Big game hunting category covers elk, moose, bighorn sheep and all large game, but deer.
On November 6, 2012 the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) completed the first phase of their 2012-2013 big game capture, transplant and monitoring program by netting twenty-four California Bighorn Sheep in the Sheep Creek Range […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation launched a completely revised website at www.rmef.org that offers new features, easier access and up-to-date information on elk, conservation efforts, habitat enhancement projects and hunting-related issues.
Elk, deer and other wildlife in Minnesota are getting 1,167 acres of more lush, nutritious and palatable forage, thanks to habitat enhancement work funded in part by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The RMEF funding […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will fund conservation projects in Arizona this year that improve elk habitat by adding water and rejuvenating forage. RMEF grants for 2012 total $152,620 and directly affect six counties: Apache, […]
Volunteers from the Alaska Moose Federation (AMF), under permit from the Alaska Department of Transportation, have begun to remove moose browse from a section of the New Seward Highway. This week’s work will be performed […]
As of Wednesday, October 24, 2012, a total of 141 moose had been taken in the 2012 New Hampshire moose hunt (84 bulls and 57 cows). That means that half (50%) of the 281 hunters […]
A new year, a new venue, and new features highlight Elk Camp 2013 when the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation transforms the Las Vegas strip into the Elk Hunting Capital of the World. RMEF’s annual expo […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation teamed up with the California Department of Fish and Game, the California Wildlife Conservation Board and a committed landowner to permanently protect 3,104 acres of prime elk habitat in north-central […]
Elk hunters are reminded that they may see tribal deer hunters in the field during elk seasons which begin this Saturday, Oct. 13 when Cascade elk season begins. Throughout Oregon there are a variety of […]
An argument over whether wolves should be returned to Rocky Mountain National Park to reduce an overabundance of elk is moving to a federal appeals court. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado […]
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is warning elk hunters in the Wamsutter area not to shoot elk that appear sick or paralyzed after finding a cow elk in September that died of lichen poisoning. […]
With a score of 229 6⁄8 inches, Tim Butts’ Alaska-Yukon bull is the No. 3 bowkill in the world. Pope and Young’s 248-inch world record was taken back in 1973. The 240 4⁄8-inch runner-up was […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partner organizations received national recognition for restoring land impacted by past coal mining operations and previously uninhabitable to wildlife. The groups […]
The two September elk hunters took impressive bulls, one just after the hunt opened Monday and the other near dark on Tuesday, the second day of the scheduled five-day hunt. Both hunters worked the Richland […]
Expanding the range of Wisconsin’s Clam Lake elk herd, and preparing hunter education materials in anticipation of an inaugural elk hunting season, are among the conservation projects funded in Wisconsin this year by the Rocky […]
Hunter Laura Wood Accomplished Hunter! Bill Wood doesn’t worry about his mother. She is 95, drives around on a four-wheeler, tends to her vegetable garden and a strawberry patch, loves playing cards and she hunts, […]
Jim Hens had assembled a good group of sheep hunters. He brought his friend Dustin Roe down from canada, his Camera man and friend Tyler Johnerson. Also had Willie out doing some pre-season scouting and […]
Trophy Watch™ is a segment of Boone and Crockett Club’s website dedicated to highlighting the more significant or interesting big game trophies taken recently across North America, as well as trophies entered and accepted into […]
A whitetail deer taken by a hunter in Wisconsin has fallen short of the score needed to become a new World’s Record, according to the Boone and Crockett Club. Club officials confirmed this week the […]
The excitement of bowhunting is fueled by getting close to the game you are after. Seeing the whites of the beast’s eyes, watching the steam flowing out of its nostrils and getting so close you […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation teamed up with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to permanently protect more than 8,000 acres of prime elk habitat in northwest Colorado. RMEF received funding from CPW and lottery-funded Great […]
Rejuvenating elk habitat across Idaho—and re-establishing a showcase elk herd in the Clearwater Basin—headline a list of conservation projects to be funded this year by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. RMEF grants for 2012 total […]
University of Alberta-led research shows that an elk’s personality type is a big factor in whether or not it survives the hunting season. Data collected from GPS collars on more than 100 male and female […]
wvgazette.com reports: Ross Wallingford had done a lot of big-game hunting, but he’d never really considered a musk ox hunt. Until his wife suggested one, that is. “A lot of the adventures we’ve gone on […]
Of the 18 conservation leaders selected to advise the Obama Administration on wildlife and sporting issues, 11 are members of the Boone and Crockett Club. That influence is good news for America’s hunters because it […]
As a flurry of new elk restoration projects unfold in the eastern U.S., the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is looking in on the herds and hunting opportunities that it was helping to establish one decade […]
Rejuvenating wildlife habitat being invaded by noxious weeds and encroaching pinyon/juniper is the main theme in a list of Colorado conservation projects slated to receive 2012 grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The RMEF […]
The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire reports a winning year all around for the organization and for the winning bidders in its annual moose hunt permit auction. A total of 12 bids were received […]
A Maui pilot has pleaded guilty to loading deer on helicopters and flying them from Maui and the Big Island, offering a glimpse into an alleged scheme by hunters to move deer and sheep between […]
WSF is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Brock, from Reno, Nevada to the WSF staff team in the position of WSF Youth Education Coordinator. Ryan is a Ph.D. educator who has a passion […]
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation affirmed its commitment to the overall benefits of hunting, especially land conservation and wildlife management, by adding to its mission statement. It now reads: “To ensure the future of elk, […]
Elk need food and water. Improving habitat to provide both is the main theme in a list of New Mexico conservation projects slated to receive 2012 grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The RMEF […]
A coalition of sportsmen-conservationists today applauded the elimination of a controversial amendment from a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations bill that would have prohibited implementation of a science-based management plan for bighorn sheep populations in […]
Fox News Reports that State wildfire officials have identified the man who has been spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah. Phil Douglass of […]
Washington state’s Olympic National Forest has announced the closure of trails due to reports of unusually hostile mountain goats in the area. It’s not the first time mountain goats have posed a threat to hikers […]
The Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on two bills that would amend the Lacey Act, H.R. 3210, the “Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act,” and […]
A man was badly injured when he was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park after failing to retreat as the animal advanced toward him. Robert L. Dea, of St. Newbury, Massachusetts, suffered a broken […]
Just what is habitat, anyway? It’s food, water, shelter and space. These are the four basics for all animals — whether it’s elk, elephants or elf owls — and people, too. Food The need for […]
An Estes Park woman is in serious condition at the hospital after she was trampled by an elk outside of her apartment complex. Investigators say there’s no indication that the 60 year-old woman did anything […]
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that human populations in western states will grow twice as fast as other states over the next 18 years. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation offers five ways to prepare for […]
Where Taken: Canada – Yukon Territory – Hart River Hunter: Tony Caligiuri Outfitter: Blackstone Outfitters, Guide Ryan Hartling blackstone@klondiker.com www.blackstoneoutfitters.com
http://bid.wildsheepfoundation.org/auctionlist.aspx The Wild Sheep Foundation is offering a unique and one of kind opportunity for mountain hunting and motorcycle enthusiasts alike. This opportunity is available NOW online. The Marco Polo Sheep is one of the […]
The reward has increased ninefold to $45,000 in last week’s deaths of a rare white buffalo, considered sacred by its Lakota Sioux owner, and its mother on a ranch near Greenville. Lightning Medicine Cloud and […]
Dale Earnhardt is an American icon. His image represents the working class American, who never gives up, that never forgets where he came from and respects hard work. Dale Earnhardt was a man who loved […]
Professional hunter and popular television personality Gregg Ritz recently downed a trophy reindeer in Atka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska while filming for “Gregg Ritz’s Hunt Masters”, a fan-favorite show on the Outdoor Channel. Gregg and his […]
Two Reno men pled guilty to killing two bull elk without a valid tag Monday at the 4th Judicial District Court for Elko County stemming from an incident that occurred in November 2010. PMarty Hall, […]
It’s down to final paper work and then a Judges Panel, but it looks like a new Pope & Young World’s Record Stone’s sheep was taken in northern British Columbia. Stanley Walchuk, Jr. took the […]
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