Isch said his hunting range currently doesn’t stock bison as they were difficult to manage and had little fear of people. He got rid of the last of the 2,000-pound animals in early 2024.

just as bison do. The reason for the difference: Elk have a vocal fan club within the state’s big-game hunting community. But the threat of brucellosis remains real. South of Yellowstone ...

Current range from GIS data provided by Government of the Northwest Territories (2013). Decades of over-hunting had slashed the once-great wood bison population of North America to about 300 animals ...