Pennsylvania Elk

More elk pictures from Benezette, Elk Country. Gone in Pennsylvania since the 1870's elk were first reintroduced to the Allegheny forests of northcentral PA in 1913 when the Game Commission bought 50 Rocky Mountain Elk and brought them in from Yellowstone. 22 more were bought from a PA preserve. Through ups and downs, today, a hundred years later, there is about 900 elk roaming the woods and fields.