As for their length, a horse and an elk are nearly identical with an average nose to tail length of around 8 feet. This means that the next time you’re standing beside a horse, you’ll have a good idea ...

Louis C. Bender, Rocky D. Spencer, Estimating Elk Population Size by Reconstruction from Harvest Data and Herd Ratios, Wildlife Society Bulletin (1973-2006), Vol. 27, No. 3 (Autumn, 1999), pp. 636-645 ...