Elk are moving onto the refuge...

Just add some sub-zero temperatures to a foot or two of fresh snow and *Poof* thousands of Elk appear on the floor of Jackson Hole. It happens every December, just in time for our holiday guests. There are about 3000 Elk that are using the floor of the refuge and we are seeing many on and around Miller Butte as well.  Though they may not come up and lick the salts off of your truck, they are giving us up close views of their amazing antlers. It's somehow still hard to believe that they grow these massive beams of bone in only a few short months every year.