A mild winter means easy living for Wyoming’s big game, but it also means hard times for predators, because of fewer weakened animals to hunt ...

In some Montana hunting districts, up to one-third of animals have contracted chronic wasting disease, the fatal, neurodegenerative disorder that’s driving down deer and elk populations in other ...

Occurred on November 22, 2022 / Dayton, Wyoming, USA Info from Licensor: On November 22, 2022, around 9 am, we were driving up the east side of the Bighorns from Dayton Wy to Burgess Junction Wy 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 ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease for the first time in Elk Hunt Area 2 in the Sheridan Region. The Game and Fish’s Wildlife ...

A Pennsylvania hunter harvested both a bull elk and a trophy-sized buck in less than 30 days. He harvested a 7x8 point bull elk in Elk County and a 12-point buck in Somerset County. Mazzarese shared ...

Conservationists are raising alarms about legislation that could significantly impact big game hunters in Wyoming. The proposal, Draft Bill 26LSO-0212, would allow the state’s landowners to transfer ...

The helicopter seemed excessive, but after studying the Wyoming elk-hunting unit in detail, it appeared the only way to access thousands of acres of landlocked BLM and state school-trust lands was to ...

Chuckel with his public-land elk (left); the rancher with the same skull. The helicopter seemed excessive, but after studying the Wyoming elk-hunting unit in detail, it appeared the only way to access ...

Cheyenne, Wyo. - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease in deer for the first time in two new hunt areas: Deer Hunt Area 106 in the Cody Region, and ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan elk hunters could see longer seasons beginning in 2026 under draft proposals released by the Department of Natural Resources. The agency is proposing to expand both elk hunting ...