A large bull elk with antlers in partial velvet disturbs birds while munching on grass recently in Yellowstone National Park. (Wesley Watson/Star-Tribune)
MARK GOCKE/Star-Tribune correspondent A bull elk bugles as part of its annual mating ritual in Yellowstone National Park. Elk hunting seasons are under way in areas around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, but the season inside Grand Teton doesn't begin until Oct. 20.
Two juvenile elk wander in a field Wednesday near the Prairie Falls Golf Club in Post Falls, Idaho. A small herd of elk claimed a section of the eighth fairway at the golf course for most of the afternoon to sun bathe, according to a homeowner. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)
In this Star-Tribune file photo, a bull elk moves south along a ridge at sunrise in Jackson Hole. Wildlife managers are pleased with the results of a new hunt on the southern end of the National Elk Refuge, which has led the animals to linger longer on a range in Grand Teton National Park and helped preserve winter forage on the refuge. (Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent)
Victor Anderson demonstrates weaving on the Glad family's loom during Elk Mountain's 100th anniversary celebration last week. (Tori Adams/The Rawlins Daily Times via AP)
A lone bull elk walks along the western boundary of the National Elk Refuge at sunset recently. Mild weather conditions have stalled the elk migration to the refuge, to the chagrin of elk hunters in Grand Teton National Park and the refuge near Jackson. (Jim Laybourn/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Wild elk walk through the Mammoth area of Yellowstone National Park as tourists look on in this photo from August. There have been far fewer reports of elk damaging tourists' cars during the fall elk mating season following last winter's death of elk No. 6, a large and well-known bull that had a penchant for attacking vehicles. (Jim Peaco/Courtesy Yellowstone National Park via AP)
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