Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan elk hunters could see longer hunting periods in 2026-27 under draft proposals from the Michigan Department of Natural ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources received a record 47,493 applications for 260 elk licenses in 2025.

OTSEGO COUNTY, MI -- Despite weighing between 400 and 900 pounds and standing 5 feet tall at the shoulder, elks can be quite elusive. Next month you’ll have a better chance of seeing, and hearing, elk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan elk hunters claimed more than 150 animals during 2025's hunting season, including one by an 87-year-old Hastings man who ...

Michigan's bear and elk hunting license application period opens May 1 and closes June 1. Applicants can apply online, via the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app, or at any location where hunting licenses are ...

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 license every year that Michigan has held a drawing, which began in 1964. He ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Potter Park Zoo welcomed three new elk to the zoo this year. The male elk named Emmett and two females named Sage and Belle are historically significant to the zoo where nearly ...

LANSING, MI – Elk have returned to Potter Park Zoo. Male elk were among the first species to find a home in the early days of the Lansing zoo in 1920. 100 years later, zoo staff is celebrating the ...

Gaylord is home to its own herd of 60 elk and one of the largest wild herds in the United States. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 6, 2026 12:02 PM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) Adding us ...

ATLANTA - A large herd of hunters migrated to the area for the annual elk hunt in northern lower Michigan. Among them, Rich Young of Clio, who'll hunt at Canada Creek Ranch in Atlanta. He's confident ...

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 ...

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 ...