This approach helps the bull gather a group of females, or cows, into a harem for mating season. Elk mating season, also ...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has proposed increasing hunting opportunities for elk in the Fall Creek and Pinedale herds, both of which are slightly above their population ...

Aaron Whitefoot, a local elk hunter and enrolled Yakama tribal member ... The bull ran into the woods and Brooks, using the diaphragm already in his mouth, cow-called at the bull to “slow him down.” ...

The bull elk gather a harem of cow elk by showing off the size of their antlers and body and by bugling, both to attract the females and to intimidate rival bulls. A harem can have up to 60 cows.

Also in 2026, successful bull elk hunters who have earned bonus preference application points can apply those points toward a future cow elk tag. More: Pa. elk experts highlight what you need to ...

Fish and Game’s Elk Management plan establishes population objectives for each elk zone. Those objectives are influenced by a ...

The goal is obvious: after the bull season ends, they want culling of cow elk, like in Wyoming. Or they’ll sell late season cow elk hunts. The idea that a supposed conservation group that ...

The Minnesota DNR completed its annual aerial elk population survey over the winter in northwest Minnesota, in Kittson, Marshall, Roseau and Beltrami counties where elk are found in three distinct ...

will be offered in the Black River zone and eight bull tags will be available in the Clam Lake zone. This marks the first year cow elk may be hunted since the species was reintroduced to the state ...