VERNONIA, Ore. — Three years after going pro, a Vernonia man is now world champion in elk calling. Last weekend in Montana, Tony Gilbertson took home the top prize in the professional division in a ...

All elk hunters dream of a screaming bull that charges across a meadow and into bow range, hot steam still flowing from his nostrils. After all, calling in a bugling bull (or even just getting a ...

Woodland Park High School teacher Patrick Littrell recently won the Men’s Division at the 2023 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s World Elk Calling Championships. A passionate elk hunter for over a ...

Which cow elk call is best? There are plenty of things that go into your hunting kit, but one of the most important is your collection of calls. Depending on the time of year, you might have several ...

Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Hearing an elk bugle in the wild can sound otherworldly: high pitched, but also guttural, sound, sometimes even seeming to have a metallic resonance. These ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) - A local 10-year-old may make it challenging for you the next time you're in the woods. Champion elk caller Sam Wolcott successfully kept his title after being able to mimic the ...

Elk sounds vary from grunts, screams and coos to something like an excited chimpanzee – a sound human elk callers refer to as “chuckling.” None of it sounds like something that would emanate from a 12 ...

A Vernonia man was declared the world’s best professional elk caller at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 2024 World Elk Calling Championships, held this week in Big Sky, Montana. It’s the first pro ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) - A boy from Rexburg won first place in the Voice Division at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 2024 World Elk Calling Championships. This is Sam Wolcott’s third time winning ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — TheRocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s World Elk Calling Championships will be held in Montana for the first time ever this June. The competition will take place on Saturday, June 24, ...