Banfield said the damage from the fire should have little impact on elk and/or elk habitat. “In fact, fire would be beneficial for elk habitat as it resets the successional process promoting growth of herbaceous plants that are at the level where elk can forage on them,” he concluded. In November, there was a wildfire in the heart of Elk County in the area of Winslow Hill that consumed about 50 acres of plant life. He’s planning to conduct an aerial survey soon to gauge the elk population that was estimated at 1,300 to 1,400 animals last year. The agency’s board is set to vote on this year’s season recommendations at its Jan. 4, and the late season is scheduled for Dec. The general season where rifles are permitted will be Oct. 10, and he’s proposing that it's held Sept. In addition, he’s proposed to the Game Commission’s board of commissioners to move the two-week archery elk season back one week. “We’re trying to give them more time,” he said about the lucky lottery winners being able to plan their potentially once-in-a-lifetime hunts. 20-21, less than a month before the elk archery season opened. This year, the event is July 29-30, which should give the winners of the elk lottery a couple of additional weeks to scout and or secure a guide, he said. The elk licenses are awarded each year at the Elk Expo, organized by the Keystone Elk Country Alliance in mid-August. For perspective on the massive size of the rack, the largest elk ever killed in Pennsylvania is a 455-inch non-typical bull shot with a rifle in 2020 by Duane Kramer of Bellingham, Washington.Ģ022 general season: Elk hunters find trophy racks in northcentral Pennsylvaniaīanfield is working on a plan that would provide hunters more time to plan their hunts and scout for elk. The agency created an archery-only season in 2019, and an Armstrong County hunter now has the record for a non-typical archery bull.ĭave Kammerdiener of Templeton, shot a 7-by-11 point bull in Zone 10 with his crossbow. “They did better in the late season than in the general season.” The late season ended Jan. “They definitely did well,” Jeremy Banfield, the agency’s elk biologist, said. The Pennsylvania Game Commission awarded 178 elk licenses for the three seasons - archery, general and the late season, and 131 of those hunters killed trophy animals.
Most of the elk hunters in Pennsylvania shot an elk this past year, and there's good news on the horizon for next season. Watch Video: Biologist, three hunters talk about elk hunting success in Pa.
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