Thousands of wapiti on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson are ready to leave the reserve for their summer ranges.

The elk that used to winter in one of the lower 48's most remote river drainages have gone missing, confusing Wyoming ...

Pitkin County has opened its Sky Mountain elk hunt lottery for the 2026 season, the 13th year of the program. County code prohibits hunting on county-owned land which makes the lottery a rare ...

The 2026 Wisconsin elk hunt application period will open on Sunday, March 1. Wisconsin residents can submit elk license applications online or in person at a license sales agent. Before obtaining an ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For decades, wildlife managers in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah have been grappling with the spread ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — If you’d like to hunt elk in Tennessee this year, the application period for 2026 Elk Quota Hunts opens Feb. 4-25. Every year, thousands enter for a chance to take part, and ...

A Montana trail camera has captured images of a rare white elk traveling with ordinary brownish-tan elk. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks stated via social media that the elk is not albino, but ...

Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population estimates from 2024 put the herd at 1,150 animals. Meanwhile, the ideal ...

There’s something magical about sliding into a worn vinyl booth at a classic American diner where the coffee is always hot, the portions are generous, and the atmosphere feels like a warm hug. The ...

LANSING — Michigan hunters harvested 153 elk in 2025 as a record 47,493 people applied for one of 260 elk licenses issued through the state’s annual drawing, according to the Michigan Department of ...

Collecting fallen (or “shed”) elk antlers is a popular pastime in elk-heavy places like Montana, but it’s usually a pretty low-tech, on-the-ground affair. That’s why last year’s story about a US Black ...

Hunters in Wisconsin registered 15 elk in the 2025-26 hunting season, according to reports from the Department of Natural Resources and Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. The harvest ...