HELENA – The drawings for Montana deer and elk permits and for nonresident combination licenses are complete and applicants can check their results online. This is the sixth year of ...

“Whitetails reign supreme here,” says the FWP’s region 1 wildlife manager, Jim Williams, “and there’s a reason: We’ve got a lot of them, and an excellent age structure.” An official measurer for Boone ...

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 ...

Some changes are coming to the 2026 Wisconsin elk hunting season, as applications get ready to open on Sunday, March 1. Some changes are coming to the 2026 Wisconsin elk hunting season, as ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It’s early February, and Montana hunters are still pursuing heavily pregnant cow elk throughout ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michigan elk hunters claimed more than 150 animals during 2025's hunting season, including one by an 87-year-old Hastings man who had been entering license drawings unsuccessfully since 1964. Michigan ...

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 ...

Wisconsin's 2025 elk hunting season has come to a close. More than 26,000 residents applied for the limited number of available licenses. Hunters can apply for a 2026 elk hunting license starting ...