Fred Mercer shot a massive bull elk on a snow mountain in Montana. At the time, it was the second biggest elk ever taken by a hunter. I woke up before daylight, aware that it was very cold in the tent ...

Tyler Rystrom is only 12, but she’s already crossed elk off her bucket list. That’s the youngest age you can shoot one of the big-game species. Rystrom, a seventh grader at Adams Central in Hastings, ...

KALISPELL - Cheyenne Moore knew the elk was big, but she didn't know how big. "My hands were shaking, and I could hardly stand up because my legs were shaking," said the 13-year-old from Kalispell. "I ...

Knowing this, Amelia's father Thomas Shurgar treated her to an elk hunt in New Mexico for her 16th birthday, but he didn't know if she would even want to go. "I didn't know I was going until the last ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Galena, Mo., hunter Jerry Burk couldn't believe his luck. In mid-September, deep in the mountains of northwest Colorado, the biggest bull elk he had ever seen slowly worked its way ...

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 ...

Longtime bowhunter and Hoyt pro staffer Casey Brooks has always dreamed of tagging a world-record elk. And on Dec. 31, he killed an absolute giant of a Rocky Mountain bull that has the potential to ...

Bear, elk and bird hunting seasons are rapidly approaching for Missouri residents. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shared guidelines on April 4 for state hunters to prepare for the ...