Jon Bowen

Mr. Anderson
Language Arts 12(B)
5 May 2016
Elk
An annotated Bibliography
Early rifle elk, outdoor life
Sept 2015 Pg. 38-39
Early rifle elk talks about hunting at the beginning of the hunting season and how much
better it is and to see them in the rut while trying to hunt them. It also talks about where to go
and how to find them.
The new bull, field and stream
Oct 2014 Pg. 38-46
The new bull is about how to call the herd bull out because during the rut they are hard to
find and using a calf call will call the cows and the bull will follow. It also talks about which
side of the elk you want to be on either down or up wind from them.
Nation geographic kids, Yellowstone National Park
May 2016 Pg. 18-21
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=Mih&An=114489180&site

Yellowstone National Park has a ton of elk there but are being killed off by wolves, bears,
diseases, etc., and they want to find out how many elk are killed by its predators and what they
can do to help them.
Post Rut Bow Bulls, field and stream
Oct 2014 Pg. b4-b4
`Post rut talks about how elk move down the mountain looking for food and still close to
the stream. And how they are preparing for winter and slowly start to shed their summer coat.
Hunting illustrated, Kayla Connects
By Kayla Schoppmann Jan. 2015
www.huntingillustrated.com/magazine/elk-articles
Kayla connects talks about her person hunt and what it was like and has other articles of personal
hunts on elk. It also talks about to snag a giant bull elk and where to find them.
American forests, Reintroducing Elk to the Great Smoky Mountain
By joseph Love fall 2013
www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/reintroducingelktothegreatsmokymountain
Mr. Love talks about how some areas have lost elk over the years and havent seen any
and how they have come back to those feeding and nesting areas. And how the people missed
hearing them bugle.
Why are Yellowstones Elk Disappearing?
By Christie Wilcox

May 2014
http://ic.galegroup.com/iclovie/magazinesdetailpage/magazinesdetailswindow
Ms. Wilcox talks about how we can help the elk come back to its grounds and why they
have left and where they have gone. She also talks about what drove them away and whats
killing them.
The Western Hunter: Taking the Bull by its Horns
By Remi Warren
Oct 16, 2013
Blog.westernhunter.net/tag/elk-hunter-magazine
Mr. Warren went to a seminar and the speaker talked about hunting and how many people
go hunting each year. Very few of those people get a trophy animal from the hunting out of
hundreds.
Arizona fish and game department
Preparation Equals Success
By Rick Langley
Jan- Feb 2008
www.azgfd.gov/i_e/pubs/elkhunting.shtml
Rick Langley discusses how his childhood hunting wasnt very success full and how he
figured out how to find the bulls in the heard. He then discusses how he relearned how to hunt
when he moved to Colorado and what he had to do to find them.

Rmef: Getting to the Meat of it

By M David Allen
Mar. 2016 Pg. 13
David Allen talks about the population of the elk in Utah and the offspring. He also
discusses the problems of how the offspring have to fight for the first few hours of life.
Whats killing the elk?
By Dan Vergano
Nov. 22, 2015
www.vsatoday.com
Dan talks about how many elk die from predators and disease. And how many are
fighting for life.
Utah DWR: Rocky Mountain Elk
By Amy Adams
www.wildawareutah.org/elk
Rocky Mountain elk are Utahs state mammal because of what they mean to the people.
Then it talks about how much a bull can weigh and same with cows and calves.
Utah Travel Secrets
2011
www.utah-travel-secrets.com/elkhuntinginutah

Talks about how Utah has the biggest bulls and how they help the economy. It also talks
about how Utah has the most record bulls.
Killing wolves
By Mitch Merry
April 8, 2016
www.endangered.org/killingwolves
Talks about how wolves kill hundreds of elk each year and how they are starting to
corrupt the ecosystem. Also says they will consume one to two elk per day.
National Geographic
2016
Animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/elk
It talks about how elk will lose their antlers each march then regrow them around June.
And also about how tall an elk can get anywhere from 9ft to 10ft.
Utah DNR: Wildlife News
Dec 3, 2015
Wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-news/1775-2015-big-game-hunting-rules-approved.html
Talks about making the units bigger and making so different hunts can go on at the same time.
They are also making more limited entry tags for people.
Colorado Elk Breeders Association: Elk Facts

2015
Coloradoelkbreeders.com/?page_id=11
The elk breeders association talks about how long elk live and what type of elk live the
longest. And it depends on their habitat as well.
Utah DNR: plenty of bull elk in Utah
Sept 28, 2012
Wildlife.utah.gov/wildlife-news/926-plenty-of-bull-elk-in-utah-sp-1004377917.html
Discusses hunting season for that year and about how the elk are slowly starting to get
more populated. They also are trying to decide how many tags should go out.
Vocational and career collection: country side and small stock journal
Jan/Feb 2016
Pg. 82-85
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&an=114489180&site
Discusses how the herd bull will fight to the death of his herd against other bulls.
Also about how many times DNRs have found to elk stuck together and sometimes have to put
both out of their misery.