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 ...

Idaho is known for providing the classic backcountry hunting trip in the state’s vast wilderness areas, where you ride horseback into the mountains with an outfitter and pack string, stay a week in ...

If you’re a procrastinator and a hunter, and you’re planning on buying an elk or deer tag on the opening day of big game season, you might think twice about waiting that long to buy a tag. Sales of ...

Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently approved a new six-year elk management plan after staff solicited public review and adapted the draft plan to reflect public input. The updated elk plan is not ...

Sep. 8—Idaho Fish and Game officials expect this fall to be on par with recent years in terms of the health and availability of big game herds. The Clearwater Region was largely spared the long and ...

Three Idaho hunting guides have been indicted by a grand jury in Pocatello on charges of violating federal and state laws in the deaths of around a dozen mountain lions. Chad Kulow and Andrea Major, ...

Elk crossing: See the herd that closed an Idaho highway Approximately 150 elk were seen crossing a major interstate in Fort Hall, Idaho, this past weekend. The elk were safely guided across I-15 and ...

Mild weather didn't do Idaho hunters any favors last fall, and it likely contributed to a decline in the state's elk harvest. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game this week released harvest data for ...

BONE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho state game officers, already trying to exterminate one herd of escaped domesticated elk near Yellowstone National Park, have shot and killed a farm-raised trophy bull elk that ...