Look Up! It’s Elk Survey Season in Michigan
With another successful season in the books for Michigan’s elk hunters, the state’s Department of Natural Resources is getting fired up for survey season. With hunter harvest data compiled, officials with Michigan’s wildlife management department are gassing up aerial vessels and are ready to once again assess the elk population. It Wasn’t Always Done This […]
Healthy California Elk Herds Call for Updated Management Plan
Outgrowing original management plans drafted in the 1980s, California wildlife officials are heading back to the drawing board. According to officials with California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state’s elk populations have increased from 3,500 to 13,000 over the last four decades. These numbers show the need for a new plan that will continue […]
10-Years of Poaching Leads to Charges for Twin Brothers
While seemingly proving science’s theory that twins have near identical brainwave patterns, Montana officials have finally put the hurt on a pair of twin brothers after a lengthy investigation. Trophy-Caliber Charges Concentrating their efforts around a Fergus County ranch, investigators believe the two brothers spent the better part of ten years illegally killing trophy-caliber elk. […]
Soldier’s Elk Head Stolen from Truck While Packing Out Meat
It was his first successful elk hunt and one that was unfortunately tainted by the distasteful actions of another individual. After spending a number of days in Colorado’s backcountry, the man was able to have harvested an impressive 6×6 bull elk during the late afternoon hours of October 18. As he began to process the […]
Tennessee’s Record-Breaking Elk Season Draws to a Close
With September in the rear-view, many elk seasons across the country are coming to a close. As many begin to prepare for the whitetail rut activity so commonly associated with the month of November, officials in Tennessee have released the details of this year’s historic elk hunt. The first managed hunt in the Volunteer State […]
South Dakota Officials Propose Increase in Elk Tags to Battle CWD
As the battle against the deadly chronic wasting disease (CWD) heats up in hotspots across America, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is taking the proper precautions to protect their natural resources. Establishing a new antlerless elk hunting unit in the Custer State Park region, officials believe this will give them additional data […]
Early South-Central Montana Harvest Numbers Show Increased Elk Harvest, Decreased Deer Harvest
BILLINGS (RELEASE) – The number of hunters who stopped at Fish, Wildlife and Parks check stations in south-central Montana during the first two weekends of the 2017 general big-game season was down from last year. The deer harvest also was lower than in 2016, but the number of checked elk was up sharply from a […]
Oregon State Police Acquire Photographic Evidence of Poaching Suspects
(RELEASE) – The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two individuals that were caught on camera on private property. The subjects were contacted and told they were on private property in Morrow County. After the photo was taken, at least 3 elk were illegally killed between […]
Montana Officials Seeking Information Regarding Two Poached Elk
As most of us eagerly set out into the woods during this cherished time of year, tag in hand, there are still, unfortunately, those that operate with brazen ignorance to both the laws and the management of wildlife. This month, officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks made two separate discoveries of illegally killed bull […]
Idaho Elk Mortality Study Takes Crime Scene Investigation Approach
Looking to gain additional insight into both the causes and perpetrators of elk mortality in Idaho’s panhandle region, state biologists look very closely at the clues left at each site. For the past two years, biologists with the Idaho Fish and Game Panhandle Region have been monitoring the activity of elk through the use of […]