Fred Mercer shot a massive bull elk on a snow mountain in Montana. At the time, it was the second biggest elk ever taken by a hunter. I woke up before daylight, aware that it was very cold in the tent ...

Long before daybreak on Sept. 16, 14-year-old Samantha Bartlett and her dad, Noel, were in the mountains of north-central Pennsylvania listening for bugling and rutting bulls. They were crossbow ...

This story was originally published in the January 1960 issue of Outdoor Life. I woke up before daylight, aware that it was very cold in the tent. We were camped at an altitude of 9,200 feet on ...