Show Small Territory Over Which Elk Herds Graze When our country was first settled set set- tied elk ranged over the plains am and much of the Eastern states says Nature Ma Magazine azIne They were gradually gradually grad grad- killed off or driven to take tako refuge In the tho foothills fin and moun moun- They now summer In high altitudes In forest and nn alpine alp meadows where they feed fee on succulent succulent suc- suc grasses an and the tender leaves es of herbs and trees return returnIng Ing lag to to the lower country only when the tile snows of winter make male life a fit at high altitudes Impossible for them The largest herds now summer In Yellowstone park parI an and the Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Hole country shelters and fee feeds s many of them during the winter months It Is unfortunate that tha early settlers called the time animal the elk It Is the counterpart of ot the European red deer and Is the finest fines looking of our American deer eer In late summer an and early fall tall the bugling of or the males may be heard hean I as fiS they wander through the upland forests defending efen their rights over the herd which Is theirs The fine antlers and light rump are unmistakable able field marks The spotted youn young usually only one although twins occasionally oc oc- oc- oc occur are born In May Mayor or June Tune |