Counted at least 24 bulls. Lived in Eastern Oregon until age 18. Never saw this many elk bunched up - EVER. Amazing footage. Thanks a TON for uploading.

Wow, I never realized they travel in such huge numbers. Amazing.

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk

6 ай бұрын

They're probably going to new feeding grounds

@michaelbosisto6259

6 ай бұрын

Before the commercial hunting and mass farming days, the elk roamed the plains in large numbers, well into the millions.

@redbarchetta8782

5 ай бұрын

They used to be a lot bigger a hundred years ago.

Wow.... never seen a herd that large here before. Impressive! 👍

Glad to see this still exists.

@marksweat7167

6 ай бұрын

Elk populations are very healthy. There's more in the US than there was in 1850. Same with deer.

WOW! So glad that I just stumbled across this video! Absolutely beautiful and breathtaking! I can't imagine how thrilling that was to see in person! I cannot believe how many animals were in that herd...just incredible! It made me reflect too, on how once great bison herds used to roam the west en mass just like these elk. Heartbreaking, the wicked senseless slaughter of the plains buffalo. But, so happy to see elk thriving! What a treat you got to see! Thank you so much for sharing it!!!! Beautiful country out there too! It was beautiful and I really enjoyed it! 😊

@jayjaychadoy9226

5 ай бұрын

Métis, Dene, and other tribes are bringing back the buffalo.

@lindyc.2552

5 ай бұрын

@@jayjaychadoy9226 I am very happy to know know that! They are MAGNIFICENT animals...one of my favorite wild animals!🦬🦬🦬

I have never seen something like this ever documented"not on nature shows news clips or the like .. SIMPLY AMAZING

@dennisluz6453

6 ай бұрын

Looks like the entire elk herd of Jackson, WY elk refuge was transported here. I wonder the location.

Cool. There is an Elk refuge just outside of Jackson, Wyoming where as many as 15 thousand or more congregate during the winter cause they're fed there. It's amazing to see so many together.

@user-ht5di5cl1j

6 ай бұрын

Been in Jackson in winter and it's quite a site to see

@roefamily

6 ай бұрын

Why is there an Elk refuge?...because the Elk have nowhere to go...the wealthiest county in the USA blocked them via private land.....Wealthiest county in the entire USA

@paulalim1476

6 ай бұрын

@@roefamilyReally? Loudon County Virginia won’t allow elk so they shipped them to the Elk Refuge? Who knew?

@pjsparks3810

6 ай бұрын

Perhaps Oregon and Wyoming is where all the Yellowstone elk have gone. 😊

@christhornton1785

6 ай бұрын

@pammyrick-sparks3134 Since 96% of Yellowstone is in Wyoming, it stands to reason that the yellowstone elk are indeed mostly in Wyoming.

Wow!! That is amazing, such a huge gang!! They’re so majestic!

The most I've ever seen was a group of 20. But let me tell you, a full rack Bull stepping out of the fog and into the path of your Western Star wakes you up better than Coffee ever would.

Thank you for sharing. Such a majestic animal. Came across one suddenly when hiking the Wolf Creek area in northern Yellowstone. Big male with big antlers, was almost out of sight, way up a hill before I could get my camera out ... glad he didn't come after me, I had just crested a small hill in a large clearing, no trees, no rocks nuttin'.

I read stories, hand written reports from settler's, notes from trapper's before 1850 about huge uncountable herd's of elk that roamed N America. Herd's that dwarfed the massive buffalo herd's that themselves took 2 day's to pass by. Wagon's stranded. The elk so dense settler's would move parallel to the herd just to keep moving. History only speaks of the Buffalo but the Elk far out numbered them. So good to see they've recovered .

We've got some of the best outdoors and wildlife anywhere on earth! Love our state for that!

This is my home town!!! Thank you for sharing g what these elk have to do just to cross the valley and why I hate barbed wire.. but I'm happy to see that basically they are making it!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

Thank you for capturing that. Beautiful.

Wow, I had a big herd cross in front of me out in the sticks of Central Oregon, but it wasn’t near as massive as this!

That is good to see that some drivers respect animals. ❤

This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.

W😮W ! ! This is some awesome Elk migration video. Thanks so much for sharing this w/us David Frost.

Wow! This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful. I sure hope the rest of the herd kept going. Something made them stop. Obviously human, but hopefully, the rest kept going.... I'm assuming they would. Thank you so much for taking the time to upload this video... Breathtaking

I have never seen so many at one time together! Awesome! I saw a large herd of reindeer once in the Alaska, but not that many

@TonyMarselle

5 ай бұрын

Caribou, I don’t think they got reindeer up there

Wonderful to see an elk herd that large in today’s modern America.

@carbonking53

5 ай бұрын

There's still a lot of America that is wide open spaces, thankfully.

Ive never seen such a large herd....amazing!!!

Never knew they traveled around in herds THAT large.

Thank you this is something I’d probably never see in person

beautiful. thanks for sharing, it gives one hope of natural survival.

My god! That was incredible to watch, mesmerizing. It was so natural with no music, just the wind howling in that open land and the incessant drumbeats of hooves. A gigantic herd! Such a joy to watch. Thank you for this beautiful footage.

Amazing video thanks Gabe Huntsville, Alabama

Where in east Oregon is this? Edit: Never mind, I found it in the description. I grew up in Harney and Wallowa counties. Even for someone like me who was surrounded by wildlife my whole life, this is an unbelievable privilege to see a herd this size. Thanks for sharing.

People used to think I was making up stories when I told about a similar herd of elk stampeding through our back acreage in 1973 when I lived in Summerville, Oregon (End Road/Mink Lane)

@sjepson100

7 ай бұрын

the story was still around when I moved to Imbler in 1976

I geeked out put in slow mode and counted the best I can tell that around 500 to 600

@mikefinn

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your effort. I had hoped someone had tried that, so I didn't have to try.

First the cows, calves and yearling bulls and a few two and three year olds, then the large bulls will come down the mountain and join the heard. superb video, what a sight !!

A very beautiful sight. It's wonderful there are so many.

One of the most amazing things I have ever seen.

Some years back as I was passing through a small town in Colorado, a few came into town, then 10+ and then a massive heard took over the town. I was stopped, one came right up to my window and slowly went around me, it was surreal.

❤❤❤thank you for filming that was so awesome

Wow, the amount of dirt that they move is amazing.

SO BUILD A CROSSING GUYS😁👍BEAUTIFUL...

This is amazing! Awesome video!

Is the large herd a usual behavior ? I've never seen this before... beautiful

Absolutely 💯 beautiful to see wildlife flourishing in the wild!!

@emergencyfood3568

6 ай бұрын

Indeed. Too bad the landscape is marred by eyesores known as fences. Those picturesque postcard scenes of wide open fields as far as the eye can see are gone. Sure is interesting how humans think they're entitled to divide, conquer, and steal all the land they like from animals. The earth beneath one's feet is meant to be shared by all lifeforms, not hoarded by a singular one.

@gregoryprouty4872

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your response. I was not aware of the situation and I totally 👍 agree with you.

@gregoryprouty4872

6 ай бұрын

A word I forgot to use about the fence situation is GREED among wealthy landowners.

Thank you❤

Woow! Thank you for sharing the beauty

It’s wonderful to see so many together!

Amazing footage of a majestic creature. I miss seeing elk. Florida has very few!!

@bloqk16

6 ай бұрын

Agree on Elk being majestic. While I have issues with deer, Elk are four-legged animals that I respect.

@clayjones9907

5 ай бұрын

Florida has Elk? Too Hot.😮

@thomasmeade5649

5 ай бұрын

Correct. Florida has the Elks lodge. Thats as close as it gets!

Thanks for sharing that was amazing to watch.

Daaaamn! Don't fence me in bro. What a beautiful sight. 😮❤

Oh my God, I wish I was there!! How beautiful.....❤❤❤...

Amazing to watch and hear there voices!!!

it is a privilege to see that live. It is impressive indeed.

Beautiful!

Had you not shown this, I never would have seen it. Wow many thanks!

i wouldve never dreamed there could be that many in one herd.they obviously have no mating problems.

A great place to look for Dropped Sheads. 😊😊😊

They ARE impressive as the lady said, so beautiful to see and in such large numbers. Animals are awesome! Thanks for the video.

Amazing! So good to see and know their around. Lovely! 😊

Thank you for posting that it was amazing to see 🤗

What a beautiful site

there’s something so calming to me about elk. they’re fascinating beautiful creatures. i just love them and i love seeing a healthy population

An amazing sight. Thanks!

Beauty and Grace ❤

Enjoyed watching this video my friend Really awesome views Thank you Stay connected

That is so nice to see! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting. I live in La Grande Biggest herd I've seen in some time.❤❤❤

Congrats with appreciation to the camera operator with recording the event in wide-screen. It gets annoying when a unique event was recorded with the smartphone in the vertical position with its narrow view, when all the user had to do is rotate the smartphone 90 degrees to get the widescreen scope of the event.

Looks like they need a wildlife underpass bridge in that area to provide safety for the wildlife and drivers. Many states have installed them in known migration corridors.

All this country, it was their land first. They belong here. They are part of the land. ❤️😍🥰

@wendytravis6427

6 ай бұрын

What? And people don’t be long on land because they were here first? We are not from mars. We are naturally occurring animals on earth same as the elk. We have just as much right to the land as they do.

@markmillers4491

5 ай бұрын

​@@wendytravis6427you only speak for normal people😊. Thankyou

Amazing! thx for sharing

Wow that is super cool absolutely great to see so beautiful

To correct my mistake Elkton is in the western side of Oregon I'm sorry I stated it like that but it is still a very beautiful place to see and all of the elk they have a refuge there and at any time you might see 5 - 10000 elk at a time it is a very awesome thing to see

WOW 😮 Thanks for sharing 😊

That’s a lot of elk. I had a herd cross in front of me in Colorado. Not nearly as many, but still pretty cool.

WOW.. That's impressive. A couple of months ago when I was going up Hwy 191 in Montana and north of the Grand Teton national park and South of Yellowstone.. I came up about 100 or so Elk crossing the highway..

This is very cool! I was once driving through South Dakota and a huge herd of Pronghorn ran across the road in front of us. We sat there forever as they were spread out and yeah...I just wanted to watch. Very desolate area, and they seemed to just come out of nowhere, but very amazing to see that.

That was an awesome site to see ❤

❤❤❤so cool thanks for sharing this video

This comforts me😊

Greater Idaho. This area should not be in Portland's jurisdiction.

Какое счастье их видеть живыми

Das ist sehr COOL 😎 VIELEN LIEBEN DANK ❤

Spike @ 1:30 was moving! I think that might be a new world record.

Thanks for sharing

I really didn't know there were such large number of wild animals in the States, or Oregon at least.

@deannelson9565

6 ай бұрын

The United States is where many of the conservation programs begin. Most Wildlife species ike deer, elk turkeys and many more have higher populations now then ever before.

Extremely cool to watch them.

That's the biggest elk herd I've ever seen! Massive!

What a great video!

That's awesome!

Wow. So cool you caught this. This must be the Mt Emily unit

Great video, thx for sharing. I lived in WA State in the 80's and would see large elk herds now and then but nothing like this. Not only are elk beautiful, majestic animals, they also taste great: a nice elk steak with Texas toast and a side salad. Sign me up. The only thing better is buffalo

@gailmckay5551

5 ай бұрын

I like elk much better.

Dang that’s incredible ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

It is beautiful!!!

We have a herd here. They are so beautiful

Great video!

So beautiful Bless them

That is just beautiful

That's a lot of elk ! 😯

Enjoyed the video, but came here to read all the information from all the experts. Both the educated and uneducated ones alike.

Wow amazing. Never knew herds that big in Oregon. I hit an elk I. My semi truck going about 45-50 mpg. It jus bounced off the truck onto side of road and stood there looking at me.

That must be the entire population of elk in the US! UNBELIEVABLE! ❤❤

i can't believe this this is amazing