Wednesday, December 24, 2025

ARTICLES BY MIKE MUSCHA/SPECIAL TO THE PRESS

Where have all the elk gone?

Editor's note: Last week, Mr. Muscha recounted many of the successful Lochsa elk hunts he, friends and family enjoyed over the years. Today, he concludes his story with a request for like-minded hunters to join an effort to control the wolf population.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Lost elk of the Lochsa

It was November 1973. A group of six middle-aged men planned an elk hunt in Montana. One of the gentlemen, who later ended up being my stepfather, had to back out and I was asked if I would like to go. The idea of hunting elk had never even entered …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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