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Sentence Examples The disease can cause female bison, cattle, and elk to abort their fetuses. It provides early spring forage not only for cattle and sheep, but for wild ruminants as well, including deer, bison, elk, and moose. Hair samples that have been recovered from alleged Bigfoot encounters have turned out to come from elk, bears or cows. You might even catch a glimpse of the tule elk that live in the reserve at the northern tip of the Point Reyes peninsula. Most elk are hunted in the forest, although I do know of migrational paths that change that story. It is also home to deer, elk and moose, and the rivers and lakes are alive with fish. The land around the ranch is a protected wintering area for elk, deer and bighorn sheep. From North America came squirrels and raccoons, bears and bison, eagles and an elk. Most of our customers are big-game hunters going after local whitetail deer or Western big game such as elk and mule deer. One summer morning a rack of antlers was visible in the distant meadow where the night before a pack of 14 wolves had taken down a bull elk. Wolves primarily hunt in packs for large prey such as moose, elk, bison, musk oxen, and reindeer. In some parts of America, people like to hunt deer, elk and bears, while in other areas they hunt wild boars. Today's elk are under such pressure that once the season opens they tend to hole up in the thickest cover they can find. Point out that whitetail deer and elk populations are exploding and we respond that mule deer hunting isn't like it was. On the roof of the cave deft hands had painted bison, elk, horses and wild boars. The fact that she consumed wild boar and dried elk in Estonia doesn't surprise me in the least. In addition to buffalo, men hunted larger game, such as deer, moose, mountain sheep, antelope, and elk. The bones of mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, lion, bison, and great Irish elk were found. Coyotes, white-tailed deer, elk, and even alligators can cause problems on the ground. Some of these destructive species include beavers, muskrats, elk, deer, voles, marmots, prairie dogs and geese. Show More Sentences They threatened to take my ammo away just to keep me from shooting every elk I saw. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological ailment of elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer. We also witness huge elk grazing, and for a brief intoxicating moment, a massive moose plodding across a stream. Wide-ranging and solitary, Siberian tigers rule a domain inhabited by wild boar and elk, which feed on the Korean pine's meaty nuts. The antlers of the giant deer, or Irish elk, grew as large as 10 feet across. They envision hunters coming here to stalk elk, loggers to fell selected trees. We also do rhubarb, strawberry, and lemon, and I make my own mincemeat out of elk meat. In recent winters, this has produced the ghoulish spectacle of mule deer, elk and antelope starving to death in endless fields of grass. The wetter-fleck, a long loden cape, is also still worn, as are knickers of elk hide or wool. Native grasses support cattle grazing and provide forage and shelter for native wild animals, such as elk, bighorn sheep, and sage grouse. In the summertime, elk come to nibble on the luxuriant grasses that grow on my living roof. You're likely to see grizzly bears, moose, and elk, and hear wolves howling at night. With both the.50 and the 45, I have taken bison, elk, antelope, white-tailed deer, axis deer, fallow deer and turkey. Expect to spot bison, elk, deer, moose, coyote and many winter birds during your ski. She was like a terrier worrying an elk hound, charging in and pressing an attack so fast and furious he had no choice but to defend himself. The cowboys left long ago, but the elk, bison, pronghorns, coyote and moose are still at large in a chilly wilderness. Sixty or so feet away, a couple of cow elk stepped from behind a screen of small trees. Normal conversations are possible at the shooting range and the sounds of wild turkeys or elk may be heard from long distances. This means a decline in habitat quality for grazers like bison and elk, whose winter-killed carcasses grizzlies feed upon. The habitat requirements of elk and their speed of migration are probably the same today as at the end of the Pleistocene. Show More Sentences Similarly, prairie chicken, sage grouse, and prairie elk will gain critical habitat when we establish bison and prairie dog reserves in the national grasslands. Wildlife is plentiful, including jackrabbits, mule deer, elk, pheasant, sage grouse, barn owls, bald and golden eagles, and dozens of species of songbirds. Either the child was buried at the same time the elk antler tools were made or 400 years later. The company also makes a variety of lures for whitetail and mule deer, bear and elk, as well as a number of unique cover scents, including cattle, hemlock and desert prairie. Roads fragment wildlife habitat, eliminating creatures that require big tracts of undeveloped land such as forest birds, elk, caribou, lynx, wolves, wolverines, and grizzlies. They had to infect the perfectly adequate data with the totally improbable idea of a 400-year-old heirloom elk antler tool. This 137,400-acre expanse supports prairie dogs, coyotes, foxes, black bears, mountain lions, bobcats, elk, mule deer, and over 200 kinds of birds. As of June 2004, the Alberta government tested more than 5,000 heads of wild white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk for the presence of chronic wasting disease. In some places we want cows but not bison, or mule deer but not coyotes, or cars but not elk. So while the Irish elk preferred relatively temperate conditions and semi-woodland habitats, the woolly mammoth was adapted to cold temperatures and open tundra. In the woods, a variety of large and small animals and birds are attracted to red maple, including deer, elk, screech owls, moose and pileated woodpeckers. They also used bows and arrows to hunt elk, deer, and mountain sheep, although hunting was often difficult on the hot, open plateaus of their homeland. Today's excess of elk and buffalo have destroyed woody species such as willow, aspen, cottonwood, alder and serviceberry along the streams and rivers. Tracks made by birds, elk, deer, big horn sheep, Rocky Mountain goats and the occasional mountain lion are more common in the Black Hills back country. Other times and places he wore elk antlers instead, or the fibrous horns of a rhino, dancing about the walls of torch-lit caverns with feather and paw, fin and claw. It always ends with death whether it is the death of our prey and our subsequent feast or the tragic death of a pack member, caught by the horns of an elk or trampled by deer. See wildlife such as bison, elk, mountain goats and bighorn sheep. Dinerstein believes bears, wolves, bison, and elk are the way to go if the goal is to restore the grandeur of the Pleistocene to the Great Plains. The five national and sixty six provincial parks contain a healthy population of bighorn sheep, mountain goats, elk, bears, wolves, bison and woodland caribou. During warmer periods the land turned into meadows and steppes, ideal grazing grounds for woolly mammoths, rhinoceroses, bison, horses, elk, and yaks. Show More Sentences You will see playful herds of antelope, moose and elk, bighorn sheep and bounding deer along with a plethora of smaller creatures carrying on their daily tasks unimpeded. By limiting livestock, controlling deer and elk populations, and revegetating, he said that much wildness could be returned to Utah's mountain and desert lands. And, from the south, chronic wasting disease is poised to decimate the elk herds. Any elk habitat expert, modern hunters as well as biologists, might take a stab at the time required for elk to make that journey. Prion diseases occur in sheep, goats, mink, mule deer, elk, cats and cows. Buy or sell the hides, hooves, dewclaws, sinews or capes of deer, elk and antelope. Many larger animals, such as wolf, bear and the European elk are today extinct. It isn't just billies that enter the bleak season with rut-depleted fat reserves, but rams, bull elk, buck deer, and others. Early next morning we were over at the elk carcass, and, as we expected, found that the bear had eaten his full at it during the night. In the pretty, tranquil valley, elk were feeding just off the highway, creating a gapers block. The bone usually employed in making the needle was the metapodiale bone of the deer and elk. Besides buffalo, elk, and deer hides, Mandans also used ermine and white weasel hides for clothing. The adjacent Great Plains grassland habitats are left to herds of elk, American bison, and pronghorn antelope. When alarmed, they will often display a distinctive flared rump, much like the American elk. Only a small number of these are globally extinct, most famously the Irish elk, great auk and woolly mammoth. There are also numerous Nordic Stone Age rock carvings, those of northern Scandinavia mostly portray elk. By 2009, over 440 elk were counted at Tomales Point's 2,600 acres of coastal scrub and grasslands. In 1999, 100 elk from Tomales Point were moved to the Limantour wilderness area of the Seashore and above Drakes Beach. And sometimes, the bugs themselves are the predators, the killers and consumers of elk. Your average elk hunter, if successful at all, usually shoots a raghorn bull or a cow. Show More Sentences The first elk to step into the clear was a raghorn bull, followed by two calves and then a mature cow. Raptors used their big claws to slash their prey, Some raptors attacked in packs the way wolves hunt elk and moose. It was a frozen landscape in the winter, but bustling with life in the summer, with vast herds of the now extinct mammoth, auroch and elk. Moose meat rivals elk and axis deer as the most delicious venison in the world. During 1989, I had the good fortune to bag a polar bear, Quebec caribou, Roosevelt elk, and Alaska brown bear. Twenty minutes west, Gold Bluffs Beach is one of the best spots on the coast to see herds of wild Roosevelt elk. This is a wonderful ride that takes you past tall trees, coastal grassland, beaches and, if you're lucky, a herd of Roosevelt elk. The Roosevelt elk of the Pacific Northwest is somewhat larger with an average weight between 700 and 1,100 lbs. I had the misfortune of a 10-hour flight to Las Vegas, sitting next to a 20-stone man snoring like the mating call of a bull elk. In September 2006, 160 elk escaped from a shooting preserve near Rexburg, Idaho, causing wildlife officials in Idaho and Wyoming to shudder. Sikas are a water-loving, shaggy, pygmy version of an elk, introduced to Assateague Island, Maryland. Wolves evolved to eat very large prey like moose, elk, caribou and musk ox, all of which require vast areas of habitat. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking the help of deer and elk hunters in checking for chronic wasting disease in Oregon. Wildlife abounds with elk, mule deer, big horn sheep, antelope, eagles, pheasant, chukars, coyotes, mountain lion, and even a bear now and again. More than 300 species of birds and big game, such as moose, elk, bison, wolves and bears, come into view with the help of an experienced guide. The elk puts her head down to nuzzle the dead grasses at the forest edge, then rushes at the doe, who quickly exits. This dancer is wearing a traditional wool dress with a cape made of cowry shells and elk teeth. A vast alpine basin spread out above me, and all the elk were yet far upslope from my location. Neither hunter was able to draw on the elk because of the lack of covet Eventually the bulls got nervous and vamoosed. Other meats that see frequent use in this region are elk meat, a favorite in crown roasts and burgers, and nearer the Mexican border rattlesnake, often skinned and stewed. Show More Sentences Soon, it became obvious I'd found a mother load of elk action. In future, studies could also focus on other huge extinct mammals such as the cave lion, the woolly mammoth, the Irish elk and a giant rhinoceros. It was the camouflaged, European elk skull mount hanging in the booth. Jim had chained up the truck, so we decided to stay in the river bottom, hoping to catch elk still lollygagging from their early-morning eating and drinking festivities. Extinct species include the Irish elk, the great auk and the wolf. The popular ingredients include Glucosamine, Omega fatty acids, and Probiotics, along with trendier ingredients such as Bee pollen, Green tea, and elk velvet antler. Over 800 pounds of Roosevelt elk and beef were donated by the Northern Nevada Chapter of Safari Club International and by Multiple Use Managers, a wildlife management service. Big mule deer and trophy-sized Coues deer are his specialty, but he also has bagged desert black bears, bull elk, javelinas, Merriam turkeys, and mountain lions. Fourteen states and two Canadian provinces have reported chronic wasting disease, which strikes mule deer, white-tailed deer, Rocky Mountain elk, and occasionally moose. From the darkness came the howls of routs of wolves and bands of coyotes, the rumbling growls of a sleuth of bears or the bugles of a gang of elk. Palmer parted the towering saltgrass and pickleweed downwind of the elk. Some animals hunted were the red deer, moose, horse, Irish elk and beaver. In the velvet antler stage, antlers of elk and deer have been used in Asia as a dietary supplement or alternative medicinal substance for more than 2,000 years. In the United States, the middle of December to the middle of February is considered shed hunting season, when deer, elk, and moose begin to shed. Coat colour generally varies between red and brown, though it can be as dark as chocolate brown in the tufted deer or have a grayish tinge as in elk. These are among some of the richest deciduous and coniferous forests in the world where one can find Siberian roe deer, sika deer, elk, and moose. Procter had a handsome half-breed girl with him and two splendid elk heads and meat on his packhorses that he was taking to Fort Lincoln for sale. Spending the morning gaining 2,000 feet in elevation, I slowly still-hunted along, scouting for elk sign while listening for the sweet sound of a bugling bull elk. Just bald eagles, golden eagles, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, elk, quail, prairie falcons, coyotes, chukars, gopher snakes, ravens and great horned owls, to name a few. Right off the bat, our rules eliminate mountain sheep, Canada and Shiras moose, Canada caribou, muskoxen, mountain goats, big bears and California's Tule elk. Examples from Classical Literature His legs, incased in elk riding breeches and high boots, pranced under him with anger. She had killed dozens of blacktail, an elk or two, and more than once a bear. I did not act in a foolish or disorderly manner at all, but Tennessee and elk River were in me. When elk saw the earth, he was so joyous, he rolled over and over on the earth. You see here the elk or staghorn fern, which grows as a parasite on the palm or the petosperum of New Zealand. Page 58 fol., is the Myth of the Elk, according to which an old man transformed himself into an elk by putting on an elkskin. The Indian sambar deer looks like a short-legged big-bodied understudy of our American elk. The elk are in danger of becoming extinct if they are not stringently guarded. Anpan hin egan, qude zi egan, like the hair of an elk, a sort of grayish yellow. Deer, elk, and mountain sheep occasionally are caught in deep snow, or are struck by a snowslide. Choice cuts of elk, the tenderloin and tongues and hams of sheep were roasted. Besides the numerous gangs of elk, large flocks of the ahsahta or bighorn, the mountain sheep, were to be seen bounding among the precipices. Thousands of elk wander in antlered armies over the meadows. The same week I shot the bull I named Oddball, a friend of mine also had a nice elk appear at a waterhole. Here their horses wax fat on good pasturage, while the tribe revels in plenty upon the flesh of deer, elk, bear, and beaver. The head is a straight piece of elk horn, about seven inches long, on the point of which an artificial barb is made fast, with twine well gummed. It was now the season when the elk were bugling on the mountains. He obeyed their directions, and forthwith found himself to be an elk. He espied the deep tracks of the elk and fleetly followed him. One favorite viewing spot is Horseshoe Park, where volunteers stand ready to answer questions about the elk rut, as the mating season is called. Show More Sentences A small plant resembling skunk cabbage grew where an elk would have to stop to give me a shot, and I ranged that plant at 26 yards. In 2012, I killed a Pope and Young elk, mountain goat, and a whitetail buck. The Irish elk became extinct because his horns were too heavy. His boat was made of three buffalo skins, stretched on a light frame, stitched together, and the seams paid with elk tallow and ashes. Thence he passed to the huge and ferocious bird, the phororachus, and to the great elk which still roams upon this upland. The elk raised his proud, antlered head and looked in my direction. The frame was of poles and willow twigs, on which were stretched five elk and buffalo hides, sewed together with sinews, and the seams payed with unctuous mud. Squirrels, elk, deer, raccoons and mice gladly ate regular corncobs, but totally rejected GM corn-even when only GM corn was offered in the dead of winter. Two Tule bull elk were screaming at each other a few hundred yards away. Printed on both sides of the decoy is a high-definition image of such animals as whitetails, antelope, elk, moose, turkeys, coyotes, and jackrabbits. They had axes among them, yet they generally made use of a stone mallet wrought into the shape of a bottle, and wedges of elk horn, in splitting their wood. In mid-August, the province extended a ban on feeding deer, elk and moose in western Manitoba to Aboriginal hunters to better control the threat of chronic wasting disease. A total of 131,954 controlled tags for fall deer, elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep and Rocky Mountain goats were approved by the ODFW Commission last week at a meeting in Tigard. Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that can infect mammals in the family Cervidae, which includes deer, elk, and moose, among other species. Find more words! 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