The elk was discovered the morning of Nov. 26 after visitors driving through the area reported the animal to conservation ...

According to Missouri state statute, portable tree stands are required to be taken down by Feb. 1 in conservation areas.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Three Missouri men have been sentenced in connection with the illegal killing of a bull elk in Shannon County during the 2023 firearms deer season, according to the Missouri ...

NOEL, Mo. -- A 54-year-old Missouri man drowned last month in the Elk River after attempting to assist a boater caught in dam hydraulics, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report.

Justice has been handed down after a brazen act of poaching in Missouri. Three men have been sentenced in Shannon County for their roles in the illegal killing of a bull elk during the 2023 firearms ...

Missouri conservation officials say the state has had eight elk poaching events in the last decade. Missouri officials want to find the poacher responsible for shooting an elk in Peck Ranch ...

CARTER COUNTY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking the public for help identifying whoever illegally shot and left an adult bull elk as waste at Peck Ranch Conservation Area in ...

CARTER COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is calling for the public’s help in finding someone responsible for illegally shooting an adult bull elk in southeast Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's elk population is growing, but the state's conservation agency isn't quite ready to start issuing hunting permits for the herds. The Jefferson City News-Tribune ...

In late November, conservation agents received an image of a dead elk lying in a field in Carter County’s Peck Ranch Conservation Area. Initial investigation revealed a gunshot wound in the animal’s ...