“elk”

Two years after getting completely shut out in the Centennial State, Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper returned to Colorado for an elk hunt with Leupold Optics.

There are few experiences more challenging—and rewarding—than an elk hunt. In North America, at the least. That's why, in all likelihood, the western outfits were so slammed at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pa. Our Editor in Chief, J. Scott Olmsted, stopped to discuss a few pointed big game topics with guides from throughout the west.

Use a premium, controlled-expansion bullet for large game like elk.

Finding a bull in the Centennial State shouldn’t be hard—not when Colorado boasts the largest elk herd in North America. But the elk don’t always cooperate.

Elk don't have a habit of making things easy on hunters, and the herds prowling of the hills in and around Coalville, Utah, were no different last November.

Bryce Towsely explores elk cartridges that are going to give you an edge in elk hunting. This—you can be sure—is not an article about “adequate” elk cartridges.

The desire to display an elk shoulder mount and finding space to do it is miles apart.

You never know when that one extra elk-calling tip might make all the difference as we set sights on this year's archery elk season.

Hunters are the leaders in conservation, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is a group that has been paramount in the reintroduction and conservation of elk across North America.