When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It’s the time of year at Rocky Mountain National Park where the aspens start to turn yellow, snow dusts the top of the highest mountain peaks and down below in the meadows, elk rut ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — As the leaves begin to change in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so does the behavior of elk. In the Cataloochee and Oconaluftee areas of the park, elk are ...

A bull elk bugles in open meadows at Moraine Park on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park on Oct. 8, 2021. The Elk rut is the mating season for elk and begins in September and ...

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Fall signals the beginning of the annual elk breeding season, called rut. Big bulls, and sometimes small ones with inflated egos, will clash horns, bugle and chase each other as they compete for ...

Residents of Estes Park, Colorado captured a rowdy bull elk attacking practically anything that moved during rutting season on October 2, 2025. His name is 'Smash', and despite his violent tendencies, ...

It is mid-September and Pennsylvania’s elk rut, or breeding season, is now in full swing. This annual event draws visitors from near and far as wildlife enthusiasts travel to Elk, Cameron and ...

Taking place at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, a wildlife photographer was charged at by a bull elk Monday morning, resulting in the individual having to run away to avoid the animal’s ...