Elk are not indigenous to Texas, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), except for a historical population of Merriam Elk in the Guadalupe Mountains, which are now extinct. Elk ...

Elk in Texas were originally native but were mostly hunted out in the 1800s. They were reintroduced in the 1900s through high fence properties and have since become free range, with many now existing ...

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 ...

This story, “Elk Hunting with the Crowds” was originally published in the October 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are ...

Deer baiting has been banned across the Lower Peninsula since 2019, in response to communicable disease outbreaks spreading ...

This story was originally published in the June 2005 issue of Outdoor Life. When I was 15, I set off on my own, going to work for a lumber company and living alone in a tent in the Montana woods for a ...

Gregg Ritz, host of Hunt Masters, will document his Pennsylvania elk hunt for television and social media. Ritz won one of Pennsylvania's 140 elk licenses in this year's lottery. He will be hunting ...