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To purchase this image as an exclusive limited edition print please visit my website @ WWW.NATEZEMAN.COMThe bugling elk is one of the most unique sounds you will hear, and a sure sign that fall has arrived. The elk rut is in full swing, and evening in the valleys are filled with these calls. I sat and watched this massive bull for an hour or so as he kept his harem in check and made sure no other bulls got too close.
Click this [link] .. its a video of an bugling elk if youve never heard one
Bull Elk - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
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Comments: 29
C-Zavala [2008-02-22 06:59:58 +0000 UTC]
Would you mind if i used this as a photorefrence for a drawing? of course credit would be giving to your great shot.
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Placidus-Sinistra [2007-11-24 12:23:23 +0000 UTC]
thankyou for the link! i'd never've thought they sounded like that. it reminds me of whales. it was so funny to watch them - even though the elks are very serious about it of course
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pesire [2007-10-12 19:09:44 +0000 UTC]
ive heard them many tmes before, they are so awsome!, i love the sound!!!
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Micheliin [2007-09-29 17:55:36 +0000 UTC]
I LOVE this sounds, It's so amazing. And You've become one of my favourite deviants. You have an AMAZING gallery and takes amazing pictures, you capture the moment. gotta say wow.
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davidkawena [2007-09-24 13:16:29 +0000 UTC]
I can't take it anymore! Your pictures are so amazing!!!!!
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KiRAWRa [2007-09-13 03:53:24 +0000 UTC]
I love the sound elk make, its so weird. LoL
The colors in this picture are beautiful; do you tweak with them at all? Your pictures are just too perfect XD
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Pyridoxine [2007-09-12 19:00:28 +0000 UTC]
I was expecting a deeper, thick almost throaty call; that surprised me. Wonderful shot as well, it reminds me of my Alberta homeland.
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CorazondeDios [2007-09-12 07:45:40 +0000 UTC]
really nice shot.
thanks for posting the link to a bugling elk. I was wondering what they sounded like from the second I saw the photo and read the title.
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CorazondeDios In reply to CorazondeDios [2007-09-12 07:47:31 +0000 UTC]
DAYUMN!
that is sooo eerie and so weird! I had no idea they would sould like that. They sound like some winged creature flying out of Mordor in Lord of the Rings, with a Ringwraith on their backs.
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Livewire07 [2007-09-12 05:17:36 +0000 UTC]
I've been to that park, and I heard their calls...It's a very cool noise, really. Not what you would expect from an animal like that.
Great photo!
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catnipkitty [2007-09-12 02:15:44 +0000 UTC]
That is such a cool sound! I've never heard that before.
Neat picture!!
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jadewolf926 [2007-09-12 01:55:15 +0000 UTC]
Great shot! I just moved from northern CO to NY and one thing (among many) I REALLY miss is going to RMNP and seeing the rut :/
Nice to see pictures of it at least Especially a very beautiful one!
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JaspersAutumn [2007-09-12 00:35:32 +0000 UTC]
That's gorgeous. < 3
I love elk. :3 Their calls too.
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Aurora-Marille [2007-09-12 00:35:15 +0000 UTC]
Gorgeous. They're such amazing animals and so fascinating to watch.
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hunter1828 [2007-09-11 20:38:10 +0000 UTC]
Great shot. What a magnificent bull he is. We've got a few cows wandering through the park right now, but no bulls seen (or heard) so far.
RWT
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Nate-Zeman In reply to hunter1828 [2007-09-11 20:43:53 +0000 UTC]
yeah the elks in rmnp are everywhere, pretty much any valley you check out will have a few herds. pretty awesome!
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Zenichiru [2007-09-11 19:25:15 +0000 UTC]
What an awesome sound.
It's so differen't from any other animal sound.
Nice picture
You're lucky to see such neat things so often.
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hunterinkoseh [2007-09-11 19:12:45 +0000 UTC]
I think the elk call is one of the most alien/exotic things I've ever heard.
Well it can't really be exotic if its in the same country. o_0 Beautiful picture anyways and I'm so jealous that you got to see one! I've heard them but have never seen them!
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