BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI -- One of Wisconsin’s primary breeding elk was illegally hunted and killed. The Wisconsin ... was known as one of the state’s largest and most photographed elk.

With help from the Pope & Young Club, the definitive record-keeping organization for all archery-killed big game in North America, we dug up the top-five typical and non-typical American elk ever ...

A large bull elk, known as #244, was illegally killed in Jackson County ... "Bull 244 was one of the largest and most photographed bulls in the state and has contributed to the successful growth ...

A massive gang of elk — with thousands more animals than ... would be what became likely the state’s largest-ever project to euthanize wildlife. It was a big operation and an even bigger ...