Currently, about 1,000 elk inhabit Pennsylvania’s elk range, which comprises parts of Elk, McKean, Cameron, Clinton, Potter, Clearfield and Centre counties north of Interstate 80.

Bull-only quotas and hunting have been provided every fall since 2018 in the Clam Lake Elk Range. For more information on the elk hunt, visit the DNR’s elk hunting webpage.

Bull-only quotas and hunting have been provided every fall since 2018 in the Clam Lake Elk Range. For more information on the elk hunt, visit the DNR’s elk hunting webpage.

In certain parts of their range, it’s common for elk to be seen wandering through neighborhoods and townships, making them easily accessible to people. More: Word from the Smokies: DNA study yields ...

New this year, the Black River Elk Range will be open to hunting for the first time since elk were reintroduced to the state. Once widespread, elk were eliminated from Wisconsin in the 1880s due ...

Wisconsin's population of wild elk increased to about 515 animals this summer, the most since the species was reintroduced to the state in 1995. The population was bolstered with about 115 calves.

Reintroduction efforts began in 1995 by releasing 25 elk into the Clam Lake Elk Range, the DNR said, and a second herd was established in the Black River Elk Range in 2015. The state elk ...