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Capturing a Bull Elk’s Scent-Checking Ritual

October 26, 2023October 13, 2023 by Steve Creek
Arkansas Bull Elk Lip Curling

Part 3 photographs from a wildlife photography trip to see elk in Boxley Valley, Arkansas. Images and information about a bull elk scent checking cow elk.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Elk Tags Boxley Valley, bull elk, cow elk, elk behavior, elk rut, lip curling, Majestic Elk of Boxley Valley: A Photography Series, Wildlife Photography

Whitetail Buck Lip Curling In Oklahoma

October 9, 2024October 21, 2020 by Steve Creek
8 Point Buck Lip Curling

A wildlife photographer describes capturing an image of a buck lip curling to check for estrous does at an Oklahoma refuge.

Categories Deer and Ungulates, National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags breeding, buck, flehmen response, lip curling, National Wildlife Refuge, rut, whitetail, Whitetail Deer, Wildlife Photography

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