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 ...

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.

Clarence Brown with his giant bull elk. When my 18-year-old son Dale and I left camp before dawn that November morning we knew we were headed for trouble. The good elk country is sever­al miles uphill ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Galena, Mo., hunter Jerry Burk couldn't believe his luck. In mid-September, deep in the mountains of northwest Colorado, the biggest bull elk he had ever seen slowly worked its way ...

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 ...

It took George Oko Jr. only three years to be drawn for a Pennsylvania bull elk tag, and just 30 minutes to harvest the trophy of a lifetime. Oko, who is 15 and resides in Bear Creek, was one of 27 ...

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