Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population ...

By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to ...

State officials are trying out new ways to keep an eye on Michigan's elk population — from elk teeth to trail cameras. As researchers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources seek to identify ...

VANDERBILT, Mich. – Michigan state scientists are developing new ways to count wild elk in the northern Lower Peninsula.

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 ...

Have you ever known anyone who’s waited 61 years to get an elk?” a Hastings hunter joked. "It was an absolute privilege and a ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Michigan elk hunters braved challenging weather and storm-damaged terrain to harvest 153 elk in 2025, ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

After a record number of applicants, Michigan’s elk season ended with hunters harvesting 153 elk.

(WXYZ) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released proposed changes to elk hunting in Michigan, lengthening the harvest times. According to the DNR ...

Roaming Pigeon River Country with their bugle-like calls is one of the largest free-roaming elk herds east of the Mississippi. Readers who have followed Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine over the ...