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 ...

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 ...

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

LANSING – Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to harvest 153 elk in 2025, according to ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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