Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. There exists in the hunting community a sort of “permit pressure,” where the idea of shooting a ...

I’ve hunted elk on public ground across the West for 25 years. I’ve made incredible memories, learned a lot, and punched more tags than I deserve. But I’ve also seen a lot change over that quarter ...

It’s a text I never expected to be able to send, mainly because I only had a day and a half remaining of a very long elk season, which had me wondering if we were going to get it done at all. Just a ...

The most important bowhunting skill is the ability to get so close to game that the archer can almost smell it. The bowhunter should hunt silently all the time. I ignored that rule on September 12, ...

For the first time, an Oklahoma-harvested elk has officially measured more than 400 inches and is now the new nontypical ...

It’s showtime. You’ve done the work—prepared physically and mentally for the challenges that lie ahead. You’re seeing big bulls in your sleep and can hardly wait to point the 4×4 West. Yep, there’s no ...

Elk hunters hopeful to bag an Arkansas elk can try to draw a permit June 27-28 at the Buffalo River Elk Festival in Jasper. Drawings for elk permits have been popular attractions since 1998, when the ...

Hunters interested in pursuing Arkansas elk can apply for a limited hunting permit draw during May. Applications are available at the Arkansas Game and Fish ...

Central Wisconsin’s Black River elk herd has grown large enough to sustain a hunt this fall, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Christina Kizewski announced at a Natural ...

Separate limited elk (First season): Oct. 10-14, combined (deer/elk), (second season) Oct. 17-25, (third season) Oct. 31-Nov.8, combined limited (deer/elk) (fourth season) Nov. 11-15 Plains deer (east ...

Colorado is a hunting paradise. The state is home to 10 big game species that are found anywhere from the sprawling plains filled with sagebrush to the lush cottonwood river bottoms to the majestic ...