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For most big game hunters, the chance to square your sights on a 400-inch elk is an once-in-a-lifetime thrill. Every time an elk hunter sends a bugle echoing through the hills he's hoping to get closer to the ultimate Wapiti record breaker. To help all you bone collectors get pumped up for this season, we've compiled eight examples of Boone & Crockett elk. Enjoy. (photos: Boone & Crockett Club)

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.

Shooting a bull as it comes stomping to your calls is an adrenaline rush, surely, but you need to be ready for silence. Here’s how to work your calls on low or mute.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Rick Orchard of Ellsinore, Missouri.

Trophy-bull tactics could lead to missed opportunities when the quarry is any legal bull.

This year, the window to apply for Pennsylvania's elk season starts on May 1 and goes to July 12.

United States Forest Service lands hold more than 400,000 miles of roads, many of which are closed to motorized access. But they aren't closed to hunters afoot. Learn to use them to access elk habitat.

The story of American Hunter Associate Editor Jon Draper's first elk will be in reader's mailboxes later this fall—but you can get an early look at the adventure with the video embedded above.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Arthur J. ‘Bud’ Kenney of Adams, Tenn.