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C-2009.6.11#142.2. Caribou heading for their summer grounds where they calve and feed till they head west again in the fall. North Slope Alaska.
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C-2009.6.11#142.2. Caribou heading for their summer grounds where they calve and feed till they head west again in the fall. North Slope Alaska.

  • C-2009.6.11#142.2. Caribou heading for their summer grounds where they calve and feed till they head west again in the fall. North Slope Alaska.
  • C-2009.6.12#097. Barren Ground Caribou. Bulls rest after repeated attempts to cross the flooded "Sag" River on thier migration to the summer grounds. Franklin Bluffs, Coastal Plain of the North Slope Alaska.
  • C-2009.9.28#104. Caribou in the late fall. Denali Country, eastern Alaska.
  • C-2010.8.26#297.Barren Ground Caribou. Highway Pass, Denali Park Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.7#010. Caribou are still moving as night falls on the Denali country. Eastern Alaska Range. Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.7#026. A "rutty" Barren Ground caribou bull in the Denali country. Eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.8#038. A small bull caribou spooked and running towards me. Denali country, eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.8#051. This caribou bull has spied me and is making his getaway. Denali country, eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.8#177. Caribou, A young Barren Ground caribou bull. Denali country, eastern Alaska Range mountains Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.8#263. Night comes early and fast in the caribou country in late fall. Denali Country, eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.24#026.3. Below zero and crystal clear but the sun barely makes it above the horizon this time of year in the caribou country. I thought it strange these caribou hanging out on the bare snowy ice, but the back drop of glaciers and snowy mountains sure made a great scene. Denali Country, Eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2010.10.24#043.2X. A group of Caribou are crossing a high ridge above the Gakona Glacier in the Alaska Range backdroped by Mount Sanford in the Wrangell Mountains over a hundred miles away. Alaska.
  • C-2010.11.27#048.Barren Ground caribou. The herd bull guarding his group of cows. Denali Country, Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2011.10.4a#064.5. Caribou can be brutal and inflict serious injury and damage when the battling for control of a herd is for real during the rut. The bull in the foreground was knocked completely out when they clashed and now their antlers are locked together. The standing bull struggled for a long time until he rolled over on his back motionless. I missed the shot when he simply stood up and their antlers came apart. Denali Country, Eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2011.10.4b#005. Two bulls locked antlers-Near Paxson Alaska. Video
  • C-2011.10.4c#121.3X. This caribou bull in the back of the bog had gotten knocked out in a rutting battle with another bull. Thier antlers were locked and the other bull couldn't get free for over a half hour. It struggled so hard to get free, I thought it expired several times and then suddenly just stood up. He quickly gathered up the large group of cows and led them away. Over an hour later this bull that was knocked out is still in another time zone. He moves a few feet forward and back and forth and returns to the same spot. Eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2011.10.5-007.3. A bull caribou tending cows during the estrus period. Denali Country, Eastern Alaska Range Alaska.
  • C-2011.10.10#039. Barren Ground Caribou. Denali country, Alaska.
  • C-2011.10.10#042. Barren Ground Caribou. Denali country, Alaska.
  • C-2011.10.10#124. Barren Ground Caribou. Denali country, Alaska.
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