Still Walking With Elk

It’s a busy day and it keeps getting interrupted. I am working. I am writing and mentally I am getting ready for the trip down the mountain. My brother keeps coming down to let me know he can see some elk. Can’t I just stop and look. No, I have to work, but take a picture and we’ll look at them later. He’s not loving the answer.

I am making this post so that perhaps he will know I am thinking of him as I work.

In the velvet

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Elk drop their antlers every year. Once they are dropped they are called sheds. While they are growing they are tender and covered with a soft fur like covering to protect them as they grow. When they reach the point when they stop growing they itch the elk rubs off all the velvet. They look pretty shaggy for

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So how many elk do you see in this picture?

Lapka says:

May 28, 2019 at 7:28 am

Beautiful! 4 elks here, I think?

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Large rack in the velvet

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Another in the velvet. Not too heavy yet. You can see that this are much taller and the other was side. They are all different.

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Kind of makes you wonder what they are looking at doesn't it? It's pretty clear that some thing has their attention and it's not the camera.

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Sad, the person who labeled it thought they were looking at a moose. This is not a moose. It's an elk that was foraging for food and ended up with snow.

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These are many noble animals. The red deer is a valuable hunted object, which is being cared for and its population maintained. Normally hunters are allowed to hunt only for a short period of time. An exception is the recruit hunting, which aims to maintain the good condition of the population and the quality of the hereditary material. The hunting trophy is his horn.

these are amazing!

Do the Elk gather at the local Elk Lodge? 🙂

Does anyone know if the number of horns can determine the age of this animal People who are engaged in animal hunting may be able to help.

lacho59 says:

May 28, 2019 at 1:10 pm

On the one-year specimens the horns are very small and underdeveloped, they have one, maximum two branches, the second year can be six. With age, the horns become bigger, stronger and branched. A maximum is reached around the tenth year when their branches can reach 24 or more in number.
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  May 28, 2019 at 4:35 pm
  
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Gorgeous animals and stunning photos! Thank you for sharing!

Lovely photos. I think elk are the most magnificent animals.

lacho59 says:

May 28, 2019 at 1:14 pm

These are many noble animals. The red deer is a valuable hunted object, which is being cared for and its population maintained. Normally hunters are allowed to hunt only for a short period of time. An exception is the recruit hunting, which aims to maintain the good condition of the population and the quality of the hereditary material. The hunting trophy is his horn.
DocAndersen says:

May 28, 2019 at 11:04 am

these are amazing!

Do the Elk gather at the local Elk Lodge? 🙂
Robin Biznis says:

May 28, 2019 at 9:34 am

Does anyone know if the number of horns can determine the age of this animal People who are engaged in animal hunting may be able to help.

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- lacho59 says:
  
  May 28, 2019 at 1:10 pm
  
  On the one-year specimens the horns are very small and underdeveloped, they have one, maximum two branches, the second year can be six. With age, the horns become bigger, stronger and branched. A maximum is reached around the tenth year when their branches can reach 24 or more in number.
  - Robin Biznis says:
    
    May 28, 2019 at 4:35 pm
    
    Thank you for using these notifications.
Lapka says:

May 28, 2019 at 7:29 am

Gorgeous animals and stunning photos! Thank you for sharing!
RasmaSandra says:

May 28, 2019 at 1:33 am

Lovely photos. I think elk are the most magnificent animals.

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