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An elk herd hustles through the low brush in northwest Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park

An elk herd hustles through the low brush in northwest Wyoming's Grand...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Yellowstone National Park, Elk herd

Yellowstone National Park, Elk herd

Elk herd, Sepulcher Mountain Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elk Herd in Winter - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Elk Herd in Winter - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

For most of the year, cow elk will stay together in large herds with their calves and yearling bulls. Power in numbers keeps them safe from predators.

Elk Herd Running - National Parks Gallery

Elk Herd Running - National Parks Gallery

Elk are skittish and typically stay away from roads and man made structures until well after dark. These shy animals will usually hear or smell you and be gone before you see them.

Elk herd, Jefferson national expansion memorial

Elk herd, Jefferson national expansion memorial

Elk herd Public domain photograph of elk, wild animal, wilderness, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Resting Herd - Wind Cave national park

Resting Herd - Wind Cave national park

Elk generally bed down for the day in the forest and come down to the prairie to graze at dusk.

Elk herd, Jefferson national expansion memorial

Elk herd, Jefferson national expansion memorial

Elk herd Public domain photograph of elk, wild animal, wilderness, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cows and Spikes - National Parks Gallery

Cows and Spikes - National Parks Gallery

One year old bulls are called spikes because their antlers only have one or two tips each. When they are older, they will leave the herd to live in small groups with other bulls for most of the year.

An elk herd in Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the western state of Wyoming

An elk herd in Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Yellowstone National Park, Elk herd

Yellowstone National Park, Elk herd

Elk herd near Mammoth; Jim Peaco; June 1999; Catalog #16096 Public domain photograph of elk, wild animal, wilderness, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elk Herd in the Fall - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Elk Herd in the Fall - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Wind Cave is home to several hundred Rocky Mountain elk. They are usually seen in herds and are shy, so they will often stay away from park roads until after dark. Dusk is the best time to look for them.

Elk Herd in the Prairie - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Elk Herd in the Prairie - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Wind Cave is home to several hundred elk. Park biologists will sometimes fit cow elk with radio collars so they can track the herd's movement and study how they use different areas of the park.

Yellowstone National Park, Elk Herd

Yellowstone National Park, Elk Herd

Elk herd in winter in Lamar Valley; February 1999; Accession No. 15986

Elk herd in Peaks of Otter area

Elk herd in Peaks of Otter area

Peaks of Otter, Milepost 85, Blue Ridge Parkway

Cow Herd with Bull - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Cow Herd with Bull - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

In the fall, bull elk will compete with each other during the rut. Mature bulls will gather and defend a group of cows called a harem. Bulls will fight each other using their antlers for breeding rights.

Elk Herd, Dunes, and Crestone Peaks

Elk Herd, Dunes, and Crestone Peaks

A bull elk with a herd of females in grasslands southwest of dunefield

National parks: Elk - public domain image

National parks: Elk - public domain image

Elk herd in Lamar Valley: Jim Peaco: Febuary 1993 Public domain photograph of a deer, wild animal, wilderness, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogr... More

Elk Herd in Lamar Valley in December, 1994.

Elk Herd in Lamar Valley in December, 1994.

Elk Herd in Lamar Valley in December, 1994.