Elk Articles

These seven tips explain how to bowhunt elk successfully. Get information from calling strategies to playing the wind and shadowing the herd.

Because he’s not a high-profile pro staff member or TV personality, chances are good that you’ve never heard of J.C. Navarro, a bull elk’s worst nightmare.

If you’re looking to level the playing field this fall on public land elk, then listen up to these three out-of-the-box bowhunting tips.

A dream DIY elk bowhunt in the Rocky Mountains among friends turns into a nightmare of hard feelings.

Sometimes as an elk bowhunter, you must rely on blind faith to get you through challenging times.

A diehard elk hunter discovers that the most important things in life can’t be found on the mountain.

Ten-time World Champion elk caller and DIY public-land elk guru Corey Jacobsen shares advice for getting you bowhunting-close to the majestic wapiti.

Another piece of Pennsylvania elk country is permanently protected and open to public access thanks to a collaborative effort by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Pennsylvania Game Commission

Forest fires closed all possible road access to the National Forest of Central Idaho, threatening to cancel an elk hunt of a lifetime for three bowhunters. By air, land and sea, these determined archers found a way into elk country.

After illegally hunting a bull elk in Colorado without the proper tags, this hunter must pay more than $10,000 in fines and may have his hunting and fishing privileges revoked.

Rare ice age elk antlers and skull sell for $28,000 in New Zealand auction house.

A search and rescue continued to get more and more complicated deep in the Oregon woods before a hunter was taken to a hospital via Life Flight.

You might think hunting elk in your home state would give you an advantage, but elk hunting can be challenging, regardless of where you are.

A migrating bull elk has become a fairly common sight around Upstate South Carolina despite being the first of its kind in the Palmetto State in 275 years.

One hunter finds himself within a few feet of a rut-crazed bull.

On a recent elk hunt, Mark Kayser had a nerve-wrecking experience packing out a big bull elk while a bear tried to steal his harvest.

John Plute’s bull elk antlers held the world record for 30 years, scoring 442 3/8 on the Boone & Crockett scale and measuring as much as 51 inches.

Is a 429 6/8 net score good enough to set a world record? One Montana bowhunter surely hopes so.

Follow along as Bauserman completes the twelfth day of his elk hunting adventure on private land in New Mexico.

Montana recently rejected a plan to keep elk that are within a designated brucellosis surveillance area into contact with other groups from outside the area.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is making changes in elk depredation to help ranchers in the Black Hills region.

Complaints by outfitters and hunters over predators impact on elk have prompted Montana officials to triple gray wolf harvest.

Brucellosis can cause young pregnant cattle, as well as elk, to abort. It's believed the most infectious materials come from birthing fluids and tissue. So keeping cattle and elk separated at the time the elk calve is thought to be key to controlling the spread of the disease.

The Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the so-called “shoulder season'' guidelines Thursday that would allow hunting to start as early as August in approved areas, with a late season extending until February.

Authorities say a horse believed to have been killed by wolves in rural Wallowa County was actually gored by a bull elk.

The DNR hopes to bring elk from neighboring Kentucky to restore West Virginia's herd within the next couple of years. West Virginia's last native elk was killed around 1875.

There are times when leaving the calls in your pack and sneaking in close is your best option. These tips from elk spot-and-stalk experts will help you formulate your own elk strategy this fall.

Skyler Willis shot a trophy 6-point bull elk with his bow on the Zumwalt Prairie in the Chesnimnus Wildlife Management Unit. Willis did not have a valid elk tag and had been trespassing when he retrieved the bull elk.

Montana officials are seeking public comment on proposed guidelines for elk hunting outside of the existing archery and rifle seasons.