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Mid-august seems early for the rut, but as we were leaving Estes Park we encountered a herd of elk and saw a couple of younger bulls sparing. It was fun to watch them and always exciting to see the velvet as it gets rubbed off the antlers. When we came home and looked at the pictures we discovered that one of the elk had a "third" antler coming out of the front of his head. Deformities like this are common and usually don't bother the elk too much. Let the games begin!      |