Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently approved a new six-year elk management plan after staff solicited public review and adapted the draft plan to reflect public input. The updated elk plan is not ...

Elk, the stalwarts of the mountains generally speaking, have stayed relatively healthy and stable. Statewide, mule deer numbers also appear to be improving, while eastern Idaho’s muleys—after ...

Despite legislative testimony saying it was unlikely to happen, some of Idaho's domestic elk farms have proven to be porous ...

Apr. 5—The overall population of elk in Idaho's Game Management Unit 14 is up slightly compared to a survey conducted in 2022. Last winter, biologists from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game ...

A white-tailed deer buck that a hunter harvested south of Grangeville, Idaho, tested positive for chronic wasting disease, ...

For the first time, an Oklahoma-harvested elk has officially measured more than 400 inches and is now the new nontypical ...

BOISE, Idaho - Hunters will be allowed to shoot escaped farm-raised trophy elk that fled a private game reserve in eastern Idaho, the governor announced Friday. The so-called "depredation hunt" opens ...

A domestic elk that escaped from an eastern Idaho domestic elk facility and was killed by a hunter outside of the facility’s fence has tested negative for chronic wasting disease, state officials said ...

An elk hunter in Idaho shot and killed a grizzly bear in self-defense after the animal charged directly at him in a "surprise encounter," wildlife officials said Monday. The hunter was moving through ...