Pennsylvania offers 140 elk hunting licenses for the 2025-2026 seasons ... 13-27, 16 antlered and 11 antlerless licenses are available. “Our archery season overlaps the rut by design,” Banfield said.

Having applied for a 2024 Pennsylvania Game Commission elk tag, one may have guessed that Donnie Matter and his family would have spent the last Saturday in July at the Elk Expo in Benezette.

A wildlife photographer and an elk expert share stories of some of the unusual elk that have lived in Pennsylvania and offer advice to see them.