Elk hunting has always been romanticized for us Easterners. As a kid growing up in Pennsylvania I remember watching hundreds of different elk hunts on the Outdoor Channel that were full of screaming ...

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 ...

Fly fishing and archery elk hunting have a lot in common, besides luring their disciples into some incredibly beautiful country. Both are intricate sports where imitation is key. For example, in fly ...

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 ...

I’ve hunted elk on public ground across the West for 25 years. I’ve made incredible memories, learned a lot, and punched more tags than I deserve. But I’ve also seen a lot change over that quarter ...

Kale Grimsrud, 26, of Roy, Montana, has been archery hunting for six years. So far he’s bagged one bull elk, this one taken two years ago. A bull he shot this year, however, ended in a story of ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Corrections will hold a drawing Thursday forspecial access rifle permits for cow elk hunting at theMontana Correctional Enterprise ranch in Deer Lodge. The ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana's 2023 big game hunting season closed Nov. 26 with elk harvest trailing 2022 and slightly down from the five-year average. Lower elk harvest was correlated with the lack of ...

The elk archery working group that is attempting to reach consensus on hunting regulaions will meet in Lewistown Nov. 4. The group is leading an effort to examine effective elk management and elk ...

The kings of the deer family thrive on large ranges of land. Many public areas offer plenty of room for both elk and the hunters who roam for them. Roosevelt elk are overlooked by most hunters, but ...

So McKean cautioned that elk hunters should not rush to buy an elk license just for northeastern Montana's hunting districts. He said FWP envisions hunters buying an elk license just in case they see ...