---
title: "An Elk Is Born"
description: "Here are some superb photos of a cow elk giving birth to her calf right next to the Administration building at Yellowstone National Park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs!"
date: "2010-07-08"
modified: "2021-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "Andrew McKean"
    job_title: "Hunting and Conservation Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/andrew-mckean/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/big-game/elk/2010/07/miracle-life-elk-giving-birth/"
categories:
  - "Big Game Hunting"
  - "Elk Hunting"
  - "Hunting"
---

# An Elk Is Born

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image5_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/V2V4AQY7ZQZZHOCLL65HCLMMQQ.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/PPKTIVBHIVY2WLU2ZY6DOCDYTY.jpg>)
*Here are some superb photos of a cow elk giving birth to her calf right next to the Administration building at Yellowstone National Park headquarters in Mammoth Hot Springs!*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image1.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/XSNNXLHWGKCYJALLLJ5NDQKBQI.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image2_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/IOTLYL5CERJG3KKBDFDDJZCCJI.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image3_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/F5DNLLEWV2FTVUGZTVJM5DYWMI.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image4_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/T2F4UFHCUWQCUA3462LUE6MYYY.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image6_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/MJOWJ2IBR43XO3EROK76H5UXSU.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image7_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/IKJ5ED5Q2V4UZU6EMMOQPTQC3E.jpg>)
*You can see how wildlife and people can live together harmoniously.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image8_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/3W7FTN5ZCU4YXOGPTN2GWVE5GM.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image9_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DQVAQLARX63IXP6OCSJXF4IGRU.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image10_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/S7227K2O5DUGZJUSHUS4NRIIN4.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image11_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/OUBX6T5DUB277CXEK34JYGH4B4.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2013images201007image12_0.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/VO4O7V2OFCWSJ5G6OTW6GIXLGU.jpg>)

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo30010image13.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DTYYJF52BHOJK4BMAXTQJJ653E.jpg>)
*I figure it is one of the few places in the Yellowstone area where a cow elk can safely have her calf without it being eaten immediately by a grizzly or a wolf!*

## Author
Andrew McKean is *Outdoor Life’s* hunting and conservation editor, drilling into issues that affect wildlife, wild lands, and the people who care about them. He’s also OL’s optics editor, helping readers to make informed buying decisions. He lives outside Glasgow, Montana, where he hunts every day and season he can.

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