Father & Son Poaching Duo Slapped with Extended License Suspensions
After illegally killing an elk in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in 2015, a father and son duo was finally sentenced as part of plea agreements last week. According to reports, William Bartlett and his son Leland were charged last fall after a conversation overheard inside a Seeley Lake gym spawned an investigation by Montana […]
Oregon Man Sentenced After Claiming Already Dead Elk
In September 2016, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division Mid-Valley Team began an investigation into the potentially unlawful take of a 6×6 bull elk in East Linn County. As part of a hunting group, an acquaintance of the accused Jeffrey Allen McCraven, legally shot and wounded the bull elk on September 11, 2016. […]
Oregon Man Arrested for Poaching Upwards of 25 Elk
In another egregious case of illegal wildlife killing, a 69-year-old Oregon man has been charged with poaching and wasting at least 12 elk found dead on his property – and perhaps up to 13 more found on a neighboring property. Earlier in the week officials placed Larry Harshfield, operator of the Harshfield Ranch located […]
Elk Population Survey Completed in Northwestern Minnesota
Minnesota’s elk range in northwestern Minnesota has three herds with a total of 79 elk, according to the annual aerial elk population survey completed by the Department of Natural Resources in Kittson, Marshall and Roseau counties. Past surveys recorded 83 elk in 2016 and 131 in 2015. “The variability we’re seeing in these numbers […]
Wisconsin Welcomes 28 Additional Kentucky Elk
As part of a joint effort between Kentucky and Wisconsin to reintroduce elk to the existing Clam Lake herd as well as establish a new herd in the Black River State Forest, the “class of 2017” has arrived in Wisconsin. “We are very excited to be adding more elk to the northern elk […]
Wyoming Hunters Harvest Second-Highest Number of Elk in 2016
Great conditions for plant growth and a previously mild winter has blessed Wyoming elk hunters who were able to harvest the second-highest number of elk in recent years. “A mild winter in 2015 and good moisture during the growing season bolstered plant growth providing great habitat for Wyoming’s wildlife,” said Doug Brimeyer, Game and […]
Idaho Conservation Officers Seek Assistance Regarding Bull Elk Shot And Left to Waste
On Thursday, March 16, 2017, a bull elk was shot and left to waste on privately owned farm ground near White Owl Butte approximately 11 miles east of Rexburg in Madison County, ID. There currently is no open hunting season for elk in that area. Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) Conservation Officers […]
Nevada Fish Biologist Uses Shotgun to Save Two Bull Elk
Jacob Stoller, a cutthroat trout specialist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife found himself in a unique situation when he was called upon to help a pair of bull elk in distress. The two elk had been tangled up for a couple of days according to reports from residents and Stoller and two other […]
More Elk Hunting Opportunities, Fewer Mule Deer Tags in Idaho This Year
This winter was anything but easy on much of the wildlife of the American west. Idaho, including many other western states, instituted supplemental feeding stations to help wildlife such as deer, elk and antelope deal with heavy snowfall. As a natural by-product of the winter weather, Idaho Fish and Game Commissioners set the hunting […]
Washington State Cougar and Elk Poaching Incident Sparks Massive Investigation
A “sophisticated kind of criminal activity” that has likely been going on in Skagit County, Washington for several years has sparked a massive investigation. At the core of the investigation lies the illegal killing of a pair of bull elk and a mountain lion. “We ended up recovering one of the elk racks and […]