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 ...

Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese general, said “the side with the simplest uniform wins.” Accordingly, my archery elk hunting setup was pretty simple. I had an older Mathews Heli-M with a 70-pound draw ...

Whoever coined the adage, “knowledge is power,” must’ve been an elk hunter—because when it comes to this pursuit, the more information you have, the more tricks you can put up your sleeve while elk ...

Or what about a formation of geese lined up headed South for the winter. Or something as simple and yet profound and beautiful as an Idaho sunset, especially when the skies are smoky. But one more ...

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 ...

The archery hunting season starts as usual today, on the last Saturday in August, but this year is anything but ordinary in one respect. For most of northeastern Oregon, the archery season for elk is ...

A herd of elk cross the Zumwalt Prairie in Wallowa County. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing significant changes to elk-hunting rules for archers in Northeastern Oregon. A major ...

Hats off to Ryder Rigert of Corbett! The 13-year-old was on his first elk hunt Saturday in a northeast Oregon family camp when they heard multiple cow elk calling and went in different directions to ...