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Elk with impressive antlers grazing

A detailed shot of an elk grazing in the wild, showcasing its impressive antler growth

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Full body front side view of a strong mature bull elk in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Bull elk sparring off in Jasper National Park

Elk herd in Rocky Mountain National Park in autumn

Elk bull bugling toward his cows to keep them close during rutting season. This was in northern Yellowstone near Gardiner, Montana and Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park USA. Closest larger cities are Bozeman and Billings, Montana in western USA.

With more than 19,000 species documented in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it’s one of the most biodiverse areas managed by the National Park Service. But for a long time a key species was missing - the eastern elk.

Elk herds once used to roam the entire Appalachian Mountain range, extending from northern Georgia all the way up to southeastern Canada. But the area said goodbye to its last eastern elk in the mid-1800s when decades of over-hunting and habitat loss made this population of elk extinct.

In 2001, the National Park Service began re-introducing elk to the region, not sure if the elk would be able to survive. They took 25 elk from Kentucky’s Land Between the Lakes National Recreational Area and brought them back to Cataloochee Valley. Then, a year later, 27 more elk were introduced from Elk Island National Park in Alberta Canada.

While these elk are not the original species that first wandered the lands of the park in the 1700s, they are adapting well to their new home and slowly, but surely, thriving. Park biologists estimate that there are close to 200 individual elk in the park today.

Huge Bull Elk as Part of a Scenic Background.

Male elk during rutting season in Yellowstone National park

Wild bull elk in the extreme winter terrain of Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado USA.

Wapiti in Beautiful autumn landscape scene in mountain in background in Jasper National Park west Canada

Bull elk sparring off in Jasper National Park

Lone elk foraging for food in the Wyoming woods of Yellowstone National Park.

Bull Elk

A large herd of elk graze in a treelined meadow in Northern California close to the Oregon Border.

A large bull elk bugling during the rut season

Big Montana Bull Elk is grazing at Charles M. Russell wildlife refuge in northwestern USA of North America. Nearest cities are Marfa, Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena and Roundup Montana.

An elk in Pennsylvania

Bull elk with antler rack in Jasper National Park

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