Twin Elements captures a giant bull elk bugling at first light on Montana public land — a bowhunt that reminds you why September in Montana is unmatched.

Montana FWP wardens spent six months cracking an elk poaching case — including aerial surveillance in a Super Cub. Here’s what hunters need to know.

Twin Elements’ new film covers a Montana archery combo hunt for mule deer bucks and bull elk — plus tips, season dates, and public land context.

Survey data from 1,000+ public land elk hunters reveals what actually separates tag-fillers from tag-soakers — key takeaways for Montana hunters.

Keren drew a coveted Montana bull elk tag — but nearly the entire unit was private land. Here’s how it played out.

Montana elk hunters: stop hunting sign and start hunting terrain. Here’s the scouting framework that puts you on mature bulls in the backcountry.

A videographer named Matt McNeilly captured an extraordinary sight of a large bachelor herd of Rocky Mountain Elk near County Road 318 in Browns Park. He described it as a "once in a lifetime experience," highlighting the rarity and beauty of witnessing such a moment in Bull Canyon, just before archery season.

Montana archery elk season runs early Sept through mid-October. Here’s why your rut calling tactics will wreck an early season hunt — and what to do instead.

Spot-and-stalk doesn’t cut it in Montana’s thick timber. Here’s how to hunt elk in dense lodgepole drainages and actually fill your tag.

A guided elk hunt in a Southwest Montana general unit ends with the biggest bull on the mountain after 3 hard days of searching.

Most Montana elk hunters waste the first two days of a hunt. This system from Backbone Unlimited shows you how to stop doing that.

BRETT FRENCH | bfrench@billingsgazette.com Interest in a once-controversial program that gives free elk tags to landowners to encourage them to allow public […]

A new therapeutic trend involves hunting bull elk, which serve as unconventional emotional support animals. Their presence offers stress relief, physical engagement, and non-judgmental listening, successfully blending therapy with hunting.

In a -25°F Minnesota deep freeze, a 900-pound world-record elk famously somersaulted into the muck. Despite a daring 2×4 rescue, the "Mud Bull" remains the state’s most tragic, 462-inch gymnastics fail.

Elk usually want to avoid people—but they can become dangerous fast during the fall rut or spring calving season. Learn the warning signs (pinned ears, lowered head, charging posture) and what to do if an elk starts closing the distance.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are seeking the public’s help in gathering information on an unlawfully killed bull elk found on private property and left to waste. Only the head and backstraps were removed from the bull and all other meat was wasted.