It’s a text I never expected to be able to send, mainly because I only had a day and a half remaining of a very long elk season, which had me wondering if we were going to get it done at all. Just a ...

Back when world-record elk holder Shawn O’Shea guided whitetail hunters for his neighbor in central Alberta, he earned the nickname “Shamrock” for his ability to find big bucks for clients. “With my ...

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 ...

For many Western states, September 1st marks the beginning of archery elk season. This time of year also coincides with the rut, when bulls bugle their heads off, roll around in the mud, and chase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What it's really like to archery hunt for a Pennsylvania bull elk will be part of a national television hunting show and social ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Nathan Ellis grew up hunting for whitetail deer in Ohio, but when he got out of the military, it ...

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 ...

The days of unlimited archery elk hunting are coming to an end on Grand Mesa, the latest area to see a change that Colorado Parks and Wildlife will consider making statewide. The agency’s commission ...