elk rut
rut is a frenzy of activity......bulls fighting and trying to maintain their harems while chasing off young bulls. The 'meowing' you hear is the sound cow/calves make when calling each other...of course, bugling are the bulls trying to establish dominance. This is in the Rocky Mountain National forest.....sorry about the awful backlighting but it is what it is !
notice the fencing off to the left, the 'forestry division' attempts to occassionally fence in small areas in order for the natural vegetation to regenerate....after a few years they may move the fencing to a different area on these stream beds...
elk rut
rut is a frenzy of activity......bulls fighting and trying to maintain their harems while chasing off young bulls. The 'meowing' you hear is the sound cow/calves make when calling each other...of course, bugling are the bulls trying to establish dominance. This is in the Rocky Mountain National forest.....sorry about the awful backlighting but it is what it is !
notice the fencing off to the left, the 'forestry division' attempts to occassionally fence in small areas in order for the natural vegetation to regenerate....after a few years they may move the fencing to a different area on these stream beds...