Elk Chronicles
Witness and partake in the adventure and splendor of the world of elk as we take on exciting hunts, share memories from camp, learn about mating rituals, survival techniques and habitat conservation in The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s, Elk Chronicles. Always with its mission of protecting Elk, other wildlife, and their habitat in mind, Elk Chronicles journeys throughout North America working to help educate and ensure a hunting heritage for future generations to come.
Athlete, archer, communicator, backcountry fanatic and self-described “average guy living an elk hunter’s dream,” Cameron Hanes has been selected to host Elk Chronicles, the new television show of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Hanes, editor of Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal, co-host of Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal TV, author of Bowhunting Trophy Blacktail and Backcountry Bowhunting, brings a loyal following of extreme hunters and devoted conservationists. Hanes also holds down a fulltime job as a buyer for the Springfield Utility Board in Springfield, Ore., and spends time with his wife and three children. Learn more at www.cameronhanes.com.
Episode 1: Northwoods Adventure
Our great expanse of Midwestern forests harbor an incredible diversity of wildlife, including elk. We’ll visit these elk while going on an action filled turkey hunt in the wilds of Michigan.
Episode 2: The RMEF Family
The Elk Foundation is one big family 150,000 members strong, and this exciting Colorado elk hunt is an excellent example.
Episode 3: Southwest Elk
Our hunters drop into several bull-filled canyons in this explosive episode filmed in New Mexico, proving indeed that for elk hunters, this is the best of times.
Episode 4: Youth Hunt: California
Tule- Even in places like Southern California, wild elk will flourish with a little help from man, as one young hunter discovers.
Episode 5: Preparing for Elk Season
Come along with Team Elk as they prepare for another season chasing the dream in Elk country.
Episode 6: Outdoors Women
More and more women are taking up the challenge of elk hunting, and this hunt proves they are more than up for the task.
Episode 7: Blackfoot Reservation Moose
Severe weather and patrolling grizzlies make this moose hunt in the Montana high country an adventure to remember.
Episode 8: Frank Church Wilderness
Mule Deer- noted sportsman Wayne Van Zwoll is our guide into some of the toughest terrain in America as he chases Mulies in country only they could love.
Episode 9: White Mountain Youth Hunt
The elk found on these Arizona mountaintops have stunned sportsman for decades, and this episode follows some young hunters in the middle of it all.
Episode 10: Montana Muleys
Eastern Montana is tough, dry country, perfect for growing trophy mulies, and a lifetime of hunting memories.
Episode 11: Pennsylvania Elk
Eastern elk have benefited from conservation efforts, and huntable populations are the result. This exciting adventure shows you don’t have to go to the Rockies to get into the elk.
Episode 12: Big Horn Sheep, Montana
This is one of the most coveted tags in North American big game hunting, but filling it is just as hard as getting it. An incredible high altitude adventure awaits an RMEF member with just one chance.
Episode 13: Bitterroot Whitetail
A hunter explores some recently protected habitat, seeing for himself how conservation and the sporting life go hand in hand.
Episode 14: Kentucky Elk
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation supports our troops, and this appalachian elk hunt was a big thank you for their sacrifice.
Episode 15: American Elk
Elk numbers are surging across the country, and sportsman are the beneficiaries, as these adventures attest.