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Riley Green officially took care of the grocery store for a while.
Landstar recently traded the stage for the Utah mountains, and the trip ended with Green trailing an absolute stud of a bull elk—one he took with a compound bow.
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“Freezer is full,” Green wrote on Instagram on Friday. “Not many things challenge you like bowhunting elk…grateful for a few days to track them in the Utah mountains and that I was able to put it all together on a fantastic bull.”
Riley Green performs on NBC’s “Today” at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on September 4, 2026. (John Nacion/WireImage)
And awesome might be understating it a bit.
The photos Green shared show a huge, mature bull with an impressive rack. He also showed what it looks like to pull all that meat from the mountains, which is a monumental task in itself.
If you’ve followed Green outside of country music, none of this should come as a surprise.
He is a long time hunter and especially 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 with the aptly titled “3rd Times A Charm.”
He also talked about how hard it is to fit a bow elk hunt around life on the road.
During a previous appearance on “Bussin’ With The Boys,” Green explained that the short season and the time it takes to actually find and get to elk make them especially tricky with a touring schedule. He recalls drawing elk tags in consecutive years but only having a few days available to hunt.
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That’s part of what makes his latest Utah bull so impressive.
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 lot of mountainous terrain, 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 filling a freezer with Utah elk meat lately.
Luke Combs recently tagged a bull of his own during a Utah hunt with Jason Phelps — the same hunt Combs helped motivate his recent 30-pound weight loss.
Luke Combs went on a recent hunting trip to Utah. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Combs had hoped to get his elk with a bow, but ended up switching to a rifle before it was done.
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Green, meanwhile, stuck with the bow.
Not that we’re keeping score here.
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