A woman received a rude lesson in wildlife safety at Estes Park recently, when she wandered too close to a bull elk during rutting season. The visitor tried to sneak past the animal, which was clearly ...

It's mating season for elk, and one particularly aggressive bull at Estes Park, Colorado, has been showing his dominance by charging anything in his way, including people and cars. A video of the ...

The 2025 whitetail rut peaked early, just after Halloween, and ended abruptly around Veterans Day. The rut has two distinct ...

Wyoming’s wild bison are the first of the ungulates (hooved animals) to kick off the fall breeding season, or rut. For bison, the rut starts in July, but really gets going in August and carries into ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — The elk mating period has begun in Colorado. Starting Sept. 1, Rocky Mountain National Park officials institute their annual closures to prevent disturbance and harassment of elk ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed deer through the brush. I stopped and made a slow stalk through the weeds and ...

While bucks are fattening their bodies and growing antlers, female deer (otherwise known as does) are preparing for a short period of breeding behavior or estrus. This breeding period, called deer ...

A Texas State Park warned visitors of its bison as they enter into rutting season and bulls may display high amounts of aggression. Caprock Canyons State Park is home to the Texas State Bison where ...