The only thing I can confidently say about elk hunting is that education is ongoing. After decades of autumns spent in elk ...

Meet Carl Cocchiarella, Colorado’s least-successful elk hunter. After four decades of near misses, he’s learned that killing ...

Every fall, the young and old from near and far take to the vast expanses of public land in the Roaring Fork Valley to hunt. The big-ticket attraction—and the one with the largest economic impact—is ...

Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko were lifelong outdoorsmen, close buddies, and well-loved by friends and families. So when they ...

With elk archery season opening Sept. 3, and the backcountry general elk season set to open Sept. 15, elk hunters need to know their bull elk. Here is a quick primer: Antlered bull elk: an elk with an ...

Whether you want to stick a whopper bull or take your pick of a raghorn or a cow elk, Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains have an opportunity for just about any archer. This timbered, surprisingly rugged ...

High in a basin above the treeline of the Snowcrest Mountains earlier this month, a small group of cow elk grazed and called to each other. Hidden in the basin were a group of teenagers from opposite ...

The best part of Northwest Montana’s archery hunting season for elk will come in two weeks when bull elk will lose much of their normal caution and instinct for survival during the peak of the annual ...

Tagging an elk can be a challenging affair, one that requires every piece of your kit to function flawlessly. After all, herds roam the high peaks of western states like New Mexico and Colorado, where ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (KECI) — A group of hunters shot and killed a grizzly bear in the backcountry east of Gardiner on Oct. 3 while harvesting an elk near Bull Mountain during an early-season rifle hunt.