A practical slideshow on the elk rut behaviors seasoned hunters say beginners most often misunderstand, from bugling to herd movement.

A bull elk chases after his herd during the elk rut in Estes Park on Sept. 10. Locals and tourists alike have begun to flock to the eastern side of Rocky Mountain National Park and areas surrounding ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wy. – As summer begins to wind down, elk at Yellowstone National Park are starting to look for love, posing a potential danger for park visitors. So begins rut season, or ...

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, ...

When imagining the start of fall in the Rocky Mountains, many people think of the cool, quiet air, the dabs of yellow and orange in the leaves, and the hints of snow starting to fall as late September ...

Nathan Kiele had never seen anything like it. He was elk hunting in Idaho’s Unit 12 north of the Lochsa River when he encountered the bull on an old logging road. “I saw that weird formation he had ...