Tag: rut

As Winter Begins

After the south gates close us off from the interior of Yellowstone, we begin to settle into times on the Northern Range.  If you want to spend your days in…
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2015 Elk Rut is now in Session!

I had to laugh yesterday morning, September, 1, 2015, because it was as if the alarm clock went off, announcing Fall, and the elk rut began.  There had been little…
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Yellowstone Bison

Bison are the animal most closely associated with Yellowstone mostly because they make up the largest and oldest bison herd in the United States. Yellowstone bison are considered plains bison…
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The Butt Game

The wolf action has died down and the various packs and groups have all gone back to their own territories, leaving at least one dead pup and one badly injured…
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The Big Boys do some Talking

After an all day snowstorm yesterday, Yellowstone was bright, white, clear and cold this morning.  Not as cold as it has been but felt much colder - brutal comes to…
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Love on the rocks

Went out into the park this morning and found it to be nearly as quiet as it had been two days before.  Seems odd, how many quiet days that we…
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Touchdown

Touchdown must have higher than average intelligence when it comes to being a bull elk because his strategy to gain Mammoth and hold on till the end worked with very…
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A lot of bull!

Tonight's report comes from Yellowstone's neighbor - Grand Teton National Park.  Did you know that the two park's used to be married but got a divorce?  Well, I know that…
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Season of the Ungulates

  I think of Fall as the season of the ungulates (two-toed mammals) because that is when chaos erupts and the guys begin chasing the ladies. The bison rut is…
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Rut in the Tetons

I hear a lot of people wanting to get to Rocky Mountain National Park or Yellowstone for the annual elk rut, either to watch or take photos, but very few…
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Bison Madness

  For the past several weeks I have been coveting the previous display of wildflowers in Yellowstone, spending hour upon hour sitting near the most beautiful flowers and hoping for…
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