The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is celebrating a successful elk hunting season. The state's fifth elk harvest was held October 15-19 as a result of all four state licensed hunters filling their harvest authorizations.
Three hunters were fortunate to harvest a bull elk in the first two days of the season and the fourth tag was filled by day five.
Notably, this year's hunt marked the first modern harvest of an elk using a bow.
Wisconsin's annual elk hunt takes place in the Clam Lake Elk Range, home of the state's longest tenured elk population since reintroduction efforts started in 1995.
The DNR drew three hunters at random from a pool of about 25,400 Wisconsin resident applicants. The fourth hunter was selected by the Wisconsin Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation through a raffle drawing with over 1,600 entries.
Meanwhile, the 2023 elk hunt application period is expected to open March 1 and run through May 31, 2023.
Categories: Wisconsin, Rural Lifestyle