Elk

 If you click on the pictures they will be larger.  We have been searching for elk every time we go out in the 4wheeler.  We finally have been having some luck seeing them.  The first herd we saw crossing the road had made a lot of noise while doing it.  The elk moms have to call to their babies to get them to keep moving.  They don't bugle like bull elk but you can tell the call from the females is coming from an elk.  We have to be on our way out to the forest by 5am so that we end up down where we see the elk in time.  I'm glad we only go out every other day so I get to sleep in some days.

We have also been seeing cotton tail and black tail rabbits, Abert squirrels, turkeys with chicks, coyotes, mule deer, the elk and of course the wild horses.  One of the other guys in the park goes out in the forest and puts on at least 50 miles each time.  He has seen big herds of elk and some groups of deer with huge racks (antlers) hanging out together.  Another guy that was going out with his granddaughter saw two bears.  We would love to see a bear again.  We will keep trying.