Sunfield Township (WXMI) — An 8-year-old girl is the youngest person on record in the state of Michigan to successfully hunt an elk. On Dec. 14, Braeleigh Miller was out hunting with her dad when she shot and killed a nearly 400-pound elk. “They were all still in the field when it got daylight, and […]
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An elk’s-eye view of migrating through Yellowstone
That elk migrate in and out of Yellowstone every year in vast herds is more than a triumph of movement. Every spring, tens of thousands of elk divided among nine different herds traverse perilously rocky terrain, swim across fast-moving rivers, and scale precipitous mountain slopes. They do what researchers refer to as “surfing the green […]
Yellowstone Elk – Cervus elaphus
The Elk in Yellowstone National Park are a wonderful sight to see and photograph. They can be extremely close on or off in the distance. They coexist with humans in Yellowstone and some people forget that they are wild animals. For more pictures and information, please see my blog at http://photobee1.blogspot.com/2012/09/yellowstone-elk.html
Roe (and other deer) Hazards
People, cars, and deer—put them together and you’ve got trouble. A rapidly urbanizing planet is transforming wild lands into habitat for humanity, and the non-human species living in these previously undeveloped areas must either adapt to the new landscape, find someplace else to live (not an easy task), or be erased from the biological census. […]