Harvest Kitchen Series: Smoked Elk Chili
It’s relatively easy to make with any kind of ground venison and tastes darn good.
It’s relatively easy to make with any kind of ground venison and tastes darn good.
If we don’t win this battle against CWD, prepare for wild places without deer. That would be a terrible loss.
Estimated elk population between 870 and 1,684.
Michigan DNR conservation officers and ice rescue personnel clad in dry suits worked today to try to recover a dozen elk that died Tuesday after falling through the ice of a private lake in Otsego County. “This is a very tragic and unfortunate event,” said DNR Director Dan Eichinger. “Elk are an important species in Michigan’s successful conservation history. We…
Author found this out on a cold, snowy Colorado elk hunt.
Seems like every year, Keystone State elk herd yields a true trophy.
Organizations forming the new CWD Action Coalition include state and national groups and a Minnesota tribe
Elk watching a perfect September pastime in Pennsylvania.
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, elk could be reintroduced to the forest in northeastern Minnesota.
The DNR randomly selected the three hunters from a drawing pool of more than 25,000 applicants. The winning hunters are from the greater Madison, Marshfield and Manitowoc areas.
Kansas went 103 years, from 1904 to 2007, without any confirmed sightings of mountain lions. But the state has since seen 36, including 12 last year and three this year.
License applications available now.
Elk tourism, like many outdoor activities across the country, appeared to be pandemic-proof. The ability to have a personal safari without leaving your car caused traffic jams last year in Benezette.
Following several successfully managed Wisconsin elk hunts, the DNR is planning the fourth hunt in state history this fall.
There were many highlights to the 2020 Wisconsin elk hunt, including the first elk ever harvested in the Clam Lake Elk Range’s southern lobe. One of the bulls harvested was also the first game animal harvested by one of the five hunters selected.
(Wisconsin DNR)MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin DNR is now accepting public input on an update to the state’s elk management plan through Jan. 23, 2021. The management plan outlines objectives and strategies to guide elk management in the state through 2030. Review the proposed plan and view a summary presentation here. Those who wish to provide comment may do so by emailing elkplan@wisconsin.govor…
Wildlife managers are forging into uncharted territory as they keep feeding elk in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem while knowing that concentrating thousands of animals on feed will likely exacerbate the spread of the fatal chronic wasting disease.
Out on the National Elk Refuge, where some 8,000 animals congregate against the cold, they leave behind racks of 20 pounds or more. By springtime, thousands of pounds of elk horn litter the National Wildlife Refuge unit.
CWD remains a highly serious threat to white-tailed deer and elk populations in Pennsylvania.
Illegal hunting activity involves elk, deer, turkeys and raptors.
Idaho Fish and Game said wildlife officers killed 206 elk last year in an effort to prevent the animals from eating thousands of dollars worth of crops.
Just shy of 28,000 Wisconsin residents entered the drawing for one of four once-in-a-lifetime elk tags. The winners are from the cities of Appleton, Junction City, Marengo and McFarland.
Instead returns to 10 permits, as in each of the previous two seasons.
Hunters would be allowed to kill only six bull elk in 2020 under a proposal the state Department of Natural Resources board is considering.
The disease was first discovered in elk in Washington state in the 1990s and has since been documented in Oregon and Idaho.
For the first time in its modern history, Missouri will offer an elk hunting season later this year, with five permits drawn in a lottery.