Here are some common terms, according to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: Bull: Male elk Cow: Female elk Calf: Baby elk Spike: Yearling bull elk Bugle: A sound a bull makes “advertising his ...

The rut is one of the most delightful seasons to visit Estes Park and nearby Rocky Mountain National Park. Tourists are often shocked to find elk chilling in Bond Park near the center of town or s ...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK - Love is in the air this autumn, and it sounds like guttural groaning. September through October are when hormone-fueled bull elk soaked in their own urine and ...

It is now the height of mating season for the Rocky Mountain Elk. From mid-September to mid-October, males form harems made up of multiple females. As the video illustrates, when nature calls ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Portions of Rocky Mountain National Park closed Sunday for the elk rut season, protecting visitors from the fall mating season and protecting elk from harassment. The elk rut is ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is a popular choice to see and hear elk bugling during the fall mating season. But you can have your elk and taffy, too, in Estes Park. If you don't want to hassle ...

Hayden and Dallen Lambson have donated two prints for the auction ... the Mule Deer and Rocky Mountain Elk foundations and other wildlife conservation organizations. The Idaho State Journal ...

Rocky Mountain National Park has closed some areas to visitors due to the elk rut. The closures are in effect daily beginning Friday from 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. the next morning. The closed areas are ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — The elk mating period has begun in Colorado. Starting Sept. 1, Rocky Mountain National Park officials institute their annual closures to prevent disturbance and harassment of ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – More than a decade after Rocky Mountain National Park used marksmen to kill elk to protect the park from an overpopulation of the iconic animal, another national park in ...

A cow, or female elk, chews on some grass on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. Elk are part of the deer, or Cervidae, family. But according to Colorado Parks and ...