BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Data collected from a study of cow elk show the animals are unfazed by the prospect of crossing wide sections of the Missouri River while on the move during spring months.

More specific details on the movements of cow elk captured and fitted with collars won’t be known for another two years. But through tracking signals, along with a recent monitoring flight, showed a handful of elk collared in a northeastern hunting zone moved across a stretch in the river near the Missouri River Breaks, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists.