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 ...

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 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 ...

Biologists say Arizona's elk population is tough and resilient when it comes to facing down wildfires. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation members say mortality is typically low because elk are ...

Rocky Mountain National Park will put the park’s annual meadow closures into effect Sunday to prevent the disturbance and harassment of elk during their fall mating season. Meadow ...

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 ...

Through a partnership with the Southwest Virginia Coalfields Chapter of the Rocky Mountain ... 1,550 wild western elk imported from Utah, Kansas, Oregon, North Dakota, Arizona and New Mexico.

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 ...