Elk are shedding velvet

[cnelk]

Grabbed these pics from a guy who takes some amazing photos.

These were taken over the weekend in Colorado

You can see more of his photos here - https://johncannonoutdoorphotos.com/

 

[Walkstoomuch]

Those are some wild photos!

 

[justinspicher]

Those are pretty awesome pictures.

 

[PineBrook413]

They sure are! wow!

 

[Still Hunter]

love them!

 

[Read1t48]

Amazing

 

[Roger17]

I bet he'd take a really good photo with a cnelk holding up those antlers. That's the pic I want to see.

 

[5MilesBack]

That first guy is screaming. Of course if I had all that crap hanging off my head I'd be screaming too. Great pics. I don't think I'd come out of the bushes until it was all scraped off.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing

 

[WanderingWapiti]

Geezeeee. Amazing shots. Thank you for sharing.

 

[bz_711]

Looking like Medusa

 

[Warrior27]

Very cool!!!!

 

[Jmoore]

Nice!

 

[deadend88]

John is a great guy and takes amazing photos! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Buffalo0922]

Wow those are incredible shots!

Is there any approx timeframe from velvet shedding to rut starting?

 

[Hnthrdr]

Wow those are incredible shots!

Is there any approx timeframe from velvet shedding to rut starting?

Based on daylight length/ when cows come into estrus +/- temp/ weather for how active they are perceived to be

 

[JohnMC]

Brad thanks for sharing. I'll add a deer picture as I just joined and want to see if it will let me add picture. Thanks for the compliment. I enjoy taking pictures of critters.

 

[Buffalo0922]

Based on daylight length/ when cows come into estrus +/- temp/ weather for how active they are perceived to be

Thank you - didn’t know if there was a correlation or not