In 1986 the elk hunt was moved to mid-October with the goal to improve bull ratios in the Cascades. In 2021, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife moved elk season back to November in an ...

Casey Brooks, an already renowned elk hunter, may have set a new archery world record with his latest harvest. On Dec. 31, 2024, Brooks successfully harvested a massive non-typical bull elk.

The bull didn’t go far.” Mackey’s primary concern was recovering the meat from the big bull to make sure it was utilized. “I’m not into scoring or measuring horns,” says Mackey, “but friends who are ...

Charges included poaching a bull elk and two mule deer while “spotlighting,” according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Spotlighting is the illegal act of casting bright light ...

The first case involves two six-point bull elk that were killed around midnight on Aug. 17 about 10 miles east of Roundup near U.S. Highway 12. Both were on private property and left to spoil.

Here's how Grein described the encounter in his e-mail: "The six-point bull elk was belly deep in snow and struggling. I stopped to observe, and when the elk stood up, I noticed something hanging ...