A trip to Cherokee isn’t complete without seeing the wildlife, especially the elk. “It’s believed that the last elk was shot and killed by the early settlers in 1790.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking volunteers to join the Elk Rover team that shares information with visitors ...

A video posted this month by Cherokee Rapids Tube Rentals shows elk have rebounded so strongly in NC that herds now wander unhindered through mountain towns like Cherokee. Elk were once extinct in NC.

A bull elk rests in a field at sunset at the Kituwah Farm near Bryson City on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. The farm, owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is considered the historical mother ...

Elk in the Smokies are spending their summer grazing and fattening up in anticipation of fall's, um, reproductive festivities. Meanwhile people co-existing in the same area — in this case, Maggie ...

A bull elk rests in a field at sunset at the Kituwah Farm near Bryson City on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. The farm, owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is considered the historical mother ...