In route to a recent home inspection in the the Cle Elum area I came across this herd of elk (or wapiti). I find elk to be one of the most beautiful of the deer family. The elk is a large, powerful animal with an adult weight averaging over 400 pounds.
In the spring elk often group together with the cows and calves in one herd, the older bulls in another herd and the younger bulls in still another herd. Young and old bulls may be found together, and yearling bulls may be found with the cow herds from time to time.
Like this herd they are often made up of an older dominant cow, her sisters, their daughters and their daughter's daughters etc.
The older bulls often remain apart from the cows until the beginning of the rut in late August/early September, and stay with them until November.
Elk of both sexes and all ages may be found together in the winter, especially when food sources are limited.
Cle Elum and Chelan Home Inspections- Elk
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