Nearest huntable elk herd to Wisconsin may be in Western South Dakota.
Wisconsin's token elk herd was a publicity stunt to use tax dollars to get sportsman to vote for then govenor Tommy Thompson.
there supposedly is a nice elk herd in Kentucky. there should be 7,500 elk there by 2008. there arent many tags available now, but they say they will give around 1,500 once the population reaches the 7,500 mark