Colorado is a hunting paradise. The state is home to 10 big game species that are found anywhere from the sprawling plains filled with sagebrush to the lush cottonwood river bottoms to the majestic ...

Public land elk hunting is a real challenge, but success is sweet. For every American whitetail hunter, Western elk hunting is aspirational, calling to them the way Cooperstown calls to a Little ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado wildlife managers are mobilizing to reverse a decline of elk in the southwestern quarter of the state by controlling hunting and protecting wild ...

Facing a glut of elk and a declining number of hunters, the Colorado Division of Wildlife is challenging hunters nationwide to tackle elk hunting this fall. The division is in the midst of a $300,000 ...

Before she was big enough to carry a gun, Melissa Johnson would follow her father through the grasslands surrounding Trinchera, the rural southeast Colorado community where her family has hunted for ...

Experiences in the Rocky Mountains remind you that you’re only a heartbeat from heaven every day you spend in elk country.

Whoever coined the adage, “knowledge is power,” must’ve been an elk hunter—because when it comes to this pursuit, the more information you have, the more tricks you can put up your sleeve while elk ...

The days of unlimited archery elk hunting are coming to an end on Grand Mesa, the latest area to see a change that Colorado Parks and Wildlife will consider making statewide. The agency’s commission ...

Hunting for shed antlers has become such a popular activity in recent years that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has to warn collectors not to hunt before the season starts. Shed antlers are antlers ...