I’ve hunted elk on public ground across the West for 25 years. I’ve made incredible memories, learned a lot, and punched more tags than I deserve. But I’ve also seen a lot change over that quarter ...

Seven years after the end of the Civil War, hunters killed a 500-pound elk near the Sierra Nevada’s Lake Tahoe, marking the near-final coda for a species on the edge of extinction. It’s time for the ...

Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are engaged in a one-on-one affair, and the only sounds to be heard are wild noises of the forest. If you believe ...