A mournful, groaning call cuts through the dusky-blue light: a male elk, bugling. The sound ricochets across the grassy meadow. A minute later, another bull answers from somewhere in the shadows.

But others say elk can bugle year-round so it could very well have been an elk joining the party. For humans wanting to join the howl and join others online who howl, a “Go outside and Howl at 8 ...