Comparing elk to raising beef cattle, producers say elk require less feed and less land and are generally less expensive.
Bull elk show off their antlers at the Wayne Kuper farm near Lennox, S.D. Kuper harvests their antlers each year, which are sliced or ground into a powder for a tea that’s popular in China for medicinal purposes.
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A cow and calf elk pause in a pasture near Lennox, S.D. More than 1,600 elk are raised as livestock in South Dakota. The animals are sold for their meat and antlers, or they are sold to hunting operations.
