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In total, 29 of the 30 bull elk hunters were successful and 31 of the 42 cow elk hunters, for a total of 60 elk harvested during the general season, which ran Oct. 30-Nov. 4. All elk must be taken ...
This year the agency approved 140 elk licenses (65 antlered, 75 antlerless) for this year's three hunting seasons. In the archery season that runs from Sept. 14-28, 16 antlered and 11 antlerless ...
Jeremy Banfield, the agency’s elk biologist, provided statistics that show the number is slightly less than last year’s record year total of 111,597 applications from 57,154 hunters.
Male elk have large, blood- and nerve-filled antlers, which they routinely shed each year as weather warms-up. Males also engage in ritualized mating behaviors during the mating season , including posturing to attract females, antler-wrestling (sparring), and bugling , a loud series of throaty whistles, bellows, screams, and other vocalizations ...
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.
In an area suitable for one beef cow, two to three elk may be kept comfortably. Elk may eat 2 to 3 percent of their body weight daily. On average a female elk (cow) has a live weight of 450 to 650 pounds. Male elk (bulls) are much larger, weighing from 800 to 1,000 pounds. Elk need an increase in nutrients so that they can produce better products.
The general elk season is underway in Pennsylvania. Hear from some hunters who won licenses in the lottery and had successful hunts this week. This 83-year-old hunter got his second lifetime Pa. elk.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission approved the number of antlerless doe licenses and elk licenses for the 2022-23 hunting year.