Tule Elk 400 lbs. Manitoba Elk 800 lbs. Both sexes have dark manes and distinct winter and summer coats, the former being thicher and brown to gray-brown in color and the latter being reddish brown in color. Once distributed throughout the United States, elk are now found almost exclusively in the Western United States and Southwestern Canada, with some reintroduction programs being undertaken in states like Pennsylvania.
Elk utilize all types of cover, from open fields to heavily timbered mountains.