Elk Rut Happening Now!

The elk rut peaks mid-September to mid-October. A Wisconsin resident recently caught an amazing video of bull elk getting rowdy in preparation, which you can see if you visit this link.

Our trail camera hosts in the elk reintroduction areas – Black River Falls, Clam Lake and Flambeau River State Forest – have been checking their cameras and uploading photos.  We rely on these camera checks to gather data on how the elk are doing in Wisconsin and to get great photos to share!

Bugle Days participants

Bugle Days is an annual tradition held in Clam Lake Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.  Snapshot Wisconsin was invited to participate this year in order to share some info about our elk monitoring project, recognize current volunteers, and recruit some new volunteers.

Elk Monitoring Volunteers!

Bugle Days presented a great opportunity to see some of our volunteers who we haven’t seen since training, and also to get out in the field during the day and check some cameras.  We ended each evening with a slide show of Snapshot Wisconsin images accompanied by a campfire.

Snapshot Wisconsin Slide Show

We are currently looking for more trail camera hosts in each elk range area.  These cameras are set up on public land so all volunteers need to participate is transportation to the camera areas, a handheld GPS device, and a healthy sense of adventure!  To find out more information about the elk monitoring opportunity send an email to DNRSnapshotWisconsin@Wisconsin.gov with the subject line “Elk Monitoring”.

Trail to one of the Clam Lake elk cameras