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The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. The word "elk" originally referred to the European variety of the moose, Alces alces, but was transferred to Cervus ...
Maroon Bells. The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (0.3 miles). [6] The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are fourteeners.
Colorado. The Rocky Mountain elk was reintroduced in 1913 to Colorado from Wyoming after the near extinction of the regional herds. While overhunting is a significant contributing factor, the elk's near extinction is mainly attributed to human encroachment and destruction of their natural habitats and migratory corridors.
A Colorado elk let out a piercing bugle during mating season, as seen in this footage recorded by Dave Masters on September 16.The elk mating season is at its peak mid-September to mid-October.
A 4-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were attacked and injured by elk four days apart in a Colorado town. The boy was at a playground near Stanley Park in Estes Park, Colorado, around 1:30 p.m ...
38°43′17″N 107°15′55″W / 38.7215196341°N 107.265293934°W / 38.7215196341; -107.265293934 [1] Area. 176,412 acres (713.91 km 2) Established. 1964. Governing body. U.S. Forest Service. The West Elk Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located northwest of Gunnison, Colorado in the West Elk Mountains.
July 3, 2009. (2009-07-03) –. present. On Your Own Adventures is a hunting television show in the United States produced by Randy Newberg and Will Holmes in conjunction with Warm Springs Productions and Outdoor Channel. The show airs on Outdoor Channel and CarbonTV and documents the non-guided hunting adventures of Randy Newberg and his ...
The Elk Mountains are a high, rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of west-central Colorado in the United States. The mountains sit on the western side of the Continental Divide, largely in southern Pitkin and northern Gunnison counties, in the area southwest of Aspen, south of the Roaring Fork River valley, and east of the Crystal River.