The elk have more than 340 square miles to freely roam, and Hasenbeck said he hopes the herd will reach a target population of 400-500 animals within the next 20 years.

If Missouri's elk herd continues to grow the way it has, a very limited hunt might be possible by 2020. News Sports Outdoors Opinion Ozarks Life Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

If Missouri's elk herd continues to grow the way it has, a very limited hunt might be possible by 2020. That's the message the Missouri Conservation Commission heard from MDC wildlife biologist ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Department of Conservation officials say the state’s elk herd is on track to be large enough in 2020 for the first hunt in more than a century.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation says that the state will begin offering a limited elk hunting season once the herd of about 175 animals reaches a minimum of 200.

Today, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved five permits to be issued for hunting bull elk in the 2020 hunting season, marking the state’s first elk-hunting season in more than a century. Elk ...

Missouri’s elk herd is showing slow but steady growth, but conservation agents say there still aren’t enough elk to hunt. The Missouri Department of Conservation reintroduced about 110 elk ...

For the first time in its modern history, Missouri will offer an elk-hunting season later this year, with five permits drawn in a lottery.

"Our plan was to offer a limited season for hunting elk in Missouri once the herd reached a minimum of 200 animals with an annual herd growth rate of at least 10 percent, and a herd ratio of at ...

Missouri plans elk hunt. April 28, 2020 at 1:00 a.m. by The Associated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri will offer an elk-hunting season later this year, with five permits drawn in a ...

The state began restoring its once-depleted elk herd in 2011. The […] JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – For the first time in Missouri’s modern history, the state is offering an elk-hunting season.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the first time in Missouri's modern history, the state is offering an elk-hunting season.