The people running the work, not a guest-speaker circuit.
Podium Archer
Josh Jones
Bow building and tuning with the Podium team. Every attendee leaves with a $4,000 bow build.
Shot-IQ
Joel Turner
Shot control, elk calling, and butchering.
ElkShape
Dan Staton
Mindset, tactics, and fitness.
Treeline Academy
Mark Livesay
E-scouting and hunt planning.
Bow Boy
Scott Evans
Bow building and tuning with Josh Jones and the Podium team.
Precision Cut Archery
Tristan Lake
Bow building and tuning with Josh Jones and the Podium team.
Simple payment schedule
Secure your place now. Finish paying before camp.
The $1,000 deposit counts toward the $5,000 total. Podium Archer will invoice the two remaining installments through secure Shopify checkout.
Dates below apply to the current session: June 9th - 12th. March sessions: December 1, 2026 and February 1, 2027. June sessions: January 1, 2027 and March 1, 2027.
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At registration$1,000
Reserves one attendee place.
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02
January 1, 2027$2,000
Second payment by emailed invoice.
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March 1, 2027$2,000
Final payment by emailed invoice.
Camp details
What we know now
- Nashville, TN sessions
- March 20–23, 2027
March 21–24, 2027
March 22–25, 2027
March 23–26, 2027
March 24–27, 2027
March 25–28, 2027
March 26–29, 2027 - Spokane Valley, WA sessions
- June 9–12, 2027
June 10–13, 2027
June 11–14, 2027
June 12–15, 2027
June 13–16, 2027
June 14–17, 2027
June 15–18, 2027 - Nashville hotel reservations
- Book your Nashville hotel with Hilton
- Location
- March: Nashville, TN area | June: Spokane Valley, WA
- Capacity
- 15 per session
- Hosts
- Podium Archer and ElkShape
- Instructors
- Josh Jones and the Podium team, Joel Turner, Dan Staton, Mark Livesay, Scott Evans, Tristan Lake
- You leave with
- A $4,000 bow build
March sessions are in the Nashville, TN area, near Nashville North Archery in Ashland City. June sessions are in Spokane Valley, WA. Additional dates open as each group of 15 fills up. Packing list and location-specific travel details go out after you register.
Partners
Sponsors.
The Elk Immersion Experience, brought to you by Mathews. See all sponsors.
Who is this for?
Elk hunters who want four hard days of bow building, shot control, mindset, and e-scouting. Not a beginner seminar.
When and where?
The Elk Immersion Experience, brought to you by Mathews, has two locations in 2027. March sessions take place in the Nashville, TN area, near Nashville North Archery in Ashland City. Seven four-day sessions start March 20 through March 26; the last session ends March 29. June sessions take place in Spokane Valley, WA. Seven four-day sessions start June 9 through June 15; the last session ends June 18. Each date has 15 places. Additional dates open as each group of 15 fills up. Packing list and location-specific travel details go out after you register.
What is included?
Josh Jones and the Podium team on bow building and tuning. Joel Turner on shot control, elk calling, and butchering. Dan Staton on mindset, tactics, and fitness. Mark Livesay on e-scouting and hunt planning. Every attendee leaves with a $4,000 bow build.
What bow do I leave with?
Every participant leaves with a $4,000 bow build, built and tuned by Josh Jones and the Podium team. That is the highlight of camp.
2027 Mathews Flagship. Black Gold Modd Sight. QAD Ultrarest. Easton Arrows (12). Stan SoleX Clicker Release. Podium Stabilizers, V-Bars, And VR Bracket. Mathews Quiver. Mathews Limb Legs. Greylight Bow Case. Podium Archer Inserts and Points.
How does payment work?
Total registration is $5,000. $1,000 reserves your place.
March sessions in the Nashville area: $2,000 is due December 1, 2026 and $2,000 is due February 1, 2027.
June sessions in Spokane Valley: $2,000 is due January 1, 2027 and $2,000 is due March 1, 2027.
Podium Archer sends the remaining payments on secure Shopify invoices.
15 places per date
Put your name on the roster.
One registration covers one attendee and one date. Your $1,000 payment reserves that place and is applied to the $5,000 total. Additional dates open as each group of 15 fills up.
Pay today$1,000
Pay later2 × $2,000
Reservation deposit
$1,000.00