How to Stalk Bull Elk in Seemingly Inaccessible Terrain
The bulls we seek increasingly reside in nosebleed seats deemed inaccessible or so low and surrounded by development we just can’t imagine ways to stalk them. Here’s how to hunt them in either locale.
How to Make Hunting Fun for Kids
If you’re looking to make a hunter out of your young apprentice, realize that comfort can either water or whither a new hunter’s interest. Make sure those early hunts are as enjoyable as possible, and you’ll be begging them to take you along in later years.
10 Reasons Why You Will Fail to Kill a Bull Elk This Season
Success rates in general elk units hover in the teens. Such a dismal success rate may be disheartening, but committing any number of cardinal sins can feel even worse. Here’s what not to do to tag a bull this fall.
Elk Hunting: The Mental Game
You can shoot a can off a post at 400 yards, you hike 5 miles like it’s a trip to the corner store, but if your conviction calls it quits, you’re done for.
Find Success When Elk Scouting Fails
Unlike whitetails, elk have no problem changing addresses, and they usually do so about the time you thought you could count on previous scouting. When elk go on the lam, do some moving of your own then play it smart.
Elk Calling in the 21st Century
Real “experts” don’t let commonly held dogmas corral them. They’re out-of-the-box thinkers. They understand and utilize commonly held solutions, but they also know how and when to break these rules.
The Right Elk Stuff
Finding habitat that actually holds elk is only one part of the equation. Learning to bounce around it strategically is the key factor to success.
The Facts About Public-Land Elk
Sure, whitetails hide like rabbits when hunting pressure gets heavy, but they say when you bump elk they’ll walk right over the mountaintop. The thing is new studies show that to be true, but not necessarily.
5 Public-Land Elk Hunting Tips
Looking to tag out on public land? Here are five tips from one of the savviest Western hunters that Frank Miniter has worked with.
America's Twin Biathletes
You may have heard of Tracy and Lanny Barnes—the twin sisters of Olympic biathlon—but what you may not have known is that both women are avid hunters.
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