Stop scouting empty country.
You took the time off. You drew the tag. Elk Finder helps you spend day one in country worth hunting: where feed, cover, terrain, water, and lower road pressure come together.
Launch pricing ends soon.
Why trust Elk Finder
Built on data hunters can verify — satellite, federal land management, and USGS sources.
Built by a hunter.
Archery and rifle elk hunter with 20 years in software engineering.
11 western elk states.
Full habitat coverage across the major elk country of the American West.
Sentinel-2 moisture data.
Satellite estimates of vegetation water content in September and October.
LANDFIRE cover & canopy.
Vegetation cover and canopy height identify ideal bedding cover.
LANDFIRE is an interagency program led through USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management and the Department of the Interior Office of Wildland Fire.
How it works.
A prepared hunter already knows what good elk country looks like. Elk Finder just finds it faster.
Elk go where the groceries are.
Satellite moisture data shows where vegetation is still holding water deep into the season. Elk Finder points you to feed that's still working - not just feed that was green in July.
Elk need cover.
LANDFIRE vegetation data shows where timber and brush are tall enough and dense enough to bed in. You already know what bedding country feels like underfoot. Elk Finder helps you find more of it without burning a day to check.
Terrain does half the work.
Slope analysis filters out the flat ground and the dead-vertical that elk avoid. You're left with country shaped the way elk like it.
Start where everyone else does not.
Prepared hunters know the trailhead bowls get hammered. Elk Finder favors zones farther from easy motorized access, so you're not starting where every other tag-holder starts.
Scout now. See fresh data before season.
- Available now: 2025 fall moisture data for core Likely Elk Zones
September 2026 Archery Mode
Moisture data from last week in August to predict feed areas for archery season.
October 2026 Rifle Mode
Moisture data from last week in September to predict feed areas for rifle season.
Why I built Elk Finder.
I’ve hunted public land elk in Idaho, Oregon and New Mexico, and I’ve made plenty of the same mistakes most hunters make: burning too much time in dead country trying to figure out where elk should be.
Time is a huge factor for all of us and I wanted a quicker way to find elk in the mountains where I live, in McCall, Idaho.
As a software engineer with 20 years of experience, I took a first-principles approach to finding elk based on their needs and behavior.
Elk Finder takes satellite and terrain data and turns it into a practical way to find country where feed, bedding cover, slope, and low pressure come together.
I built Elk Finder for myself. It predicts locations I've seen elk in the past. It even marks the spot where I harvested my first archery spike last year.
It won’t kill an elk for you. It won’t replace boot leather, wind sense, patience, or good decisions in the field.
But it can help you stop wasting the best days of your season in the wrong country.
- Jon
Pricing
Access through Dec. 31, 2026. Launch pricing ends soon.
One better starting point can save days of scouting.
- Likely Elk Zones
- Feed, bedding cover, slope, water, and pressure signals
- 2025 fall moisture data
- Current-season moisture update planned for late August 2026
- 11 western elk states
- Public lands
- Roads, Motor Vehicle Use Maps, and trails
- Game Management Units
- Topographic and satellite base maps
- Free access to future mobile app
One-time payment. Access through Dec. 31, 2026.