Monday, May 13, 2013 at 7:11 AM 
While I still admit this was stupid, by this point I was pretty sure he wasn’t going to be coming near me. He noticed me, I know that because he was nervous. He had a destination in mind though. That’s right: the ladies. And I knew enough to not get between him and them.
Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8:04 AM 
I really didn’t get any smarter once he got closer. But at least I did have a long zoom. There is no way I wanted to get close to a young male elk when mating season was coming on.
He was really pretty though. Can I say that about a boy?
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 7:30 AM 
We left the golf course and followed a family down a path into some trees. It didn’t look like much, but I’d hoped to see some birds I could photograph. I was wrong. There may have been birds, but I didn’t notice them. Instead I noticed this young elk swimming across the water toward me.
Right at me. Having read the signs about aggression, this was one of those times that I realized I was taking a stupid risk to get a photo.
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:26 AM 
After a day of hiking and driving and having elk sightings: we decided we needed to see more elk. Maybe take a few more elk pictures. Not knowing where else to go (turns out anywhere is pretty good) we headed back to the golf course. There we were able to get close to a bunch of elk. Mostly lady elk like this one who is eating the golf course.
Friday, May 3, 2013 at 8:04 AM ;)
This is a herd of elk. They gather in the area known as Horseshoe Park in the fall. I took this from the Sheep Lakes overlook.
This guy is looking over his harem. Lovin’ life.
