Mature bull elk will have between 6 to 8 points on each side of their antlers. Antlers weigh up to 40 pounds/ 18 kilograms and span 4 feet/ 1.2 meters.
American Elk are also known as wapiti or Heȟáka
The American bull elk is respected amongst the Lakota Native American tribe. It was admired for its ability to attract mates, so Lakota men play a courting flute imitating a bugling elk to attract women. Men also used elks’ antlers as love charms and wore clothes decorated with pictures of elk. Elk is also known …