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Idaho Fish and Game Department officials call for more monitoring and wildlife-crossing programs. About 5,000 animals were reported killed by vehicles in Idaho last year.
DINGLE, Idaho — Idaho Fish and Game officials say a small group of elk were hit by a train in rural Bear Lake County over the weekend. Conservation officers said 11 elk were killed in the ...
The following is a news release from Idaho Fish and Game. POCATELLO — Motorists should be aware of a herd of elk occupying open fields north of Chubbuck and Pocatello near New Day Parkway.
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.
HOWE, Idaho — Seventeen elk were killed in Howe Monday night after a semitruck hit the animals on Idaho Highway 33. The collision happened around 9 p.m., according to a news release from the ...
Two weeks following the first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease in domesticated elk in Idaho, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) confirmed a second case. The adult cow elk died at ...
In the past three weeks, sportsmen in Montana and Idaho have killed three protected grizzly bears in apparent cases of self-defense. The latest incident occurred Sept. 1, when two elk hunters in ...
Things are expected to be more rosy for elk. For the ninth straight year, elk harvest has exceeded 20,000 animals, tying the state record for consecutive-year harvests, set in the mid-1990s (pre ...
An archery hunter that was pursuing elk near the Idaho city of Island Park, which is located near Yellowstone, was attacked over the weekend by a grizzly bear, officials say.
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho elk hunter shot and killed a grizzly bear that charged at him, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in a news release. It’s the second incident in one month in ...
Wyoming and Idaho might be next-door neighbors, but the two states saw vastly different elk harvest numbers and success rates during the 2023 hunting season. Elk hunters in Wyoming set a new record ...