DENVER - Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees pleaded guilty to poaching-related charges in the killing of a trophy-class bull elk in western Colorado, state officials said Tuesday. Thad ...

A man and woman have been convicted of wildlife-related crimes following the illegal killing of a trophy-class bull elk inside Great Basin National Park in November 2022. The case began after multiple ...

MADISON – The fantastic voyage of a bull elk from the Black River State Forest herd came to an end this week, southwest of the city of Chicago. Bull elk No. 357 was struck and killed by a semi ...

Managing the Northern Yellowstone elk herd, one of the most popular in the world, is no easy task. Here’s the dilemma: Elk calf survival is good — 21 calves per 100 cows — so the herd is stable or ...

Chuck Fiser of Aledo has spent his share of time in the great outdoors: fishing, hunting and previously, golf. Some may know or remember Fiser as the Illinois high school links champ in 1984 and the ...

Four Western Slope men, including two local U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees, have been sentenced in the poaching of a trophy bull elk on private land on the Roan Plateau, Colorado Parks and ...

The big bull raged again, and my fingers tightened on the stock of my rifle. I glanced around at Vernon Scott, seated a few feet away. He nodded his head toward the tangle of oak brush in front of us, ...

Fred Mercer shot a massive bull elk on a snow mountain in Montana. At the time, it was the second biggest elk ever taken by a hunter. I woke up before daylight, aware that it was very cold in the tent ...

This story, “Best Elk in 82 Years,” was originally published in the March 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. When my 18-year-old son Dale and I left camp before dawn that November morning we knew we were ...

Whoever coined the adage, “knowledge is power,” must’ve been an elk hunter—because when it comes to this pursuit, the more information you have, the more tricks you can put up your sleeve while elk ...