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Volume 24 | Issue 5 | September/October 2007

Conservation. Hunting.
The Great Outdoors.
Bugle Magazine puts all the pieces of elk country together in six exciting issues each year. With your subscription, you help ensure a future for wild places while getting the very best of elk country and the hunt.

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Features
Where Elk Had Been
Jake Mosher
Swaths of elk tracks led downcountry, but what he wanted dwelt in the peaks above
Keeping It Real
Steven J. Halama
“You know what this place needs? A 280 bull.”
Big Dreams in the BadLands:
Roosevelt and the Elkhorn Ranch

Jim Posewitz
Conservation’s own Rough Rider forged an unshakeable ethic among these bluffs
Saving the Elkhorn
Paul Queneau
When the chance to protect Theodore Roosevelt’s home ranch comes along, you do whatever it takes
How Huf Got His Horns
Bob Bell
The ultimate test of Huf’s new elk rifle finally came—15 miles deep in the rugged Pecos
Stink City Rollers
A photo essay
Kids’ Feature: Joy in Mudville
Lee Lamb
Bulls hardly even eat in the heat of the rut, but they do make time to roll in the mud
Elk Hunting Forecast
Justin Karnopp
Most of the West is an elk hunter’s field of dreams
Public Lands Giants
Scott Frost
Think you need access to private land or an outfitter to find huge bulls? These four hunters didn’t
Getting it Done in Wolf Country
Justin Karnopp
The elk are there—move more, call less and get in the thick stuff
Tracking Wounded Elk
Jake Mosher
Read the hit, read the sign, make a plan and commit
Cape-ology 101
Tim Dailey
Got one for the wall? Take these four basic steps to a high-quality cape
Backcountry Elk Hunters: Lighten Up!
Paul Queneau
Check your weighty canvas at the siliconized nylon door
High Adventure on the Double H
Paul Queneau
The Elk Foundation and the Boy Scouts join forces to keep Bob Torstenson’s dream burning brilliantly
Burnin’ Love
Paul Queneau
Crack fire team storms the Double H Ranch in the name of habitat
Bustin’ Myths on the Double H
Don Burgess
Is the Double H Ranch a playground for rich hunters and high-rolling executive staff?


Departments
President’s Message
J. Dart
See you in elk country
Bugling Back
Letters from the field
Name That Elk Country
Steve Wagner
Granite from these mountains is quarried for headstones—a dour irony for an Eden so filled with life
Out Among ’Em
Photos of Elk Foundation members doing what we love
Carnivore’s Kitchen: Eating Wild
Chef John McGannon
Why “keep it clean and keep it dry” should be your motto—& Cajun sausage recipe
Women in Elk Country
Jennifer Bove
Who would traipse into the woods with 3 youngsters believing everything is under control?
Situation Ethics
Buck Jolley
The masked hunter in the treestand was here first. Did that mean the bull was his?
Bows and Arrows
Chuck Adams
Morning or evening: which is best for elk?
Habits & Habitat
Christine Paige
Badlands to rainforests, H2O has a profound impact on elk behavior
Reflections from Elk Country
Lance Schelvan
Elk country always rolls clear and colorful in memories ... let’s keep it that way
Good Planning
Jeff Bretherton
The will is the way
Chapter Events Calendar
Join your fellow hunter-conservationists at an Elk Foundation banquet
Gear: Elk Rifles
Wayne van Zwoll
This season’s finest centerfire and black powder rifles
The Rub Tree
Don Burgess
The Don Burgess “Grow up, get big” elk lecture
Rifles and Cartridges
Wayne van Zwoll
What you carry in your kit can help you kill elk—even keep you alive
Partners Profile
Tim Dailey
For the Ruggs, outfitting and supporting the Elk Foundation are a family tradition
Outfitters Camp
Plan your adventure with one of these outfitters
Good Hunting
Dan Crockett
Hurrah for the Elkhorn and a father of conservation well acquainted with the muddy trail
 
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