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Kentucky was once home to one of the largest populations of wild elk in North America.

Before European settlement, an estimated 10 million elk roamed across what is now Kentucky and neighboring states. The animals were so common that early explorers frequently wrote about seeing massive herds stretching across valleys and grasslands. By the late 1800s, however, elk had disappeared from Kentucky due to overhunting and habitat loss.

In a remarkable conservation success story, Kentucky began reintroducing elk in the late 1990s. Today, the state has one of the largest elk herds east of the Mississippi River, with thousands of elk once again roaming the mountains and forests of eastern Kentucky—a sight that had been absent for more than a century.