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| 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. Image ID: 19773 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. Image ID: 19779 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Female elk in early autumn snowfall. Image ID: 19762 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13152 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk in the Gibbon River. Image ID: 13153 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk in the Gibbon River. Image ID: 13156 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Elk rest in tall grass during the midday heat, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13157 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk graze and rest among wildflowers blooming in the Gibbon Meadow, summer. Image ID: 13158 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Tourists get a good look at wild elk who have become habituated to human presence in Yellowstone National Park. Image ID: 13160 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13162 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk grazing among wildflowers in Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13163 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13165 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13166 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk in the Gibbon River. Image ID: 13167 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk in the Gibbon River. Image ID: 13168 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Tourists get a good look at wild elk who have become habituated to human presence in Yellowstone National Park. Image ID: 13169 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13170 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13171 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13172 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13173 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk grazing among wildflowers in Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13174 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Elk rest in tall grass surrounded by wildflowers, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13175 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk rest in tall grass surrounded by wildflowers, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13176 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk rest in tall grass surrounded by wildflowers, Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13177 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Elk grazing among wildflowers in Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13178 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13179 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13180 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13181 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13182 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Bull elk, antlers bearing velvet, Gibbon Meadow. Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park. More than 30,000 elk from 8 different herds summer in Yellowstone and approximately 15,000 to 22,000 winter in the park. Bulls grow antlers annually from the time they are nearly one year old. When mature, a bulls rack may have 6 to 8 points or tines on each side and weigh more than 30 pounds. The antlers are shed in March or April and begin regrowing in May, when the bony growth is nourished by blood vessels and covered by furry-looking velvet. Image ID: 13183 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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