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  • noun Plural form of elk.

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Examples

  • The Park contains many other natural wonders, and there are preserved herds of wild animals, such as elks, antelopes, and stags.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • As far as calibers go, I've known excellent shooters who successfully took one-shot kills on their elks from their. 243s and .257 Roberts ... but these shooters used excellent bullets (Nosler Partitions, I seem to recall), and they put their handloaded rounds directly through the lungs of their elks at under 200 yards.

    what is the best all around elk hunting rifle? 2009

  • Vintage 1957 Class B High Jump Medal Award Pin Gold toledo the cherry pickers no 53 elk elks pin medal old

    Medal Pin | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Gaming makes it sound better, makes it sound almost moral or idyllic, like it involves elks and pheasants frolicking peacefully on grassy green meadows.

    Arnie Reisman: We Are All Nevadans Arnie Reisman 2012

  • Gaming makes it sound better, makes it sound almost moral or idyllic, like it involves elks and pheasants frolicking peacefully on grassy green meadows.

    Arnie Reisman: We Are All Nevadans Arnie Reisman 2012

  • As far as calibers go, I've known excellent shooters who successfully took one-shot kills on their elks from their. 243s and .257 Roberts ... but these shooters used excellent bullets (Nosler Partitions, I seem to recall), and they put their handloaded rounds directly through the lungs of their elks at under 200 yards.

    what is the best all around elk hunting rifle? 2009

  • The nearest human settlement is 250 miles away, and the forests are full of bears, wolves and elks.

    Russian Oil Frontier: Nowhere Land Guy Chazan 2011

  • They socialize around the quarterly association meetings — the highlight being an annual fall elk bugling party, in which everyone breaks into groups with bugles to call out to the male elks.

    Where the CEOs Roam Nancy Keates 2010

  • (The elks are gazed at — hunting isn't allowed.) "I can go out on my snowmobile all day and not see anyone," said Tom Watson, head of Memphis, Tenn., moving company Armstrong Relocation, on a recent Friday afternoon here.

    Where the CEOs Roam Nancy Keates 2010

  • (The elks are gazed at — hunting isn't allowed.) "I can go out on my snowmobile all day and not see anyone," said Tom Watson, head of Memphis, Tenn., moving company Armstrong Relocation, on a recent Friday afternoon here.

    Where the CEOs Roam Nancy Keates 2010

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