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The bow season for elk generally begins September 1. It’s the pre rut, and most bulls are rubbing the velvet off of their hardening horns if they haven’t done so already. They’re also thinking about c …

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One of the great things about this country is the massive amount of public land available to hunt. In total, there’s around 640 million acres of land in federal hands, much of it scattered across big …

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Bowhunting for elk is akin to manual labor. This is true whether you kill an animal and have to pack it out or arrive home meatless (we wouldn’t want to say empty handed because most of us know the eq …

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The first thing to plan is where to hunt. This involves two details: the best states and the hottest areas within them. Three of our favorite spots for public land elk are Oregon, Colorado and Idaho. …

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Several years ago I was on an elk hunt near Craig, Colorado, with a few flatlander friends of mine. As we don’t see each other that often, the first night, the eve of the hunt, was a celebration. We w …

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Between 1997 and 2002, 1,550 wild elk were restored to their historic range among the rolling hills and deep hollows of 16 counties in eastern Kentucky. It didn’t take them long to once again thrive i …

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