Fence Hopping Bull Elk
by Gary Beeler
Title
Fence Hopping Bull Elk
Artist
Gary Beeler
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A band of bull elk occupy an area about fifteen miles from the Rocky Mountain front, near Red Lodge Montana, an agricultural area of rolling hills and deep timbered coulees, of dry land and small springs, an area of coyotes, golden eagles, and, occasionally, grizzly bears. This is where the elk spend the day hiding and resting in the deep dark and rugged coulees, and, at sunset, drift up into the grass land or hay land hill tops. Then, shortly before sunrise, the twenty four hour migration reverses and the elk return to the coulees. This year, the Robertson Draw fire in the nearby Rocky Mountains seems to have disrupted the timing of the migration a little bit. During the fire, a grizzly bear came out of the mountains and discovered a new place to dine on elk. Maybe that is why the large band seems to be somewhat segmented and travels back into the coulees earlier in the morning that it used to. Or maybe I am just over thinking things. Never the less, it is always a pleasure to be in the hills at sunrise when the air is still cool, the curlews and meadow larks are singing, and the elk are silently drifting away.
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July 10th, 2021
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