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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Michigan elk hunters could see longer hunting periods in 2026-27 under draft proposals from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The proposals would extend both elk hunting periods in the ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan elk hunters could see significantly longer harvest windows under draft proposals from the Department of Natural Resources for the 2026–27 season. The plan would ...

MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Elk hunting season is underway, and the Department of Natural Resources is asking for your help to report illegal hunting. The DNR said over 70,000 people put in for licenses ...

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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.