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Rocky Mountain Elk

Cervus canadensis nelsoni

Photo by Jellis
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Most hunters would know the difference if this is Rocky Mountain or Roosevelt. These were spotted grazing on the side of the road in what looks like private land but no fencing on route 503.

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Comments (3)
Jellis
Thank you. These two species are hard tell when they close to overlapping. The size, color and antlers shows on line almost the same. We had to have the driver stop cause the were so close. Some hunters did too. Not in season yet so I guess they were preshopping.
Neil Ross
I totally agree with Jemma. Excellent series of these beautiful animals. Glad you shoot with a camera.
HemaShah
Truly beautiful pics!! SOTD material. I hope you get one on this!!
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013

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