Bull elk in lodgepole pine forest, Canada

Alberta

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Bull elk standing at the forest edge. The bulls shed the velvet covering of their antlers in early fall, and go into rut in mid...
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Bull elk standing at the forest edge. The bulls shed the velvet covering of their antlers in early fall, and go into rut in mid to late September. The native name for elk is 'wapiti'. Bull elk, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Cervus elaphus) Photo © copyright by Carl Donohue.

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