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An elk cow looks across a valley in the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area at the end of rutting season. Take October 28, 2024. Eric Douglas/West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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Your chance to see the iconic elk herd, restored to southern West Virginia, is now.
Since 2016, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) has released 119 elk into the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Logan County. The animals were acquired from Kentucky and Arizona.
Beginning in September, there will be twice daily guided tours on most Saturdays and Sundays and will be available through the end of October.
Visitors will start at Chief Logan State Park and head to the Tomblin Wildlife area. You aren’t guaranteed to see elk during your tour, but chances are good this time of year as it’s rutting season.
Tickets for the tours often sell out. But the DNR has announced the dates for next year with tours beginning on Sept. 4 for the 2026 season.
Tickets are $30 each, and a boxed breakfast or lunch can be added for $15.
A group of visitors look out at a bull elk in the early morning hours. Taken Oct. 28, 2024.
Photo credit: Eric Douglas/West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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