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Show Small Territory Over Which Elk Herds Graze When our country was first sot-tied sot-tied elk ranged over the plains and much of the Eastern states, says Nature Magazine. They were gradually grad-ually killed off or driven to take refuge in the foothills and mountains. moun-tains. They now" summer in high altitudes, in forest and alpine meadows where they feed on succulent suc-culent grasses and the tender leaves of herbs and trees, return ing to the lower country only when the snows of winter make life at high altitudes impossible for them. The largest herds now summer in Yellowstone park, and the Jackson Jack-son Hole country shelters and feeds many of them during the winter months. It is unfortunate that early settlers called the animal the elk. It Is the counterpart of the European red deer, and Is the finest looking of our American deer. In late summer and early fall the bugling of the males may be heard as they wander through the upland forests defending their rights over the herd which is theirs. The fine antlers and light rump are unmistakable unmistak-able field marks. The spotted young, usually only one, although twins occasionally oc-casionally occur, are born in May or June. |