October 5, 2021 / 3:48 PM MDT / CBS Colorado (CBS4) - The elk rut and bugling season is in full swing across Colorado. It typically lasts from mid-September until mid-October.

In the foothills of Mount Rainier at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, about an hour from Seattle, the eerie bugling sounds of elk ring out, as mating season has begun.

EVERGREEN, Colo. (KDVR) — As fall rolls in and the leaves start to change, there is a familiar sound heard roaring through the Colorado mountains and foothills: the bugling and chirping of elk ...