The Roosevelt Elk is the largest elk subspecies. For those following my new series, it's about "est"...i.e. largest, heaviest, tallest...etc. Several more to come. This big fella was found in Redwoods National and State Parks, California.
Several elk investigate a trail camera on the National Elk Refuge. This image or recording is the work of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
Flickr photos above were identified by the individual photographers but not reviewed by EoPS. Contact us to report errors. There are more than 750,000 Elk today, many living on federally protected lands in the United States and Canada.