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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

DRIGGS, Idaho — Rancher Kent Bagley and his sons Greg and Stephen derive almost a third of their income from agricultural tourism, and their farm-raised elk are the main attraction. The Bagleys bought ...

Caught between wolves, mountain lions and grizzly bears, elk are struggling to fend off predators. A trail camera video shows the elk's desperation as ...

BOISE, Idaho — Conservation officers with Idaho Fish and Game are asking the public for information after a young bull elk was shot north of Bliss. Idaho Fish and Game on Friday said the elk was found ...

A white-tailed buck south of Grangeville, Idaho, has become the first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Hunting Unit ...

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 ...