Elk

GUEST AUTHOR: Scott Salmon “Sarcocystosis is a disease caused by a parasite called Sarcocystis. There are numerous species of Sarcocystis. This disease usually affects animals but also can also cause disease in humans.” https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sarcocystosis/faqs.html   2021 was the year I had planned to use my Wyoming elk points. I had …

Over the past twenty years, Montana’s elk population has seen quite the shift from large declines in the western part of the state to large population increases in the central and eastern part of the state. Here lies the problem. The western part of the state is largely public land. …

According to an article in the Oil City News new areas in our home state of Wyoming have been identified positive for CWD. Deer areas 144, 148 and elk area 41 are the new positives. CWD has been a hot button issue across the West for many years and the …

Bow hunt big public land bull elk with Dan Pickar on this web episode of Eastmans’ Hunting TV. It’s a DIY hunt during the elk rut in Wyoming. Warm weather early season weather adds to the challenge, but Dan manages to get into bow range of a herd bull.

The battle of the elk feedground issue in Wyoming continues. The Sierra Club, Western Watersheds Project, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, and the Gallatin Wildlife Association “challenged the U.S. Forest Service for continued permitting of winter elk feeding at the Alkali Creek feedground in the Gros Ventre drainage, Dell Creek feedground in …

Go elk hunting for big Wyoming bulls on this episode of Eastmans’ Beyond the Grid. Eastmans’ family friend John Stovall has waited 13 years for the chance at his dream hunt, a public land hunt for elk out West. Ike and Guy Eastman join John for this late season hunt …

Bow hunting the elk rut might be as good as it gets! Watch twenty elk bow hunts in less than twenty minutes. This video is packed with bugling bulls and close encounters to get your heart pounding!

This review features the Far Wide mapping app. This is a app built for hunters by hunters. Far Wide features the map layers and tools hunters rely on. . Far Wide also features its own outdoor hunting community. Share your trophy and field photos right inside the app.

The elk feedground situation in Wyoming is a very dynamic one and there are many sides to the story.  Due to the longevity of the supplemental feeding programs in Wyoming and the good reasons for doing so that began many years ago, the scenario is slow to see any change, …

Hunt elk deep in grizzly bear country with Ike Eastman. It’s a public land DIY hunt in a limited quota elk hunting area. An early fall snow storm adds an extra challenge to the bow hunting season.