Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 23—ST. PAUL — After canceling last winter's aerial elk surveys because of lack of snow, the Department of Natural Resources ...

Gary Przekwas of Roseau, Minnesota, shot this 10x11 bull elk Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, while hunting in Kittson County of northwest Minnesota. Officially scored in the winter of 2024, the elk was a lock ...

Lack of snow forced the Department of Natural Resources to cancel this year’s aerial winter elk survey in northwest Minnesota, an action that will mean fewer of the once-in-a-lifetime licenses ...

Elk, the stalwarts of the mountains generally speaking, have stayed relatively healthy and stable. Statewide, mule deer numbers also appear to be improving, while eastern Idaho’s muleys—after ...

This silent 1930s film explores the challenges of elk conservation in the United States, focusing on the harsh winter conditions and the efforts of rangers and state game wardens to protect elk ...

On Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil — aka, the fuzzy little varmint that miraculously forecasts the winter-spring transition on Groundhog Day — indicated there would be six more weeks of winter this year, if ...

After one of the most prolonged winters with extremely heavy snow — and record-breaking amounts — the Roaring Fork Valley is finally digging out. And so are the elk. How did the epic winter impact the ...

It's hard for Andy Holland to talk about what the outlook might be for Colorado big-game hunters this fall without focusing on the toll last year's harsh winter took on herd numbers in northwest ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said ever since elk were reintroduced into the wild in 2000, 16 were poached. Four of those elk were poached over the last fall and winter, ...

Mule deer fawns and elk calves fitted with tracking collars across Idaho are showing higher-than-average winter survival through the end of February, according to statewide data from the Idaho ...

In the century since, that herd has experienced decades of tremendous growth that led to periods of virtual slaughter, a so-called "elk war," management-goal-oriented hunting seasons and, now, a ...