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For me, a 6×6 is a good bull, and it’s going in the freezer. I have nothing against raghorns or cows filling the freezer either. [...]

As estrus wanes, bulls become less vocal and more wary every day. But there are some excellent tradeoffs.  There are pros and cons to bowhunting [...]

This is the final video in a three-video series that shows how to take your elk from the field to the freezer. In prior videos [...]

Randy Newberg and his Fresh Tracks crew are in Wyoming where they have taken an elk that needs to be prepared in the field for [...]

Check out Randy’s camp and clothing setup for an Arizona wilderness backpack elk hunt in early October at 10,000 feet. For a remote, high elevation [...]

If you’re new to hunting or looking to hunt a new state, you’ll need to learn the point system game—a game that might grant you the opportunity to hunt the biggest bull of your life [...]

Recoil is a given. How much you get and how you deal with it can make a difference on your hunt! Bullet launch is a [...]

When packing out an elk on your back, you need to make every load count. While leaving bones in the quarters might make handling and hanging easier, it does you no favors as you hike back to the truck. A mature bull weighs roughly 400 pounds, field dressed. Roughly 200 pounds of that is head, hide and bone. A good way to ditch 30 pounds or more is to bone out an elk’s hindquarter. Here’s how you do it. [...]

Elk are two animals in one body. You get one version during the rut, and an entirely different beast the rest of the year. Bob [...]

Western Hunting is a game of glassing with quality optics. The country is too vast and the terrain too challenging to think you can walk [...]

Hunting elk with Randy Newberg shows you how to quickly remove elk ivories, or as some call them, “Whistle teeth.” Using a simple multi-tool, a [...]

Bowhunting elk the whitetail way may sound like a disappointment due to the lack of interaction, activity and simply seeing the country, but oftentimes it’s [...]

Hunting elk with Randy Newberg during the Post-Rut. This ELK TALK video describes the most predictable time period for elk behavior. Old bulls know it [...]

No elk this year? Maybe it’s time to start making amends. Winter. It’s a time to unwind in front of the fireplace, reflect on past [...]

In the elk woods, animal sign is everywhere. The challenge lies in putting all the pieces together. The opportunity came suddenly. I had maneuvered a [...]