When hunting elk with a rifle, you spend a lot of time behind your optics. Ensure you have quality 10- to 12-power binos that mount to a tripod and a top-tier spotting scope.

Jeff Torfin was 15 minutes into his first elk hunt on a frosty Colorado mountain morning when he heard the unmistakable sound of a bull elk bugling behind him.

In the current system, licenses for many rifle elk-hunting seasons and areas are available through a lottery-style draw process, and in some cases, there are highly limited hunting opportunities.

The department is offering antlerless elk hunts on the Baca and Monte Vista National Wildlife refuges. They said each refuge will have one long-period hunt starting at the end of rifle season ...

Every five years, the Parks and Wildlife Commission (Commission) adopts a Big Game Season Structure to provide an overall ...

Rifle hunters used to being assured of being able to hunt bull elk in some popular spots in northwest Colorado won’t be able to count on that the next few falls as state wildlife managers ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. | Big game hunting means big money for businesses across Colorado as the state's nearly $1 billion hunting industry opened its first rifle season Saturday.

The ability of people to freely buy a license to engage in archery hunting of elk in parts of Colorado could come to an end if a recommendation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff is accepted by ...

The Outdoor Life staff chose their favorite packs based on their experience hunting sheep, elk, whitetails, and mule deer.