Rutting behavior shown here, a big bull elk fresh out of a mud wallow tends a receptive cow bedded in a conifer forest.
Portfolio: Elk Photos
Tags: animals, autumn, bedded, behavior, bulls, conifers, courtship, cows, elk, forests, large, lying down, pines, portraits, resting, Rocky Mountains, rutting, scenes, tending, trees, wildlife, woods
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