Riley Green fills the freezer after scoring a massive bull elk with a bow in the Utah mountains
The country star shared photos of the impressive rack and the monumental task of hauling meat out of the backcountry
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Riley Green has officially taken care of the grocery shopping for a while.
The country star traded the stage for the Utah mountains recently, and the trip ended with Green standing behind an absolute stud of a bull elk — one he took with a compound bow.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Freezer is full," Green wrote Friday on Instagram. "Not many things challenge you like bow hunting elk… thankful for a few days to chase em in the Utah mountains and that I was able to put it all together on an awesome bull."
Riley Green performs on NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on Sept. 4, 2026. (John Nacion/WireImage)
And awesome might be underselling it a bit.
The photos Green shared show a huge, mature bull with an impressive rack. He also showed what it looks like to lug all that meat out of the mountains, which is a monumental task in itself.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}If you've followed Green outside of country music, none of this should come as much of a surprise.
He's a longtime hunter and particularly serious about doing it with a bow. In fact, Green is a regular guest host for "Major League Bowhunter," and the show previously followed him through a Montana elk hunt appropriately titled "3rd Times A Charm."
He's also talked about just how difficult it is to fit an archery elk hunt around life on the road.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}During a previous appearance on "Bussin' With The Boys," Green explained that the short season and the time required to actually find and get on elk make bowhunting them especially tricky with a touring schedule. He recalled drawing elk tags in consecutive years but having only a few days available to hunt.
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That's part of what makes his latest Utah bull so impressive.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A bull elk stands in Colorado during rutting season. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Unlike rifle hunting, bowhunting requires getting much closer to an elk before taking the shot. And we're talking about an animal that can weigh hundreds of pounds, cover a whole lot of mountainous country and has absolutely no interest in making your life easy.
Apparently Green managed to put all the pieces together this time.
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Funny enough, Green isn't even the only country star to fill a freezer with Utah elk meat lately.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Luke Combs recently tagged a bull of his own during a Utah hunt with Jason Phelps — the same hunt Combs credited with helping motivate his recent 30-pound weight loss.
Luke Combs went on a recent hunting trip in Utah. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Combs had hoped to get his elk with a bow but ultimately switched to a rifle before getting it done.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Green, meanwhile, stuck with the bow.
Not that we're keeping score here.
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