A switch had flipped. The mountain was suddenly thundering with the screams of bugling bulls, and I was right in the middle of it. Young in my stick-and-string elk tenure, I had no idea what to do. So ...

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 ...

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 ...

Haugen’s massive Roosevelt elk taken on the valley floor, a mile from the Cascade foothills, green scored 339 1/2”. One shot at 204 yards dropped the bull on the trail it emerged on, from the cover ...

Casey Brooks, an already renowned elk hunter, may have set a new archery world record with his latest harvest. On Dec. 31, 2024, Brooks successfully harvested a massive non-typical bull elk.

Trish Williams shot the bull on private land near Bondurant last week. She was hunting with a guide and says she could tell it was a big one when she saw it. If the score of 395 holds it will make it ...

LOGAN, W.Va. — “We’re not getting any younger,” laughed Greg Johnson as he looked at his brother-in-law Ronnie Barnette. Both from Logan, where Ronnie still lives, Greg now makes his home in ...

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 ...

Elk hunter Ben McArthur said he appreciates availability of late-season cow elk tags in Wyoming as it's challenging. “It's ...

This story, “Elk by Error,” originally ran in the June 1947 issue of Outdoor Life. CAUTIOUSLY I shifted my eyes. A thousand feet under my boots I could see white water whipping a jig-saw canyon. The ...

This story was originally published in the June 2005 issue of Outdoor Life. When I was 15, I set off on my own, going to work for a lumber company and living alone in a tent in the Montana woods for a ...