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

As I got a fire burning with pages torn from an old paperback, my brother, Kevin, shuffled down the hill to the creek. The book was The Moviegoer, and I’d read about a third, so there was plenty of ...

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 ...

Elk are big. Elk are tough as hell. And elk live in the great wide open of the West. Those three things alone should give you a pretty good idea of what you need in a good elk cartridge. It should be ...

For decades, Idaho stood out as one of the last places where a guy from out of state could still roll the dice on a ...

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources requires an online course before heading out to look for deer, elk and moose antlers.

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 ...

The afternoon of November 12 was unseasonably warm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Temperatures exceeded 60 degrees. Lush, green rye grass that should have just been sprouting was ankle-deep. I barely ...

Having applied for a 2024 Pennsylvania Game Commission elk tag, one may have guessed that Donnie Matter and his family would have spent the last Saturday in July at the Elk Expo in Benezette. Well, ...

Wildlife biologists use population surveys, harvest data, and models to adjust hunting seasons yearly, keeping animal ...

Hunting season is officially in full swing in Grand County. Hunters of grouse and turkeys are now out in the field, as well as bear and sheep hunters, and archery hunters for deer, elk, pronghorn and ...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife’s big game draw is open through 11 p.m. May 7. Hunters have a short window left to apply for limited tags. For newcomers, the process can feel overwhelming — from ...