9 Places We Go to Witness the Elk Rut (and hear the bugling) 

It’s almost that time of the year - when the leaves turn, the weather cools down and we start hearing bugling in the meadows - Welcome Elk Rut!

Estes Park in the Rocky Mountain National Park

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Cataloochee Valley in the Smoky Mountain National Park

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Yellowstone National Park Alongside the Gardner River

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Uinta National Forest Utah

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Gila National Forest New Mexico

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Grand Teton National Park

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Lower Valleys in the Olympic National Park

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Benezette Township in Pennsylvania

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Jackson Hole in Wyoming

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