I encountered a herd of maybe 20-25 tule elk bulls with velvet antlers on a hike along the Tomales Point Trail in Point Reyes National Seash...

Two bull tule elk with velvet covered antlers stand in a field of wildflowers along the Tomales Point Trail in Point Reyes National Seashore...

I love to see these regal animals with their velvet antlers during the spring. The amount of energy and resources they must invest in growin...

Continuing the thread of my wishful thoughts of summer, here's another dive into an untouched folder from last May. This was one of one ...

A tule elk cow standing on the hillsides of Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore. She was part of a very large herd that surround...

Yesterday was one of the best trips to Point Reyes National Seashore I've had in a while. The park never ceases to surprise me, and eve...

So here's another image that has been sitting in my queue, ready to be posted, just waiting for the right moment. Well, today is finall...

A bull tule elk grazing along Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore in August of this year. This area was one of the best for seei...

After coming over the hillside and chasing away two younger males who were mingling with the females (no fighting necessary, the smaller mal...

One of the exciting things about visiting the Tule elk during the rut, is that in addition to seeing bulls fighting, there is also a chance ...

A bull tule elk in Point Reyes National Seashore checking out what looks to be a delicious branch of lupine.

Watching this bull elk scratching those hard to reach places was fairly comical, and seemingly dangerous with those spikes. Taken alone the...

There are many places along the California coast where I'm just in awe of the view that the cows seem to get! Driving down CA-1 from Sa...

A bull tule elk taking in the smells in the air -- as you may have expected, his nose took him right to a female. From our hike out the Tom...

This lovely female was a member of the first group of tule elk that we found along Tomales Point Trail in Point Reyes National Seashore. Sh...

Hiking the full lenght of the Tomales Point Trail (listed as 4.7 miles one-way) in Point Reyes National Seashore is something that had been ...