Oregon Hunters Association chapters bolstered the standard reward, which for an elk is $500 or four hunter preference points. The Redmond chapter contributed $1,000 and the Capital, Bend and ...

Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife troopers located the cow elk carcass on Oct. 30 after a hunter scouting the Dry Canyon area east of Sisters reported it to the Turn In Poachers (TIP) Line.

An estimated 350 to 600 mule deer and elk are killed annually by vehicles on the section of Highway 20 between Suttle Lake and Bend.

An elk is now buoy-free on the Oregon coast after wildlife and emergency responders tranquilized the animal and untangled its antlers from a rope on Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Fish ...