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Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Photo. Image ID: 19693 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Picture. Image ID: 19697 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Stock Photography of Rut. Image ID: 19698 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Elk, bull elk, adult male elk with large set of antlers. By September, this bull elk's antlers have reached their full size and the velvet has fallen off. This bull elk has sparred with other bulls for access to herds of females in estrous and ready to mate. Photograph of Rut. Image ID: 19721 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Photos. Image ID: 19700 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Bull elk in sage brush with large rack of antlers during the fall rut (mating season). This bull elk has sparred with other bulls to establish his harem of females with which he hopes to mate. Rut Image. Image ID: 19718 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Bull elk in sage brush with large rack of antlers during the fall rut (mating season). This bull elk has sparred with other bulls to establish his harem of females with which he hopes to mate. Professional stock photos of Rut. Image ID: 19702 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Brown gorgonians on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that live on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by Pictures of Rut. Image ID: 25398 Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Brown gorgonians, Catalina. Rut Photo. Image ID: 00567 Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

Large male elk (bull) in snow covered meadow near Madison River. Only male elk have antlers, which start growing in the spring and are shed each winter. The largest antlers may be 4 feet long and weigh up to 40 pounds. Antlers are made of bone which can grow up to one inch per day. While growing, the antlers are covered with and protected by a soft layer of highly vascularised skin known as velvet. The velvet is shed in the summer when the antlers have fully developed. Bull elk may have six or more tines on each antler, however the number of tines has little to do with the age or maturity of a particular animal. Rut Picture. Image ID: 19692 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Stock Photography of Rut. Image ID: 19695 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Female elk along the Madison River during an early fall snow. Photograph of Rut. Image ID: 19701 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Photos. Image ID: 19703 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Juvenile elk in golden, late afternoon light, in meadow along Madison River, autumn. Rut Image. Image ID: 19704 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Professional stock photos of Rut. Image ID: 19708 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Pictures of Rut. Image ID: 19714 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Photo. Image ID: 19716 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Picture. Image ID: 19699 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Photographer Al Bruton, photographing Magellanic penguins on grasslands above the ocean. Stock Photography of Rut. Image ID: 23799 Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom	Juvenile elk in golden, late afternoon light, in meadow along Madison River, autumn. Photograph of Rut. Image ID: 19709 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Female and young elk in early autumn snowfall. Rut Photos. Image ID: 19713 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Image. Image ID: 19715 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Juvenile elk in golden, late afternoon light, in meadow along Madison River, autumn. Professional stock photos of Rut. Image ID: 19717 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Pictures of Rut. Image ID: 19719 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Juvenile elk in golden, late afternoon light, in meadow along Madison River, autumn. Rut Photo. Image ID: 19720 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Elk, bull elk, adult male elk with large set of antlers. By September, this bull elk's antlers have reached their full size and the velvet has fallen off. This bull elk has sparred with other bulls for access to herds of females in estrous and ready to mate. Rut Picture. Image ID: 19722 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk (bull) alongside female elk in grassy meadow, during rutting season. A bull will defend his harem of 20 cows or more from competing bulls and predators. Only mature bulls have large harems and breeding success peaks at about eight years of age. Bulls between two to four years and over 11 years of age rarely have harems, and spend most of the rut on the periphery of larger harems. Young and old bulls that do acquire a harem hold it later in the breeding season than do bulls in their prime. A bull with a harem rarely feeds and he may lose up to 20 percent of his body weight while he is guarding the harem. Stock Photography of Rut. Image ID: 19723 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Bull elk, with large antlers, alongside female elk during rutting season, autumn. A bull will defend his harem of 20 cows or more from competing bulls and predators. Only mature bulls have large harems and breeding success peaks at about eight years of age. Bulls between two to four years and over 11 years of age rarely have harems, and spend most of the rut on the periphery of larger harems. Young and old bulls that do acquire a harem hold it later in the breeding season than do bulls in their prime. A bull with a harem rarely feeds and he may lose up to 20 percent of his body weight while he is guarding the harem. Photograph of Rut. Image ID: 19724 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Bull elk in sage brush with large rack of antlers during the fall rut (mating season). This bull elk has sparred with other bulls to establish his harem of females with which he hopes to mate. Rut Photos. Image ID: 19746 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Rut Image. Image ID: 19781 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA