For many hunters, elk are the pinnacle of the big game world. They are big, wear heavy antlers, and live in some of the most beautiful wilderness North America has to offer. They can take hunters up ...

Yellow Humpy, courtesy Bend Fly Shop. Seven days for a bull elk. That’s the promise of the general season West Cascade elk hunt in the Santiam, McKenzie, Indigo, Dixon, Evans Creek and Rogue units. In ...

Elk hunting is hard. They’re big animals that cover a lot of ground in steep country, and elk hunters need to carry a lot of gear to aid in the pursuit, like clothing for unpredictable weather, food, ...

—but many states that aren’t typically traditional elk hunting grounds, including ones back east, have been producing massive bulls in recent years. In these parts of the country, once-beleaguered elk ...