The author and his buddies used a helicopter to access public land that was landlocked by private ground — at least one local ...

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Saturday unveiled a Jackson Elk Herd-specific plan for limiting disease transmission while feeding elk and reducing reliance on supplemental feeding.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large herd of elk graze in a farmer's field in Wyoming. (Photo by Alice Jones Webb) A nonprofit conservation organization is ...

Dozens of measures are on the table for the Jackson Herd, and another handful for the Pinedale Herd as part of a long-term effort to keep elk populations healthy in the face of an unprecedented ...

BILLINGS – Although congregating wildlife is known to spread deadly chronic wasting disease (CWD) and brucellosis, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is touting its new elk feedground management ...

For generations, hunting in Wyoming has meant something. It meant waking up before dawn, drawing a tag after years on a waiting list, and heading out into country that belongs to everyone. But a quie ...

According to the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, Wyoming elk hunters are enjoying their "good ol' days" right now. Game and Fish harvest surveys show Wyoming elk hunters in 2013 killed 25,968 elk ...

Elk gather to feed on the flakes of hay pitched off a horse-drawn sleigh at the South Park elk feedground south of Jackson. Pronghorn and deer struggled this winter on the western half of Wyoming, but ...

An adult cow elk found dead on the Scab Creek feedground in late December tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. This marks the third documented case of the disease in Wyoming’s Elk Hunt Area 98 ...

This story has been updated to correct the increase in harvest to 5% over the previous year, a 10% increase over the past decade. Wyoming hunters had one of the most successful elk hunting seasons on ...

LANDER, Wyo. (AP) - For the first time, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department will embark on a comprehensive program to test elk in northeast Wyoming for brucellosis. The department hopes to find out ...

A nonprofit conservation organization is paying Wyoming cattle ranchers for hosting elk herds on their land. The initiative led by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition is billed as an effort to reduce ...