MADISON (WKBT) — The Wisconsin DNR wants the public’s help in solving the illegal killings of two cow elk in Jackson County.
The elk were killed in separate events during the gun-deer season, the DNR says. DNR officials located one of the elk on November 20 on private property near Whitney Road in the Township of Knapp. The second was found near Castle Mound and Brockway Roads in the Township of Brockway on November 22.
Each animal had been shot, according to necropsy testing.
“We ask the public to share any information – no matter how small it may seem – with the DNR’s confidential Violation Hotline via call or text to 1-800-847-9367,” said Conservation Warden Michael Weber. “We appreciate our partnership with the public in protecting our state’s resources and wildlife.”
Tips can also be submitted online.
Elk are found in two distinct ranges in Wisconsin, according to the DNR. The largest — and oldest — elk herd in the state is the Clam Lake elk herd. The Clam Lake herd ranges across Ashland, Bayfield, Price, Sawyer and Rusk counties in northern Wisconsin. The other — the Black River elk herd — is found in the forested region of Jackson County in the central part of the state.
Elk were reintroduced in Jackson County starting in 2015.
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