DANIEL PEARSON/Taos News
A herd of over 100 elk are roused as Taos Pueblo officials attempt to keep them from crossing U.S. 64, just south of the blinking light in El Prado Monday (Nov. 18). “Our war chief is here and he is trying to keep them safe and out of the road," Taos Pueblo Chief of Police Summer Mirabal said.
DANIEL PEARSON/Taos News
A herd of elk gather in a pasture below Pueblo Peak, roughly a hundred feet away from U.S. 64 just south of the blinking light Monday (Nov. 18). “I have only seen this once before here in the winter. But never this many before, and I’ve been here 30 years,” local photographer Billy Curry said.
DANIEL PEARSON/Taos News
A herd of around 100 elk scatter, sending up dust, as Taos Pueblo officials attempt to corral them on tribal land east of U.S. 64 in El Prado Monday (Nov. 18). Elk are the largest member of the deer family. Around 104,000 elk in total dwell in New Mexico, according to New Mexico Wildlife Magazine.
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