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 ...
When imagining the start of fall in the Rocky Mountains, many people think of the cool, quiet air, the dabs of yellow and orange in the leaves, and the hints of snow starting to fall as late September ...
A bull elk bugles in open meadows at Moraine Park on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park on Oct. 8, 2021. The Elk rut is the mating season for elk and begins in September and ...
A bull elk chases after his herd during the elk rut in Estes Park on Sept. 10. Locals and tourists alike have begun to flock to the eastern side of Rocky Mountain National Park and areas surrounding ...
As summer winds down and autumn begins its quiet takeover, something wild stirs across America’s forests and valleys. Bull elk bugle, bucks chase does, and moose and deer stake their claims near dawn ...
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — As the leaves begin to change in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so does the behavior of elk. In the Cataloochee and Oconaluftee areas of the park, elk are ...
An early morning hike found me two-thirds of the way up a timbered mountain. It was still dark, and I couldn't make my final approach until the air warmed and thermals began flowing uphill. Finally, ...
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 ...
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources needs the public’s help to gather information on the illegal killing of a bull elk in Jackson County. DNR staff received ...