Two bull elk had it out in a street in Estes Park, Colorado, near Rocky Mountain National Park, and a passerby caught the action on video. One elk starts to move in on the other’s space, and then the two clash in a frenzy of antlers. There’s a clear winner in this brawl—and some bugling, too.
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“ELK BRAWL in Estes Park!” wrote Drury Outdoors, the Instagram account that shared the video credited to Jeremy Bennett. “Volume [up] for this roadside clash. They’re fired up . . . and so are we.”
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With official rut season just around the corner, residents of Estes Park will likely begin to see an uptick in this type of behavior. During elk rut in Rocky Mountain National Park, elk are in their mating season, and the bull elk fight for dominance to show off for the females. They bugle, they brawl, they display, they wallow.
Though it’s a bit early, this show of aggression is a good preview of what’s coming in September and October.
See the elk brawl in a Colorado street here:
Learn more about elk rut season here:
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