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Male or female elk?
Without antlers, I am no expert.
Is this a bull or cow? We thought cow...
Is this a bull or cow? We thought cow...

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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
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I'm not real sharp on Elk Anatomy. Without antlers this time of year, it's a crap shoot for me.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Mike
N454casull
Concur, at first glace, then I went back and looked more closely and I still think so. We don't really have much for scale but there are clues. For one thing she's ever so slightly sausage backed. A bull will have more of a straight line back. I guess with out scale it could be young of the year but I just gon't think so. BTW whoever took that pic did a great job and rhose look like long range targets in the back ground.
cow
Same way you tell the difference between a bull or a young heifer. :tooth:
― Douglas Adams
Meat Gazer!!!
That's the same look I get when standing at a urinal. :tooth:
I thought it was the look of disapproval that gave her away.
AKA: Former Founding Member
Yeah, she's got that look that says, "What are those clowns up to now?" :tooth:
The elk that got transplanted in TN are colored a little different. The bulls I've seen at the Royal Blue WMA have a lot more dark brown hair on their bellies than the cows.
― Douglas Adams
It's kind of hard to describe, but the males just look dominant.
Mike
N454casull
...Mike's right, you can usually tell a buck or bull by they way they move, even when you can't make out the horns...
Heck, just looks like dinner to me.
I agree when it comes to pronghorns. What I look for is the forward lean. Bucks tend to lean forward more so than the does do.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
I learned that from you, dude!
N454casull