Chick Magnet

"Elk were named by the early settlers,
but some people prefer to call it by the Shawnee name wapiti (WAA-pi-tea) meaning 'white rump.'"
http://www.greater-yellowstone.com/animals/elk.html

Our first encounter with an elk was high in the mountains.
Several cars were pulled over and when we slowed down,
they told us there was a bull elk in a wallow.
He had just gone down when I got there with my camera.
Our little band of observers watched and explained in hushed tones what he was doing.

After he rolled and rolled around, he finally stood up.
I was told that the girls like this look.
A lot.

And if that wasn't enough,
he started "horning".
They try to get as much "stuff" up into their antlers to make them look bigger.
The girls are impressed.
A lot.

He slowly walked away bugling loudly.
Girls, he thinks he is pretty hot stuff.

Good luck...
~Nancy~