MIDWEST ELK
 

where is the best place in the Midwest (preferably around WI) for elk hunting? i know they have elk in michigan, but i havent heard anything good about that place. im really lookin to find a place to get me a nice big elk. and it would also be prefereable if there is no BOW ONLY or Shotgun only restrictions.

RE: MIDWEST ELK
 

Elk in Mi. are great, but residents only...

RE: MIDWEST ELK
 

The chance of you getting and Elk tag For WI are Slim to none

RE: MIDWEST ELK
 

That's for sure, LOL !!! :D

RE: MIDWEST ELK
 

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.

RE: MIDWEST ELK
 

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

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Yup, and Kentucky started its Elk program 3 years after Wisconsin .... and Wisconsin now has approximately, what, 140 elk? Currently, Kentucky has harvested more elk than Wisconsin has in the wild.

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SD Elk is residents only as well...

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There has been talk of Elk in WI...here's a few links that explain it better than I can:

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/elk/index.htm
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/elk/Plan.htm

There is actually a committee in WI regarding Elk, called Wisconsin Elk Study Committee (WESCO), but what they're doing these days I have no idea.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/elk/map.htm