There used to be Elk there but they where killed off years ago. The game dept. does not have a management plan to allow them to come back because of the muledeer herds. If you pop over the border into BC and Alberta youwill find a ton of elk. I have a friend who's granpa used to telll us stories about Elk swimming the Snake river near Little goose dam. to get into the wheat country around Pullman. Elk where a prarie animal until pressue from man hunting them pushed them into the mountains. There used to be as many Elk as buffalo.