Life of Elk! The year-round life cycle of elk.

[@hardthornedoutdoors7961]

My girlfriend grew up in a big city and I had her with me a couple years ago in the elk woods. Seeing a six point bull scream in her face at 50 yards got her to fall in love with elk! She loves seeing them and I love hunting them. Thanks RMEF for everything you do for our herds and heritage. I’m waiting to hear a bugle right now

[@MarcPhillip911]

That is fun elk are my favorite hunting or just watching.

[@justinrees2400]

The life of elk near my house: Spring: Grazing up high Summer: bugling like crazy Fall: Hide like ninjas during the hunts Winter: Come down in the middle of the night to destroy my hay stack and fencing without leaving their antlers. Gotta love em, they are still awesome animals. Thanks RMEF!

[@rmef]

It's a vicious cycle, isn't it?

[@walterhennerman2061]

I live the same dream. Out of 20 bulls, I might get 3 or 4 sheds. The traitors. The feed off my hay stack all winter and run off somewhere else and shed

[@calebelkins217]

Definitely a helpful video. Thank you for keeping them around for us to enjoy.

[@vic5828]

Excellent video! I am glad I am a member of RMEF helping to support the cause.

[@hunt4064]

Victor Burk same bro

[@richardblakesley9528]

Every hunter shoukd be. Right on Brother

[@5five6rudy]

Alberg, I’m just curious if that’s your same beliefs for my native people of these lands that hunted way before illegal immigrant settlers came to this country?

[@bobpickett3788]

Our band, the Red Lion Pipe Band, went to a festival at Estes Park, Colo. As the massed bands began playing & marching down the Main Street, the elk were gathered in town. As the bagpipes began, the elk answered from all around to the sounds, especially the high notes!

[@Lizuma]

I love deer species, they are very unique and pretty. I especially love the elk and moose. Im glad the antlers werent confused with horns in this one :)

[@IsaiahINRI]

Same i love deer, i especially love the antlers and the way bucks stand tall and sentinel like it looks very majestic (not a word i use much)

[@ooglyfrog9638]

Haha me too! So sad that you won’t be able to see them in the wild anymore in Colorado😕 grey wolves🙄. This year, I went elk hunting for 9 days and almost everyday we ran into elk. It was the most amazing experience I have ever had. Very humbling.

[@georginacox7292]

I like them too UK Madeline Moose film

[@chancegivens9390]

You'd love megaloceros then!

[@hunt4064]

This was an amazing video... well put together. Man the rut is sooo fun to hunt

[@2cozy256]

elks are cool but have they ever even tried dmt?

[@SellsZac]

Pretty sure Rogan got a complete pass through of a DMT tipped arrow on one last year, so for at least a second its mind was expanded.

[@keegantoresdahl2025]

it's elk not elks

[@flakocruz920]

They eat Aminita Mascara mushrooms 🍄🍄🍄 up north and trip out that's where they be called Reindeer

[@kodyarocho4618]

Real question....who wins a fight....grizzly or gorilla bro

[@TwoBit4333]

@@flakocruz920 I love your vibe bro but them be called caribou outside of Santa’s domain

[@blackbeltjones2903]

an Elk's top 4 predators in order: 4. Bobcats 3. Grizzly Bears 2. Grey Wolves 1. Joe Rogan

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@John Smith bobcats???? bobcats. uh, that's almost as bad as this video talking about predators and showing a coyote.

[@jimdungbeatle548]

Dwight St John 😂 for real

[@blackbeltjones2903]

@@dwightstjohn6927 chill. It's simply meant as in what they 'predate' on.

[@justten3243]

Should’ve put Cougars

[@MDAFNAN.HOSSAIN789]

S0 uh ikio Masha

[@montanalivin8248]

Loved this video! Loved the time I got to live in Montana and absolutely loved hunting this majestic creature!

[@kellisuzuki8889]

0:24 male walk 0:30 female walk 0:46 head turn 0:52 head up 1:12 hind, turn and walk 1:18 idle, ear flicks + graze 1:53 run 2:02 turn 2:13 trot

[@WhyPhi]

They have good moves

[@latgis8114]

They took "Cha Cha real smooth" to another level

[@coleerickson2726]

Helped me complete my biology project in college, thank you!

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

Beautiful creatures and video thank you )

[@caseyrayrichmond]

This is awesome! I'm joining RMEF tonight ! Love what you guys do, keep it up!

[@christianhumphreysmusic7466]

I appreciate how they gave hunters credit me being an avid hunter I very much enjoy knowing we make a good impact on nature

[@tankerd1847]

Awesome video, does exactly what it says in the title!

[@matwest711]

I love how the bulls get with the lady’s then dip off into the mountains for adventures with the boys.

[@churchofthegreatpumpkin]

I wish peta would watch this video and see what helping animals REALLY means.

[@IsaiahINRI]

@Zino Bonnie shut up meg

[@IvanIvanov-vy7pt]

Hey, that's simply too much to ask of them/scientists. They would have to get their asses off the couch and get into the mountains!

[@brendanmorin9935]

The main goal of veganism is to end factory farming.. what does factory farming have to do with hunting??

[@brendanmorin9935]

@Meow Meow obviously most vegans don’t support hunting, but hunting is no where near as bad for animals OR the environment OR people’s health as factory farming is. Trust me, ending hunting is no where near the top of the list on the vegan agenda lol. There are even some vegans who support sustainable hunting

[@blackbeltjones2903]

I mean, PETA are vilified a lot by certain groups but they do good work. It's not so black and white.

[@WildWestTrail]

fascinating subject matter, thanks for putting this together.

[@hunt4064]

I’m glad I’m an elk hunter and supporter here in Montana!

[@IsaiahINRI]

I dont hate hunters and i absolutely understand the need for hunting not just in a conservation way but in a cultural way and id totally hunt myself but i dont think i could bring myself to kill a deer, they are my favorite animals second to giraffe, i know you dont hate them and you appreciate probably more than i do but i dont have the heart to do it, i think the city that has grown around me over the past few years has gotten to me lol

[@backcountrysurvivalists]

Love this video! I’m a hunter myself and think these animals are beautiful! That’s why I hunt

[@HarleyQuinn_93]

I like that the narrator reminded us that hunters are the greatest conservationists. Nobody really understands what would happen if animals like elk, caribou, whitetail deer and more animals became overpopulated... overpopulation can lead to a great number, a genocidal number of animals dying off. That and we would see these animals appear in strange, dangerous places like Los Angeles Hollywood Boulevard...

[@maninthezoo]

Alberg go away you don’t know anything about hunting or conservation

[@HarleyQuinn_93]

@@mbr936 Well maybe the part about animals ending up in big cities but no everything else is accurate anyways..... get out of here vegan.... you’re either a vegan or choose the lives of animals above humans.... either way I have no interest in speaking with you

[@jacobrodriguez1150]

Exactly, imagine seeing elk and other unusual game in the Bronx NY? That doesn’t seem natural

[@anthonyfrey2992]

keep telling yourself that the real predator that is supposed to keep them in check are wolves. but humans have pushed them into near extinction. The notion that hunters are supposed to keep the population down is total bs. Im defintiley not opposed to hunting for food but lets be real.

[@jadejack44]

Iiuyn

[@lindadixon9580]

Awesome video !!

[@rmef]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tidepods3182]

I’m excited to go elk hunting in Colorado this year

[@ooglyfrog9638]

Enjoy it while you can! You might not see anything at all after they release the wolves. I just got my first elk this year! Most amazing experience ever.

[@waynesigmon5628]

I encourage everybody that watch join the Elk Foundation is a good organization to help out and help preserve hunting and elk habitat cross this country

[@gregorydimaio3260]

Thank u for saving these anaimals so all can enjoy a good hunt

[@b3tchabunni3zyt63]

One of my favorite animal is elk. Im already a member.

[@rmef]

Thank you for your support!

[@MarcPhillip911]

Amen

[@melodies2013]

Instructive comments, pleasant diction, agreeable to listen to..

[@bakhtiarsufi8325]

Thank you for the greet job

[@sdf1990]

thank you for everything you do!

[@alpha8348]

3:31 his tounge XD

[@olintheblasphemer9825]

alpha demon *licks hole*

[@blackbeltjones2903]

He's trying to eat like groceries

[@B-mang]

reminds me of Scarface when his buddy whos him how to pick up american girls

[@ladyyuna2000]

Beautiful Elk

[@blackwifi5562]

Elk is a legendary animal

[@ericsanchez4638]

I love the Elks 💕💕💕💕

[@elkhuntr2816]

Wish you would explain the transitions of elk between summer range, to peak rut phase, to post rut phase. When we see rubs, we know that was most likely their summer range. Where are the bulls in september, then october?

[@rmef]

Hello, here is some more information on elk and elk our - outdoorclass.com/the-journal/deciphering-the-elk-calendar-with-randy-newberg/ OutdoorClass' University of Elk Hunting with Corey Jacobsen also goes over all this information and more - outdoorclass.com/instructors/university-of-elk-hunting/

[@janethartwig774]

For such a huge beast it sure has a girly high pitched bugle. Carries further but just comical.

[@seldramariaoliveiradossant3556]

Acho lindo esses animais e o som que eles fazem...Obrigada

[@timothyrothrock4173]

You should check out Pennsylvania's elk heard. Pa has been producing great bulls. Hunting for sheds is a huge event in Pa

[@azoutdoors2344]

The largest elk herds that I've seen are out on Mormon Lake in Northern Arizona.

[@jeremyhahn2478]

Go camping in north Colorado during the rut. Its insane.

[@walterhennerman2061]

Yep. I live there

[@orest395]

So raindeer are smaller than elk?

[@beaubrashier7284]

This is 7 minutes we’ll spent

[@numidianarchers195]

I've always wondered about the claim that calves and fawns are without scent given that so much of the human microbiome is the result of passing through our mother's birth canal - how do calves and fawns do the same and escape the bacteria that are responsible for our microbiome produced scent? Maybe it's inactive scent glands - so not without scent completely; just without as much.

[@papanoted4328]

Good vid!

[@coloradooutdoorman2223]

The largest population of elk are in colorado. The most amazing animal

[@wolvesSuckelkrule]

Elk Are Cool! Wolves need to learn that they should leave 'em alone or get kicked!

[@zawadilynn7533]

Where does one find an elk in Kentucky? I thought they were only in the Carolinas ( apart from western states.)

[@rmef]

Kentucky has the largest elk herd east of the Mississippi River - numbering approximately 13,000. More details here: fw.ky.gov/Hunt/Pages/ElkInKentucky.aspx

[@tooncoppens5969]

Strange to think the people hunting the elk actually help them, but as we can see, it works :)

[@brendanmorin9935]

But imagine if they helped with, but also didn’t hunt them- imagine how great that would be! But hunters only help the elk because it benefits their hobby

[@SAVAGEturtle19]

@@brendanmorin9935 I haven't hunted, but I'll respect the hunter over the supermarket shopper any day

[@brendanmorin9935]

@@SAVAGEturtle19 I agree with that (if the are hunting sustainably). But that doesn’t mean that’s it’s okay, it just means that’s it’s not AS bad

[@Navs126]

@@brendanmorin9935 you’re speaking on a subject you obviously don’t understand. I mean this in the kindest way. Please start doing some research on why animals are hunted and then comment.

[@brendanmorin9935]

@@Navs126 what did I say specifically that makes you think I don’t understand this topic?

[@riza876]

Love elk

[@jesusmagana8228]

Also in NORTHERN MEXICO 🇲🇽 THEY LIVE BUT STILL IN THE STATE IN CHIHUAHUA MEX.

[@peniseater3911]

Such amazing creatures, yet I still get jack shit for them when hauling them all the way back to Valentine. C'mon, Rockstar.

[@Boatman9867]

Try Rhodes. Got 7.50 for a perfect elk hide.

[@VitaTheMerm]

Fr

[@alexandrache7224]

Awesome

[@kenhuff8493]

And then fish and game stood 60,000,000.00 dollars from the Pittman and Roberson act and reenterduced the wolf that are destroying the elk herds along with the moose and deer.

[@itsjay6681]

Actually, the wolves help to keep the elk populations in check; which helps to keep populations of not just animals, but plants maintained as well

[@brycewatt2893]

Job security. LOL (100% sarcasm)

[@nmarbletoe8210]

Wolves are essential to the ecosystem, like hunters are.

[@thomasb2867]

Elk steaks are so good, better than beef.

[@ashton7790]

Bison is amazing mmmm

[@deananddevonoutdoors9170]

Elk steak is my favorite food

[@justten3243]

Y’all are eating elks and bisons?

[@ooglyfrog9638]

@@justten3243 not buffalo. But hunters are eating elk. I just got and elk a couple days ago and we are gonna have steaks😫🤤

[@14149bb]

Nice vid.thanks

[@krisflood5734]

my mouth is watering. YUM

[@enderemus]

Being an elk male must feel amazing

[@IsaiahINRI]

They always seem so proud, not in a bad way

[@bulatante870]

Ender Black it’s called Joe Rogan

[@casperko8311]

What about West Virginia?

[@reddeadredemptionfan9965]

I love eating elk My family is part of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

[@courageukrainian2208]

I just shot my first elk today here in Utah got a 5 point decent sized bull elk on the last day of the hunt and I’m thankful because I eat the elk to

[@Noctifern]

That's awesome man, I was just up hunting with a buddy and he got a shot on a nice 6x6 over water and I got it all on film, sadly we never found the bull

[@courageukrainian2208]

Lucifer that’s unfortunate man cool you’re buddy got a chance at a bull tho I use a mark V Weatherby in 30-378 and the elk dropped in one shot I use the 30-378 for everything to be honest I don’t think I’ve ever had to put more than 2 shots into something man have good day

[@Noctifern]

@@courageukrainian2208 oh ya, nice , ya we were bowhunting, it's tough

[@jdpenterprises1]

Kenny Powers narrating?

[@aqthegamer]

nice!

[@kirapalmer2814]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@PatsyWhalen-p5y]

Rusty Lodge

[@lifedownnorth3011]

Doug? Doug Gardner?

[@kevinjones2667]

Roosevelt elk weigh up to 1200 pounds my friend. Rocky mountain elk are thinner

[@lukepollard8503]

Why do y’all always leave Arkansas out of places that elk have been reintroduced?

[@rmef]

RMEF was not involved in the reintroduction of elk to Arkansas.

[@StracheyZenobia-e2z]

Keeling Mission

[@chuckclare4306]

Thank you for letting everyone know that conservation is funded by hunters

[@chuckclare4306]

Alberg I know what rut means. also you’re wrong. leaving the wild unattended would be alright if we hadn’t made the past mistake of killing of most the elk/deer’s natural predators. if they are not hunted then they will overpopulate due to having no natural predators

[@chuckclare4306]

Alberg I wasn’t suggesting a solution. They’re really is no need for a solution because hunting control their population well enough to keep the species thriving. It also provides opportunities for humans to become closer to nature and how to respect the kill. Hunting also can provide someone with a food source (though it would be cheaper to buy meat) and it is so much fun to be in the woods and experience nature. Hunting is not humans taking advantage of nature and game, hunting is humans embracing and become one with it. We are being another part of the ecosystem and enjoying nature in a way no one else can experience. Now tell me, is hunting really ruining elk populations or is it just you complaining because you think it’s mean.

[@chuckclare4306]

Alberg the only thing wrong with their habitats is the lack of predation. The only solution to that is to replace the predators. Humans replace wolves and bears that were chased out of that area long ago. The humans are the predators now. Their is no way to get the predators back, other than to ship them in like cargo. It can’t happen, even if the predators are protected and we are allowing them to thrive. There is no way the elk will have a natural predator (maybe in the future) in soon enough time to control there population and keep them from over populating

[@chuckclare4306]

Alberg I’m making the assumption you don’t hunt. That means you don’t spend hundreds a year on licenses and tags. All that money I spend goes towards wildlife conservation because I am paying that money to the state. Now since you don’t hunt, what money do you contribute to wildlife conservation. I don’t see you pitching in any money, building forests, or keeping wildlife at bay. Lead by example

[@chuckclare4306]

Alberg So if this loving of predators is possible it would cost way more in whatever is necessary to move them than it would be to have people pay the state to be predators. It is unrealistic to ask a government to pay thousands to move predators when they can be given money for conservation and have a natural predator through hunting

[@trumptorianguard4617]

Great video but I’ll never understand why loud music is always inserted into these types of videos. I’m not a millennial so I watch for information not stimulation. I guess I got old😁. But thanks for the great video. God bless America and God bless President Trump! MAGA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!!! TRUMP 2020🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@thedarkwolfv7233]

* * Rocky Mountain Bull Elk *

[@lakshanx]

Joe Rogen has joined the chat

[@robertmintz63]

When Was this produced ? These population numbers may have been correct yrs ago but not currently ! There is a rapid decline in the numbers of all of the ungulate population & ranchers livestock are being harassed also!!

[@FalconFastest123]

Source?

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@@FalconFastest123 Mintz is in his condo in New Jersey, methinks. he's cross contaminating all kinds of infor. in his posts. I'm not wasting too much time on him. Na Noo, Na noo........outer space awaits.

[@ethanmartin1642]

So basically he’s elk

[@paulaleo1287]

Lol

[@Bob-cg9el]

@3:42 that bull is laughing at you

[@rmef]

They have a funny way of doing that.

[@MarcPhillip911]

@@rmef they do

[@tashaaw2228]

Whos here after watching Joe Rogans morning routine?

[@tacos4766]

Dang they left out the fun part, hunting season

[@fiversrevenge]

At that point? It was "Wabbit Season!"

[@coloradooutdoorman2223]

They didnt want to see all the tears, less than a third are successful

[@jaclyn4098]

More like "life of bull elk". there was almost no info on the females

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

@Brett Oaks lolol

[@ligiatorres8115]

Yeah th I lifecycle is about elkbulls not elkcows

[@kirkschreier2369]

So bull elk have calves now?

[@lebronjames5120]

0:35

[@toohandled]

seen u guys on insta

[@smekalmusik]

Its a deer

[@brucekelly677]

Ft collins elk fountain banger phone numbers

[@Npawgtoojusa253]

😂😂 I just realized it's luke bryan

[@dalanwanbdiska6542]

303 british for my elk

[@marsv2821]

I jut got 7 by 7 bull

[@ravenfeather7087]

Not quite right about the weight. Roosevelt or Olympic males on the west coast can weigh 1200 lbs as can some male elk in Alaska. Some mature bulls from Raspberry Island (Alaska) have weighed nearly 1300 lb.

[@nicolehailey2089]

But the video is about Rocky Mountain Elk....so....

[@richardsmith6610]

Even for Rocky Mountain elk the weights given are not representative of some actuals. I harvested a cow in CO that had a hanging weight of 582lbs, so it was over 200 lbs heavier on the hoof than the max stated in the video.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

@@richardsmith6610 What do you think the average CO cow and bull would be? I'm in NM and is it similar here I wonder. Interesting stories and relevant input!

[@richardsmith6610]

@@nmarbletoe8210 In my experience average Rocky Mountian branch bulls would be in the range of 500-600lbs, and average mature cows in the range of 350-450 (live weight). The cow I mentioned in my post was a little heavier than my largest 6x bull, so it was a rare example of an exceptionally huge mature lead cow (took 6 loads to pack it out solo). I would have had a hard time believing a weight of a cow like that had I not been the hunter who had to quarter it and pack it out.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

@@richardsmith6610 thanks!

[@libanwarsame5428]

Nuh, hunting for fun is another form of cruelty.

[@jamesbender1967]

Elks

[@slimeee1001]

Joe rogan left the chat

[@theconceptsinscribed8859]

Joe rogan brought me here

[@yarddog8273]

Hunting requires conservation. Fixed it for ya.

[@Charmincarman]

Human encroachment and lack of habitat is the biggest threat to wildlife now. So look in a mirror if you would like someone to blame as you're just as culpable as anyone else. Wildlife management through hunting and the dollars provided by it are the reason wildlife populations continue to thrive despite loss of habitat.

[@MiguelMartinez-cs1ws]

Ya missed the part where elk loose there antlers dummy's.

[@mattwalker7951]

5:23 .... dummy

[@skankhunt-ip4vq]

This misinformed video says elk get up to 900lbs. In alaska, elk grow to be 1500 lbs

[@aakarfashion8062]

LOL, Hunting is conservation? Seriously....!

[@rmef]

Yes… seriously.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

Top predators are important in the environment, and the money also helps.

[@deananddevonoutdoors9170]

Yummy

[@daneeshaquintero9438]

O7ak8 l pl. No Kou

[@l.h.m8352]

stupid cartoons music

[@ana640]

Who is here from rdr2

[@MarcPhillip911]

This is about elk not a game

[@danielnewhouse5044]

Mankind came from elk.

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

How can you say "HUNTING" and "CONSERVATION" IN THE SAME SENTENCE?? One is killing, the other saving... HUH??!!??

[@rmef]

Provided that almost the entirety of funding is generated through hunter dollars, and the majority of conservation work is done by hunter-funded groups - Hunting IS Conservation.

[@hajdnahad2525]

Deborah Kennedy So simple minded... get out of the city and actually experience nature. You’re embarrassing yourself

[@davidburch453]

Cass Hickman She needs to look up the definition of “conservation”!!! “Preservation” is total NON use of resources, but “CONSERVATION” is WISE use of resources!!! Many uninformed city dwellers often get their terms mixed up!!! It’s bcuz they’ve never experienced a high country trip, either for hunting or just to get informed!!!!! Theses city dwellers think that the food (Beef, pork, etc) comes wrapped in cellophane in a store!!!