What Trophy Should Really Mean When we hunt we must work hard, we obey the law, we are ethical, and we are reverent. Every animal taken - young or old, buck or doe - is a "trophy". They are gifts of the land.
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Arizona Reviewing 2009 Elk and Antelope Regulations 11/20/08
The proposed recommendations for the 2009 pronghorn antelope and elk hunting regulations will soon be available for review on the department's Web site and at a series of open houses at the Arizona Game and Fish Department's regional offices. [Comments?]
Yukon Invites Public Comment on Regulation Changes 11/19/08
The Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board (YFWMB) and Environment Yukon are inviting the public to review and comment on 14 proposed Wildlife Act regulation changes for the coming year. [Comments?]
Nebraska Permit Fees to Change for 2009 11/09/08
Some fee increases for deer, turkey, elk, antelope and lifetime permits were approved Thursday by the Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners. [Comments?]
2009 Nature Conservancy Bull Elk Hunt 11/03/08
The Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation in Enterprise, Oregon, has been awarded an exclusive Guided Hunt by the Nature Conservancy for the 2009 Chesnimnus Unit Bull Elk Hunt. The dates for the hunt are November 7, 8, 9, 2009. [5 Comments]
Oregon 2009 Season Dates Approved by Commission 10/27/08
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted 2009 Big Game Regulations spelling out next year's season dates, bag limits, open areas, youth hunting opportunities and other regulations for big game (deer, elk, bear, cougar, bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat) and western gray squirrel). [Comments?]
New Mexico Offers Leftover Elk Tags 10/24/08
Hunters who did not draw an elk license this season have another chance, the Department of Game and Fish are now offering 290 late-season archery elk licenses available online. [Comments?]
Kentucky Bull Elk Season Ends 10/20/08
Kentucky's 2008 bull elk firearms quota hunt ended Oct. 11, with hunters taking 115 bulls in the southeastern part of the state. [Comments?]
Colorado DOW Encourages Hunters to Test for CWD 10/16/08
Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) offices will be open extended hours during the 2008 deer and elk rifle seasons to answer hunter's questions, sell licenses and offer testing services for chronic wasting disease (CWD). [Comments?]
Wyoming Limited Quota Tags Available 10/13/08
The Wyoming Game and Fish reports that some limited quota licenses are still available for elk, deer and antelope. Licenses are available for both resident and nonresident hunters. [Comments?]
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Oregon Successful Bull Elk Hunt Last fall I got my first bull elk. I was hunting in Oregon in a general hunt area. I had scouted where I wanted to be opening morning. With snow on the ground I feel they can hear you stepping through it, so I didn't go too far. And no tracks were seen. It melted and two days later and went back to my spot.
