Cashmere and East Wenatchee Home Inspections- Call of the Wild

Published by Don Hester on

Cashmere and East Wenatchee Home Inspections- Call of the Wild

In route to a recent home inspection in the Kittitas county I came across this herd of elk (or wapiti). Elk, to me, are one of the most beautiful of the deer family. The elk is a large, powerful animal with an adult weight averaging over 400 pounds.

 Elk Prints

In the spring elk often group together with the cows and calves in one herd, the older bulls in another herd and the younger bulls in still another herd. Young and old bulls may be found together, and yearling bulls may be found with the cow herds from time to time.

 Elk Herd Kittitas Wa

Like this herd they are often made up of an older dominant cow, her sisters, their daughters and their daughter’s daughters etc.

Elk Cows

The older bulls often remain apart from the cows until the beginning of the rut in late August/early September, and stay with them until November.

Elk of both sexes and all ages may be found together in the winter, especially when food sources are limited.

Cashmere and East Wenatchee Home Inspections- Call of the Wild

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