{"id":770141,"date":"2026-07-18T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/770141\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T11:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:33:22","slug":"rocky-mountain-elk-foundation-to-host-first-big-game-days-event-in-missoula-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/770141\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to host first Big Game Days event in Missoula this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MISSOULA, Mont. \u2014 Missoula will be filled with hunting and outdoor events this weekend as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation hosts its first-ever Big Game Days.<\/p>\n<p>The event runs Friday through Sunday, with activities scheduled throughout Missoula.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Heggenstalle, the foundation\u2019s director of communications, joined NBC Montana Today\u2019s Jason Hurst live in studio Friday morning to share what attendees can expect.<\/p>\n<p>Among the weekend\u2019s events, Snowbowl Resort will host archery courses Friday featuring 25 3D targets set at distances ranging from 25 to 100 yards.<\/p>\n<p>The World Elk Calling Championships are also scheduled for the weekend at the Wilma.<\/p>\n<p>RMEF Basecamp will be set up at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation headquarters, where about 30 hunting and outdoor gear vendors are expected, along with an RMEF Sidewalk Sale.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the TOUGH ELK Workout will take place at Caras Park. The workout is designed by MTNTOUGH to simulate a backcountry hunt, with activities including lunges, box step-overs, squats and rucking.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Big Game Days events are scheduled throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule is below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MISSOULA, Mont. \u2014 Missoula will be filled with hunting and outdoor events this weekend as the Rocky Mountain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-770141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}