A bull elk bugles in open meadows at Moraine Park on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park on Oct. 8, 2021. The Elk rut is the mating season for elk and begins in September and ...

Across North America, elk are gearing up for their annual breeding season, known as the rut. As exciting a spectacle as it may be to behold, visitors to a number of national parks are being warned to ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. (KKTV) - Rangers are asking visitors to keep their distance as the elk mating season begins at Rocky Mountain National Park. The fall mating season, also known as the elk rut season, ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. – Beginning Monday, annual meadow closures will go into effect in Rocky Mountain National Park to prevent the disturbance and harassment of elk during their fall mating season.