Kyra and Bobbi Cline, 11 and 7, hold up an elk antler they found. Courtney Flatt, NWPR/EarthFix. At 6 a.m., the gates finally open for lines of cars, horses and hikers.

Officials in Colorado tranquilized and removed an elk's antlers to free the animal from a baby swing it was tangled in. Here, an immature elk is pictured eating grass in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Late last month, reports of an elk with a tire stuck on its antlers in Maple Valley began to surface. As Christian Duthweiler relayed to KIRO Newsradio and MyNorthwest, he spotted the animal with ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — Elk selfies. Not a good idea. So say the officials in this mountain town who warn that in the eternal battle of nature vs. iPhone, the antlers have a decided advantage. The ...

All for antlers, mostly from elk, but other species, too, like deer and moose. The annual antler cycle starts in March when most mature bull elk shed both their antlers, which usually weigh about ...

An elk sirloin steak at Antler Ridge Elk Ranch in Ely on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) Elk antlers hang from a tree at Antler Ridge Elk Ranch in Ely on Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2018.

Elk carried rope swing stuck on antlers for 6 months. He’s finally free, CO video shows By Brooke Baitinger. Updated April 27, 2023 9:19 AM.

Today, antler prices run as low as $15 a pound.In an effort to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, many states already require elk ranchers to permanently and individually identify each ...

Sports; Outdoors; Study finds elk hoof disease may affect antlers Thu., June 2, 2022 WSU scientists are researching a rapidly spreading disease that causes elk to suffer deformed hooves, lameness ...

Colorado hikers can keep an eye out for antlers during ‘shed hunting’ season There are approximately 280,000 elk and 400,000 mule deer in Colorado, according to the state ...