Elk

A woman pets a bull elk in Estes Park.

The move is aimed at preventing the potential spread of chronic wasting disease from deer to the human-fed elk population.

I have to confess that I can always be entertained by a good trail cam video. There are none better than the ones shared by Wyoming Game and Fish. I have found a best-of video they just dropped on their YouTube channel.

Comments are due to the refuge by Oct. 30.

Morgan Pfander, regional wildlife population biologist, said Fish and Game collects samples from an animal's lymph nodes behind the throat at the base of the skull.

Just in case you thought that elk cared about your fly fishing desires, this is video proof that they don't.

Here is a good example of why visitors should leave the animals alone in Yellowstone National Park: because the animals walk around like they own the place.

Five others were charged with accessory to taking a big game animal without a license in the case.