A Colorado hunter killed a cow elk last week that looked normal and healthy — except for some weirdly deformed hooves.

Another season of bundling up and riding on a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon through the middle of hundreds of wild elk is ...

During the brutal winter of 2022-23, for example ... “Rifle hunting for bull elk [has been] reduced by half and all cow hunts have been eliminated.” Elk are especially vulnerable to wolf predation in ...