Colorado hunters and fishers can now apply for new opportunities as Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens up applications for its 2026 big game draw and for fishing licenses.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s new big game brochure has been hitting hunters’ mailboxes ー the annual reminder to start planning for the seasons ahead. CPW also reminded in a recent social media post: ...

Why are hunting season dates so specific? While the way hunting seasons are determined may seem like an easy or arbitrary choice, it is far from that. In practice, these dates are actually built ...

Aug. 4: Remaining (leftover) limited licenses on sale online, in person and by phone, 9 a.m. Aug. 4: Over-the-counter licenses on sale, 9 a.m. Continuing this year, hunters must purchase a ...

HELENA — Researchers are trying to figure out if they need to look at an elk herd outside Helena differently. Biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently finished capturing and collaring ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — If you’d like to hunt elk in Tennessee this year, the application period for 2026 Elk Quota Hunts opens Feb. 4-25. Every year, thousands enter for a chance to take part, and ...

Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population estimates from 2024 put the herd at 1,150 animals. Meanwhile, the ideal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Facebook Elk may have a reputation as majestic, powerful creatures, but they can be just as aggressive as they are ...

Pennsylvania is streamlining its elk license application process to a single, less expensive application. A new fourth hunting season is proposed for October, overlapping with the elk rutting period.

Common-sense journalism has officially hit the Golden State — and can soon hit your doorstep with home delivery of the California Post. The brand-new, seven-days-a-week print edition features the ...

Settlers made a quick end to Ohio’s elk, though some think a sort-of comeback is desirable. The killing of the last free-ranging elk occurred in Ohio, probably inside Ashtabula County, after statehood ...

Michigan elk hunters claimed more than 150 animals during 2025's hunting season, including one by an 87-year-old Hastings man who had been entering license drawings unsuccessfully since 1964. Michigan ...