A mix of outdoors stories from Minnesota, including information on the DNR's annual elk survey starting in the northwest.

Minnesota DNR prepares aerial elk survey to track fragile herds, guide hunting rules and remind residents of the rare ...

Feb. 1—Elk numbers in northwest Minnesota and adjacent areas of southern Manitoba this winter are similar to down slightly compared with 2023, the Department of Natural Resources said in reporting ...

Dec. 23—ST. PAUL — After canceling last winter's aerial elk surveys because of lack of snow, the Department of Natural Resources on Monday, Dec. 23, said it is on track to survey the northwest ...

The creation of a management plan to expand Minnesota’s elk herds is moving forward. The current elk herds of northwest Minnesota may have some of the herd picked up and moved to northeast Minnesota ...

A day after traveling from Minnesota to Afognak Island in Alaska for the opening day of hunting for Roosevelt’s elk on the island, Chase Parker, of Barnum, took down a 6-by-6 elk.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will conduct its annual aerial elk surveys in the coming weeks in northwestern Minnesota and on the border with Manitoba, information that will be used to ...

The 2021 proposal calls for moving 100 to 150 elk from northwest Minnesota in small increments over the course of many years. Elk stand watch in northwest Minnesota in this undated photo. The ...