Public land elk hunting is a real challenge, but success is sweet. For every American whitetail hunter, Western elk hunting is aspirational, calling to them the way Cooperstown calls to a Little ...

After the Minnesota DNR’s aerial elk survey last winter revealed lower than expected elk numbers, we made the decision to ...

The hunter with the strongest legs and lungs and solid pair of elk-hunting boots usually wins. That’s the mantra I apply every fall as I migrate off the grid, and do my best to notch my elk tag that I ...

Hunting season started in August for some big game species but the heart of the annual event, the major rifle seasons for deer and elk, are still to come. The buck deer season for most units runs from ...

Growing up in South Dakota, pheasant hunting was an annual ritual for my family. Some were hunters, others took in boarders, and all of us ate my grandma’s pheasant burgers. When I moved to Western ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time this fall, the Department of Natural Resources will offer a bull elk hunting season in both of Wisconsin's elk herds. The agency announced the decision at Wednesday's Natural ...