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The Pa. Game Commission has 140 elk licenses available for this year's lottery. Here's a look at what's happening with the wild elk population.

On Tuesday morning, he harvested an 852.8 pound elk that had a rack of 7x7 points. He used a .270 Winchester caliber rifle to down the large elk in Zone 9 of the elk range.

Jeremy Banfield, elk biologist for the Pa. Game Commission, estimates there are about 1,400 hundred elk free-roaming in northcentral Pennsylvania.

On Tuesday morning, he harvested an 852.8 pound elk that had a rack of 7x7 points. He used a .270 Winchester caliber rifle to down the large elk in Zone 9 of the elk range.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced the return of Elk season, with it set to begin on Monday, Nov. 2, and end on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Harrisburg, Pa. — There’s only one day left to apply for the Pennsylvania elk lottery, a highly limited hunting license to harvest elk in one of Pennsylvania’s 14 elk hunt zones!

Currently, about 1,000 elk inhabit Pa.’s elk range, which comprises parts of Elk, McKean, Cameron, Clinton, Potter, Clearfield and Centre counties north of Interstate 80.

The Pa. Game Commission has 140 elk licenses available for this year's lottery. Here's a look at what's happening with the wild elk population.