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 ...

The public elk hunting access agreements offered by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks had been altered by the Private Land/Public Wildlife Council. Then the 2021 Legislature added its ...

Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are engaged in a one-on-one affair, and the only sounds to be heard are wild noises of the forest. If you believe ...

Laura Orvidas is chief executive of onX, a recreation mapping tech and data company. In the fall of 2021, four men set out to hunt elk on Wyoming’s public lands. As they hiked across the landscape ...

If you think politics are divisive, just listen to how Westerners describe elk. They’re “terrorists,” says Sy Gilliland. The president of the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association, Gilliland told ...

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 ...

—but many states that aren’t typically traditional elk hunting grounds, including ones back east, have been producing massive bulls in recent years. In these parts of the country, once-beleaguered elk ...

Hunting season started in August for some big game species but the heart of the annual event, the major rifle seasons for deer and elk, are still to come. The buck deer season for most units runs from ...

That means stepping over private land access public land remains legal in some states, including Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and ...