You couldn’t have rolled a pickup truck full of beer cans off the mountain and created more commotion than the bull elk was making. I’d heard him bugle, checked the wind, snuck closer, and ultimately ...

Montana’s muzzleloader heritage season opens Saturday, Dec. 13, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 21. The weeklong season allows ...

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 ...

He called me two days before the controlled hunt application deadline last spring. He had so many elk points. He had so many deer points. He had so many antelope points. And he was getting close to 70 ...

There I was, just sitting there, minding my own gol’ darn business, when I heard them coming. It was the sixth day of the muzzleloader elk hunt last week and I had worked my way down to a saddle where ...

While the state's regular firearm season attracts most of the attention each year, sportsmen and women have additional chances to hunt this winter in Michigan. Muzzleloader season is about to start.

Montana’s general deer and elk season has wrapped up, and game check stations in northwest Montana reported hunter traffic ...

If you were to examine the contents of a wagon lurching out of Fort Boise headed toward the Powder River and points west in the 1850s, you would likely find a well-worn copy of The Emigrants’ Guide to ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. With a fiery burst and cloud of black smoke, Montana’s first heritage muzzleloader hunt is set to ...