Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — As the leaves begin to change in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so does the behavior of elk. In the Cataloochee and Oconaluftee areas of the park, elk are ...

An early morning hike found me two-thirds of the way up a timbered mountain. It was still dark, and I couldn't make my final approach until the air warmed and thermals began flowing uphill. Finally, ...

The general deer and elk hunting season is down to the final week. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ game check stations in Northwest Montana have logged more than 9,000 hunters through the first five ...

As summer winds down and autumn begins its quiet takeover, something wild stirs across America’s forests and valleys. Bull elk bugle, bucks chase does, and moose and deer stake their claims near dawn ...

One of the benefits of visiting a national park is the chance to see wildlife. That includes everything from wolves to elk. Sometimes the animals can be elusive, but other times, they're front and ...

Gregg Ritz, host of Hunt Masters, will document his Pennsylvania elk hunt for television and social media. Ritz won one of Pennsylvania's 140 elk licenses in this year's lottery. He will be hunting ...

Pennsylvania is streamlining its elk license application process to a single, less expensive application. A new fourth hunting season is proposed for October, overlapping with the elk rutting period.