With about 45 elk on the ranch, there is a great deal of work. Young elk usually stick together and are nervous around people. Mother elk are not so nervous and can be hand fed. The bulls, or the male elk, have antlers, but lose them in the fall. When the antlers fall off, scabs develop.
Elk have problems.
The dogs gang up and run the elk into fences, ripping the tags off their ears, and ruining their mouths. On the ranch, the elk can live up to 25 years. Wild elk only live 6-8 years because of bears, mountain lions, and most of all, hunters.