Any DIY elk hunter must learn to sort fact from fiction. Read on for tips straight from the field.

Calling may not only get a bull to reveal its whereabouts but also spur rut-like activity not many rifle hunters witness.

Three headlamps bobbed along the gated mountain road, boots treading lightly yet swiftly as my husband Christopher, our surrogate hunting father Mike, and I trekked toward our early morning waypoint.

Autumn colors on Aspen trees frame of view of Longs Peak and Bear Lake with Alpenglow in Rocky Mountain National Park. With pumpkin spice lattes flowing, jack-o-lanterns lit, and foliage gently ...

And so the cycles of nature roll on: Temperatures drop, the sun creeps lower through the southern sky, geese wing it out of the valley, bull elk bugle, bears find dens, and the Teton Mudpots crank up ...

The haunting bugle of a bull elk echoes through the misty dawn, a sound that has stirred the hearts of wildlife enthusiasts for generations. As autumn paints the landscape in brilliant golds and reds, ...