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Elk Hunting in Nebraska

Elk was historically found throughout North America but it has been extirpated from Nebraska and much of the Great Plains in the 1880s due to consumptive uses by miners, settlers, market hunters, and others. Elk began to reappear in Nebraska in the 1960s, and then established a stable, non-migratory population that currently consists of seven (7) herds and an estimated 1,400 individuals throughout central and western Nebraska. The subsequent persistence and reappearance of elk […]

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Elk Hunting in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Elk Hunting / Ash

Oklahoma is the largest free-ranging state and it is also most popular for big game hunts. It may require significantly less acreage and have a much smaller home range than a larger herd in Montana. Hunters have so many opportunities to find elk herds on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Pushmataha, Spavinaw, Cookson Hills, and Cherokee wildlife management areas. However, you can also find

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Elk Hunting in Pennsylvania

Elk Hunting Pennsylvania / Ash

Pennsylvania has a very small free-ranging herd of elk and the herd is a significant tourist attraction that benefits the local economies and provides recreational hunting and countless hours of wildlife viewing pleasure for an estimated (60,000 – 70,000) approximately visitors annually. Management of these animals is the responsibility of the Pennsylvania Game Commission PGC under the

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Minnesota Elk Hunting

Minnesota Elk Hunting / Ash

Minnesota residents is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Before settlement of this state, elk roamed all but the northeastern corner of Minnesota, now have small herds inhabit only four small areas of northwestern Minnesota. This State Conducts Minnesota Elk hunting Survey, Releases in 2018 about Population Estimate and a recent survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources DNR shows that there are 97 elk in three 3 different herds within

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Elk Hunting In Kentucky

Elk Hunting Kentucky / Ash

Kentucky’s elk zone provides many opportunities to harvest an elk. However, hunting elk in Kentucky is a challenging opportunity that virtually any hunter can tackle. The eastern elk which was native to this state is one of six (6) subspecies of elk that inhabited the northern and eastern U.S., and southern Canada. Kentucky has the largest elk herd of any state east of the Rocky Mountains and offers firearms and crossbow and archery quota hunts for elk hunting each year for

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Elk Hunting in Michigan

Michigan Elk Hunting / Ash

Michigan’s elk herd is a wildlife management success story made possible by many hunters, individuals, and organizations who work to maintain a place for this species. If we explore the history, elk were found in southern Michigan but had disappeared by the late 1800s due to unregulated harvest and market hunting. In 1918, elk herd is a result

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Elk Hunting in North Dakota

Elk Hunting, North Dakota / Ash

Elk Hunting in North Dakota is managed by NDGFD, and most hunting activities occur on private lands given 93% approx. of land within the state is held under private ownership. Elk 1st reappeared in northeastern ND in the year of 1970 and have since established herds in many other areas of the state, in recent years,

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Elk Hunting in Kansas

Kansas Elk Hunting / Ash

Kansas Elk Hunting is well-known for more population for white-tail deer but you may also find many opportunities for free-ranging elk. Kansas has a small and wild elk herds near Fort Riley but individual elk are known to wander (75 to 100) miles away. However, elk are still rare in Kansas, but the state does have a limited population of the big game hunt. Elk was native to Kansas and once thrived on the

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Elk Hunting in Arizona

Arizona Elk Hunting / Ash

Arizona offers some of the best hunting in the nation and if you have hunted in Arizona before, you know of the variety of wildlife and habitat that provide extraordinary hunting opportunities. If it is your 1st time hunting in Arizona, you will get a memorable experience. Whether you bag a (6×6) bull elk, a

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Elk Hunting in Colorado

Elk Hunting Colorado / Ash

Elk Hunting in Colorado Elk Hunting in Colorado is the pinnacle elk hunting experience. Also, with an estimated elk population of (280,000) the state hosts the largest elk population in North America. Interstate 25 runs down the Front Range of the Rockies & divides the state with about two-thirds in the west & one-third of the state in

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