Game Commission investigating shooting of 3 elk in Benezette

Mary Ann Thomas | Thursday, December 12, 2019 4:29 p.m.

Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Game Commission

One of three elk shot with a small caliber gun in Elk County.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is investigating the shooting of three elk along a highway with a small caliber firearm in Elk County’s Benezette Township.

A cow and two bulls were found Thursday along Quehanna Highway.

Anyone with information related to the incident should contact the Game Commission’s Northcentral Region Office at 570-398-4744 or the Operation Game Thief Hotline at 1-888-PGC-8001.