GEARHART, Ore. — Elk are a common and popular sight to see at the Oregon coast. Many people living near Gearhart are upset after hunters legally killed 77 elk on one man's private land over the course ...

More elk have been found in Umatilla County, Ore., shot and left to waste. They bring the number of elk reported poached and left to rot in Umatilla and Morrow counties in recent months to six. The ...

Farmers dealing with crop loss caused by Oregon’s elk population could receive compensation under a $600,000 pilot program being considered by state lawmakers. They’d also be eligible for funds ...

An Eastern Oregon poacher investigated for more than 50 crimes in the Blue Mountains has been sentenced to jail, fined $22,000 and is prohibited from ever hunting or fishing again in the state. Grant ...

A single word describes 2024 fall hunting — extraordinary. This season will offer both extraordinary challenges and extraordinary opportunities. The challenges: The opportunities: A note for those ...

Hunting season started in August for some big game species but the heart of the annual event, the major rifle seasons for deer and elk, are still to come. The buck deer season for most units runs from ...

Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Hearing an elk bugle in the wild can sound otherworldly: high pitched, but also guttural, sound, sometimes even seeming to have a metallic resonance. These ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon State Police are trying to find two people who they said were poaching elk. According to officials, on Feb. 6, 2024, troopers responded to a private ranch in ...

An elk hunter in Oregon has reported killing a wolf in self-defense, prompting wildlife officials to launch an investigation. The Oregon State Police stated Monday that the hunter claimed to have been ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Poachers have killed a bighorn sheep, two black bear cubs, seven elk, and two black-tailed buck deer in separate incidents across Oregon over the past month, according to the ...

A Vernonia man was declared the world’s best professional elk caller at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 2024 World Elk Calling Championships, held this week in Big Sky, Montana. It’s the first pro ...

URBANA, Ill. – Chronic Wasting Disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD ...