VIRGINIA (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced applications for this year’s Elk Hunt Lottery have opened and will close on March 31. A news release from the department ...

In Southwestern Virginia, more specifically Buchanan, Dickenson, and Wise counties, there lives an animal that towers over most wildlife in the state in both grandeur and stature. Starting in ...

Ten years after the successful restoration of elk to their historic Virginia range, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is accepting applications for its first elk hunting season through ...

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Did you know there is a herd of more than 250 elk roaming the Appalachian Mountain range in Southwest Virginia? You can watch them live throughout the fall on the ...

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – Six hunters in Southwest Virginia were given the chance to claim a prize few can boast in the Commonwealth – a mature bull elk. In October, the hunters participated in ...

GRUNDY, Va. – The elk viewing tour schedule for 2025 in Buchanan County has been released jointly by the Breaks Interstate Park and Southern Gap Outdoor Adventure, who coordinate the tours with the ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Justin Hettick had been itching to give his elk hair flies a try. They weren’t just any elk hair rigs, these flies were hand tied using hair off the first elk captured under the ...

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is overseeing the restoration project to establish a sustainable elk herd in Southwest Virginia. The agency released 16 elk on reclaimed mining ...

VANSANT – Early on a Saturday morning, Leon Boyd navigated the twisting roads into the rocky countryside high above Grundy. Boyd has hunted these hills and elsewhere since he was a boy but, on this ...

Once upon a time, elk called West Virginia and the eastern United States their home. In nearby Kentucky, though, a healthy elk population is thriving today after being reintroduced in the 1990's. Are ...