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swatcop169
24th of February 2006 (Fri), 20:05
Spent the better part of the afternoon in Cataloochee national park. Let me know what you think.

Taken with the 20D, and my 300L

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dancinec
24th of February 2006 (Fri), 20:10
They are all very good shots, its too bad they have been tagged. It takes away from the 'wild' nature. My favorite is the second shot.
swatcop169
24th of February 2006 (Fri), 20:16
They are all very good shots, its too bad they have been tagged. It takes away from the 'wild' nature. My favorite is the second shot.

Yea they will be untagged when they get the population built up. They have just introduced these elk into our park.
swatcop169
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 07:44
morning bump
taygull
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 08:27
Photoshop out the tags, and they'd be awesome.
MarkoPolo
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 08:58
Very nice shots. Interestingly, there are now so many elk in the Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park area they are becoming pests. They have limited natural enemies and of course, it is a political hot potatoe to thin the herds.
swatcop169
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 09:24
Very nice shots. Interestingly, there are now so many elk in the Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park area they are becoming pests. They have limited natural enemies and of course, it is a political hot potatoe to thin the herds.

I had herd (LOL) that. Doesn't seem to be a problem around here, as the natural enemies are slowing the process :)
Deltadarlin
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 09:33
Are those radio collars on the elk?
swatcop169
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 09:41
Are those radio collars on the elk?

Yea, allows the park to track them if they need to. They are into stage 2 of 3 stages trying to populate the park with elk. They are on a set back of about 2 years now due to the elk being killed by prey/people.
bibteewolfe
27th of February 2006 (Mon), 22:35
must suck when the prey get you...;)