Football season has started in Estes Park, Colorado, and so has the elk rut. Footage from Good Bull Guided Tours shows bull elk hanging around a high school football practice, and the kids seem to be unaffected by their presence. In the video, an elk walks up a hill and looks like it’s about to join the practice. It even lets out a bugle.
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“Put us in coach, we’re ready!!” joked Good Bull Guided Tours in the Instagram post sharing the video. “Not only is it the best time of the year because of the elk rut, but it’s officially football season!!”
“The real linebackers are ready coach,” wrote one person in the comments section.
Watch an elk “join” a football practice below (or see it here).
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