Hannah Helmer played hooky Wednesday. She and her dad, Joel, drove to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in Lincoln. It was time to get her monster elk scored. After more than an hour of measuring ...

The bull was so big that the Helmers had to use a winch on a four-wheeler to pull it up the ridge and into the back of a truck. Wildlife biologist Dean Studnicka at the check-in station near Crawford ...

Creeping into archery range on a bugling bull elk takes skill, stealth, and nerve—and it's one bow hunting's most sought-after experiences. But what if the bull elk you're stalking scores over 400 ...

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources needs the public’s help to gather information on the illegal killing of a bull elk in Jackson County. DNR staff received ...

Hannah Helmer of Seward holds the antlers of a bull elk she shot in the Hat Creek Unit near Crawford on September 24, 2016. A photo shows the official score sheet of a bull elk harvested by Hannah ...

KALISPELL - Cheyenne Moore knew the elk was big, but she didn't know how big. "My hands were shaking, and I could hardly stand up because my legs were shaking," said the 13-year-old from Kalispell. "I ...

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Several hunters shared their once-in-a-lifetime experiences, with some waiting over 20 years for a tag. The Pennsylvania Game Commission uses the hunt to collect biological data to monitor the health ...

Few calls of the wild evoke as much excitement and intrigue as the bugle of a rutting bull elk … except maybe for multiple bugles from multiple bulls as they challenge each other while persuading cows ...

A woman in the popular elk-viewing town of Estes Park in Colorado was the target of online criticism as video shows her walking within inches past an elk while crossing a foot bridge. What isn’t ...