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 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan elk hunters could see significantly longer harvest windows under draft proposals from the Department of Natural Resources for the 2026–27 season. The plan would ...

GAYLORD — Michigan elk hunters could see longer hunting seasons in 2026 and 2027 under draft proposals from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. According to a Nov. 4 news release from the ...

(WXYZ) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released proposed changes to elk hunting in Michigan, lengthening the harvest times. According to the DNR ...

LANSING — Michigan hunters harvested 153 elk in 2025 as a record 47,493 people applied for one of 260 elk licenses issued through the state’s annual drawing, according to the Michigan Department of ...

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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 ...

(TNS) — Michigan state scientists are developing new ways to count wild elk in the northern Lower Peninsula. Officials with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are adding new photography ...

LANSING, Mich. – State wildlife officials estimate there are now 733 elk roaming Northern Michigan – the first significant drop in the herd’s size in more than a dozen years. Researchers with the ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan elk hunters could see significantly longer harvest windows under draft proposals from the Department of Natural Resources for the 2026–27 season. The plan would ...