When retired infantry Marine Lieutenant Colonel Mark Mackey slipped into his Bayfield County, Wisconsin tree stand one evening in early October a few years ago, he wasn’t after deer. He was targeting ...

We’re in the heart of another elk season, and hunters are stalking the mountains and backcountry looking to fill their tags—and daydreaming about lovesick bulls screaming their way into bow or gun ...

This story, “Best Elk in 82 Years,” was originally published in the March 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. When my 18-year-old son Dale and I left camp before dawn that November morning we knew we were ...

This story, “Double Trouble,” originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Outdoor Life. SOMETIME EARLIER that afternoon I had given up. My aching muscles and discouraged spirit signaled the end ...

Clarence Brown with his giant bull elk. When my 18-year-old son Dale and I left camp before dawn that November morning we knew we were headed for trouble. The good elk country is sever­al miles uphill ...

Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, is home to around 350 elk, and you're almost certain to spot one when visiting, but some tourists aren't content with watching the animals from a distance. A ...

The bull that had made it had to be a giant. After a week of hunting I was still looking for my first shot of the season. I wasn’t discouraged — the weather had been perfect, and I’d seen 21 deer and ...

The Boone and Crockett Club recently confirmed that a giant bull elk taken by a rifle hunter last Sept. 30 in Utah is a new non-typical world record for American elk.

A group of ice climbers helped wildlife officials rescue an elk after they found it tangled in a climbing rope on a Colorado mountain. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southwest Region on X, formerly known ...

A woman in the popular elk-viewing town of Estes Park in Colorado was the target of online criticism as video shows her walking within inches past an elk while crossing a foot bridge. What isn’t ...