Hunters love sharing stories and photos of the huge bull elk they shot, or the ones that got away, but when it comes to filling freezers, late season cow elk tags are the bread and butter of Wyoming’s hunting seasons.

“My kids don’t know what beef tastes like,” elk hunter Ben McArthur of Casper told Cowboy State Daily.

He relies on abundant cow elk tags to keep his family’s freezers full of fresh meat. And his son, Mateo, has also pitched in.

Wyoming hunting seasons for bull elk typically end in October or early November. Many cow elk tags are good through the end of December, or in some cases, the end of January.

Complicated Hunting Tag System

Wife-and-husband Kacie Fischer and Mark McKinney of Casper have lived in a few different states and moved to Wyoming from Virginia four years

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