The Elk section contains 200 images of Elk from Yellowstone National Park. It is
separated into three pages: Charger, a Bull Elk; Elk of Mammoth Hot Springs; and
Miscellaneous Elk. This Overview index contains sample images from the 3 pages.

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Charger: a Bull Elk          Elk of Mammoth Hot Springs          Miscellaneous Elk

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Happy Elk Norris Junction 0691

Charger smiles for the camera in the large meadow near the ranger station at Norris Junction.

Charger, the dominant bull in the Norris Junction area, was named after a famous predecessor
who lived in the area until 1993, and for his habit of charging at tourists who approach too close.

Elk Bugling at Sunset Norris Junction 0718 M

A 1200 x 1600 image of Charger bugling during a close approach at sunset.

Elk at Sunset Norris Junction 0783

Charger watches a small group of bison escorting a calf through his meadow at sunset.

Elk at Sunset Norris Junction 0841

Charger’s Last Huzzah, raising his majestic head and bugling as the sun drops below the horizon.

Elk Norris Junction 8645

Charger posing in a tributary creek of the Gibbon River near Norris Junction in Yellowstone National Park.

Elk Norris Junction 9167

Charger stands over one of his cows in the large meadow at Norris Junction in the late morning.

Elk at Sunset Norris Junction 9835

Charger strikes a majestic pose in the southern end of the large meadow at sunset.

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Elk Confrontation Mammoth Hot Springs 8805

Two bull elk spar for dominance at dawn, during the September rut in Mammoth Hot Springs.

Elk at Dawn Lower Mammoth 0109

A bull elk poses for the photographer at dawn in the hills southeast of Lower Mammoth in Yellowstone.

Elk Dawn Portrait Lower Mammoth 0161

A bull elk smiles for a 500mm close portrait at dawn on a cold morning
in the hills southeast of Lower Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park.

Elk at Dawn Lower Mammoth 0225

A bull elk poses at the top of a hill with cows and a juvenile at dawn in northern Yellowstone.

Elk Herd at Sunrise Lower Mammoth 0233

A bull elk drives his harem across a valley at sunrise in the hills southeast of Lower Mammoth.

Elk in Cottonwoods Lower Mammoth 8025

Bull elk in the cottonwoods at dawn, in the Lower Mammoth area of Yellowstone National Park.

Elk Bugling at Sunrise Lower Mammoth 8080

A bull elk bugles at sunrise in this close portrait taken in the Lower Mammoth area of Yellowstone.

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Elk in a Snowstorm 5719

A female elk peers at the photographer through a late April snowstorm on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone.

Elk Dunraven Pass Yellowstone 9997

A bull elk poses for a mid-afternoon portrait at the edge of the woods in the Dunraven Pass.

Elk Feeding Cow Madison Meadow 1301

A female elk assumes the posture of a juvenile asking for food as the bull elk approaches with some grass.

Elk Climbing Steep Slope 8773c

A bull elk strikes a majestic pose as he climbs a steep slope over the
 Grand Loop Road, above the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park.

Elk Crossing Madison River 0848

A herd of female elk and a juvenile cross the Madison River in the late afternoon.

Elk at Sunset Norris Junction 9837 M

Charger stares down the photographer in this 600mm telephoto portrait taken at sunset.

Elk at Sunset Norris Junction 9864

A 300mm close portrait of Charger tasting estrus pheromones at sunset.

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Images in this section are in three different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
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Charger: a Bull Elk          Elk of Mammoth Hot Springs          Miscellaneous Elk

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