Elk hunters harvested 22,325 animals across the state last year which was more than 15 percent above the 10-year average of 19,274. It was similar to the 2017 harvest numbers which were 22,751.

The special cow season about 150 antler-less tags are issued here begins Nov. 15. And another limited-entry season, for any elk, opens Nov. 15 in the western and northern portion of the unit.

Thu., Sept. 15, 2011 Trophy elk antlers from a poaching case in the Blue Mountains Wenaha Unit confiscatd by Oregon State Police. (Oregon State Police) ...