When “on the alert” elk raise their heads high, open their eyes wide, move stiffly and rotate their ears to listen.
December 27, 2018
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December 27, 2018 midnight
Snow brings elk to the lowlands
Last week, during my travels in Boundary County, I observed approximately 76 cow and calf elk and three bulls in one large herd in the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, where they had been grazing most of the week.