Elk hunting is tough, but this beginner's guide will help. We rounded up the best elk hunting tips, tactics, guns, gear, and ... looking at a map, get off your phone. Instagram can wait! Your job is ...

This forced me to become a Kentucky elk hunting sleuth for the next few months. ... I had ranged the decoy at 33 yards and the bull was working in from the 12:00 position beyond the decoy. I was on my ...

Archery elk hunters Mark, left, and Cec Johnson, of Bozeman, show off their Montana Decoy elk decoys during a hunt this fall in the Beaverhead National Forest in southwestern Montana.

Shutterstock / zukaphoto As we make our way into the new year, many outdoorsmen are already making plans for 2025's hunting season, and with that comes many questions regarding gear. With that ...

Some may spend days hunting and come home empty-handed. Picture this: Driving back home on a windy dirt road, they spot a fuzzy-shaped elk in a field and not to miss an opportunity, they take a ...

Wisconsin's elk population was estimated at a record high 544 in 2024, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The DNR has proposed a quota of 17 elk tags in the 2025 hunting season ...

If you win an elk tag: Many options for those lucky Pa. elk tag winners Elk hunting in 2023-24 Banfield is working on a plan that would provide hunters more time to plan their hunts and scout for elk.

Hunter interest is high in the Wisconsin elk hunt but has decreased since it was initiated. In 2018 the DNR received 38,494 applications for the hunt with the number falling to 21,313 in 2023.

More than 600 elk hunters and elk foundation supporters will fill the county fairgrounds to celebrate elk, elk hunting and open public land. I will see a number of old friends that I see only once ...

Elk were native to Wisconsin but wiped out by unregulated hunting and habitat loss in the 1800s. In 1995 the state embarked on an elk reintroduction with the transfer of 25 animals from Michigan.