{"id":782227,"date":"2026-02-22T20:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/782227\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:22:26","slug":"yellowstone-wolf-tries-to-run-down-elk-in-incredible-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/782227\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone wolf tries to run down elk in &#8216;incredible chase&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A tour guide and his client this week witnessed an extraordinary scene involving wolves chasing two elk for 3-plus miles in Yellowstone National Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The accompanying footage, captured by guide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/montanawild_\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrea Baratte;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Andrea Baratte<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/adventuretoursofyellowstone.com\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22481314062&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoMqic24znICdn7Q3oH7_I7_USXvc&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAzOXMBhASEiwAe14SaeFHNz57Af2WYGgR0N5HDqcga83XOIS74UIHd99KNNzblxw_dh7QOxoCWMEQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yellowstone Adventure Tours;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Yellowstone Adventure Tours<\/a>, shows one wolf\u2019s pursuit of a bull elk that attempts to kick the wolf during the &#8220;incredible chase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Wolf in pursuit of elk in Yellowstone.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ef9591fcc54415a14b716f11145cc3bb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wolf in pursuit of elk in Yellowstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The kick does not fully connect \u2013 fortunately for the wolf \u2013 but it creates space and the elk ultimately outpaces the wolf.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/articles\/wolf-drops-fish-forest-resume-172106684.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ALSO: Wolf abandons catch to continue fishing, bear senses opportunity;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALSO: Wolf abandons catch to continue fishing, bear senses opportunity<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Baratte stated via Instagram: \u201cThe chase stretched over a [3.5 to 4-mile] span and the wolves did not succeed. Wolves have a low hunting success rate of about 10%-15% in Yellowstone\u2019s northern range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The footage also shows bison running from the chase path and maneuvering into defensive positions \u2013 all part of the predator-prey dynamics in Yellowstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the park <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/learn\/nature\/wolf.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">website<\/a>, wolves prey predominantly on elk, especially during winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on For The Win: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2026\/02\/21\/wolves-chase-elk-three-miles-yellowstone-national-park\/88796252007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wolves chase elk for 3-plus miles in Yellowstone&#039;s northern range;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wolves chase elk for 3-plus miles in Yellowstone&#8217;s northern range<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tour guide and his client this week witnessed an extraordinary scene involving wolves chasing two elk for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[228143,223130,13693,46045,70,16,15,1717,228142,2715],"class_list":["post-782227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-andrea-baratte","tag-bull-elk","tag-chase","tag-elk","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wildlife","tag-yellowstone-adventure-tours","tag-yellowstone-national-park"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116116150246095093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}