Sounding determined and confident, a large bull elk, most likely weighing 1,200 pounds or more, bellowed and bugled right in front of me. His back is arched and head held upward, mouth pursed in a ...

By the end of September, the elk are in the middle to final stages of the mating period known as the rut. Alleman’s biggest, dominate bull sports a muscular physique during the rut from ...

A bull elk, they said, had become ensnared in a climbing ... likely from antler jabs during the rutting season. “He wasn’t the biggest elk I’ve seen, but he was doing well,” she said.

It’s a bold strategy, but apparently, it pays off. This approach helps the bull gather a group of females, or cows, into a harem for mating season. Elk mating season, also called rut, takes place ...

Ronnie Barnette of Logan killed a bull which scored 359 typical, and turned out to be the largest typical bull killed in the state during 2023 with archery equipment.