It’s a text I never expected to be able to send, mainly because I only had a day and a half remaining of a very long elk season, which had me wondering if we were going to get it done at all. Just a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. There exists in the hunting community a sort of “permit pressure,” where the idea of shooting a ...

For many Western states, September 1st marks the beginning of archery elk season. This time of year also coincides with the rut, when bulls bugle their heads off, roll around in the mud, and chase ...

Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese general, said “the side with the simplest uniform wins.” Accordingly, my archery elk hunting setup was pretty simple. I had an older Mathews Heli-M with a 70-pound draw ...

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 ...

The archery hunting season starts as usual today, on the last Saturday in August, but this year is anything but ordinary in one respect. For most of northeastern Oregon, the archery season for elk is ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Nathan Ellis grew up hunting for whitetail deer in Ohio, but when he got out of the military, it ...

The days of unlimited archery elk hunting are coming to an end on Grand Mesa, the latest area to see a change that Colorado Parks and Wildlife will consider making statewide. The agency’s commission ...

Three hunters were successful this elk season. A hunter killed a bull elk during the archery portion of elk-hunting season Oct. 15-23, and two bull elk were taken during the firearms portion Dec.

The archery-only hunt runs from Sept. 30 until Oct. 6. Seven hunters from across the state, including one from Knoxville and one from Maryville, were selected to participate. All hunt permits are ...

“Bull coming in.” I sent that text to my hunting buddies on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 at precisely 4:15 p.m., as we sat, separated by several hundred yards, on a north-facing meadow in the mountainous ...