The zone covers 16 counties ... according to a 2019 report.Kentucky now has the highest elk population of any state east of the Mississippi River.The first elk hunt was introduced in 2001 as ...

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission allotted 400 elk hunting permits at its December ... Wildlife watchers flock to the elk zone year-round to see and hear the majestic animals, spending ...

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is asking for help from the public after someone poached a bull elk in McCreary County. Elk hunting ... within the elk zone to establish ...

When those mines are properly reclaimed according to government standards, the elk love it. Ledford shared a map of reclaimed ... the ground." Hunting is an integral element in Kentucky's elk ...

Eventually, however, their numbers dwindled because of over-hunting ... can observe the largest elk herd east of the Rocky Mountains. Kentucky’s elk restoration zone spans 16 counties in ...

This season, 90% of the permits went to Kentucky residents and less ... applied every year have not been drawn to hunt in the 16-county elk zone that includes 4 million acres, and there is ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Hunters in Kentucky can apply now to take part in next year's annual elk hunt drawing. Kentucky’s annual elk permit application period now opens Aug. 1, a year before ...