DAYTON, OHIO (WDTN) – Along with deer, elk were extirpated from the Buckeye State due to overhunting and deforestation in the mid 1800s, but they have not returned like the booming deer population.

This story, “Elk Hunting with the Crowds” was originally published in the October 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Elk hunting is commonly perceived as a backcountry scenario where the hunter and elk are ...

Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to harvest 153 elk in 2025. That didn’t deter Bruce ...

This year’s elk season is a historic one in Colorado. It’s the first time in more than 80 years that big-game hunters have shared the landscape with an established population of gray wolves. This is ...

In the coming months, thousands of elk will migrate onto the National Elk Refuge, just outside the town of Jackson, where the Jackson Elk Herd winters. Historically, they’ve traveled long distances ...

It took 61 years for this hunter to get a chance at a Michigan elk hunt. Bruce Nelson, 87, of Hastings, applied for an elk license every year that Michigan has held a drawing, which began in 1964. He ...

Pennsylvania elk hunters are talking about their “magical” encounters during once-in-a-lifetime hunts this week for large bulls. The general elk season started Monday in northcentral Pennsylvania and ...