
With elk numbers in, DNR recommends ‘to continue reducing the elk population slowly over the coming years’
The 2018 aerial survey determined an estimated elk population of approximately 1,173 elk in Michigan.

The 2018 aerial survey determined an estimated elk population of approximately 1,173 elk in Michigan.

Elk numbers in northern Yellowstone National Park are greater than they’ve been in 13 years, according to a survey from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Results from the two-day survey, released yesterday, show a count

The Game Commission historically has permitted the use of semiautomatic shotguns for deer and bear seasons within its special regulations areas near Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The preliminarily approved proposal would extend this authorization to the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s fledgling elk herd will get another boost from a recreation area in Kentucky. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan and Mingo counties will receive

Wildlife managers point to the severe winter of 2016-17, which killed many fawns, for the dearth of hunter-killed mule deer.

“I thought, ‘Please don’t let this be real. I don’t want to die like this.”’

To this point, that’s more than 5 percent ahead of last year’s totals; and elusive elk put down by wildlife officials to protect deer herd, domestic livestock from disease potential.

The goal is to improve elks’ genetic diversity and grazing lands – with an eye toward boosting herds by at least another 10 percent.

A month later, Wyoming man still on the mend.
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