The elk rut is a wild time of year as the male elk become more active and vocal in their bid to win over and mate with a female. The elk rut takes place from late September to late October in ...

Ford and his wife had driven from Shreveport, La., spending the night in a van parked nearby, to witness the annual drama of elk rutting season in one of Colorado’s favorite mountain towns.

But if you’re a deer, elk, or moose, rutting is the highlight of your year. Rutting is the term ascribed to the breeding season for the deer species. Unlike human beings, who can produce young ...

As the annual elk rut gets underway in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, experts are urging tourists to use caution and give the animals distance after several videos from the popular ...

elk sightings are most common during the quiet seasons in the early morning or late evening. Male elks fight to establish dominance and earn the right to mate. It’s called rutting and happens in ...

The elk rut is here, but what does that mean? If you’re not very familiar with these animals (like me when I moved here), here is an "elk 101" with common terms and fun facts for you to read ...

With their magnificent antlers and bugling calls, bull elk are at their most impressive during the rutting season, so it may be tempting to get close for a better look at them, but as these ...

And in Estes Park, the roughly 700 elk that call Rocky Mountain National Park home are on the hunt for some action. Known as the “rut,” the elk mating season lasts from early September to mid-October.

Additional elk needed to be harvested, so a second season, this time for both bulls and cows, was scheduled for September 28 to October 13, 1974. The season coincided with the peak of the rut, and ...

Fishing in the Fall River, Thompson River or Colorado River within the posted areas remain the same as previous years and are closed from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. The elk rut lasts from late September to ...