![]() This includes a non-typical in 1999 that stretched the tape to over 440 inches and a 414 5/8 non-typical taken in 2002. ![]() However, in the past few years hunters have been killing an inordinate amount of big bulls in Alberta. It was at one time thought that all the best Elk bulls in Alberta were found in Banff, Waterton and Jasper National Parks and that they seldom ventured outside the confines of these protected areas into adjacent hunting zones until well after the season closed. The Elk's main predator is the mountain lion, and sometimes bears consume the young. The gestation period for calves is 255-275 days. Once the velvet of his antlers has been discarded, the bull Elk begins assembling his harem of up to 60 cows. This nocturnal creature is primarily a grazer, feeding on woody vegetation and lichen. They are found predominantly along the eastern shadow of the Rocky Mountain zones (WMUs in the 400s), and in the high basins of the Foothill zones (WMUs in the 300s), although in recent years they have been expanding their range into the forested Northern Boreal zones (WMUs in the 500s) and Parkland zones (WMUs in the 200s). A six-point or better bull Elk placed conspicuously on the trophy-room wall is true testament to a hunter's prowess.Īlberta has a growing population of Elk (also known as Wapiti) that numbers in the neighborhood of 26,000 animals. Elk hunting is never easy, but the rewards for patience and perseverance are high. The mere sight of one of these grand creatures bugling on a misty September morning, or thrusting its way through chest-deep snow in mid-November is enough to make some hunters abandon all trace of common sense and go to extremes to harvest one of the magnificent beasts. There are few big game animals that captivate the human imagination like that of a Rocky Mountain bull Elk.
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