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RJSorensen
12th of January 2005 (Wed), 19:55
During my drive to town, for some more gas for the snow blower, I took a drive near our local county park and was treated to see his majesty in new fresh, deep snow. We have a government feeding station near us and due to the deep snow so early, many are setting up feeding stations near the foothills, so I should have some 'wild' shots in a few days as well. Beautiful to behold, wonderful to see, the creatures we are given to enjoy.

This is taken with our Pro1.
iof
12th of January 2005 (Wed), 20:06
WOW!! That is one impressive animal. Great shot(and the elk lives).
sparker1
12th of January 2005 (Wed), 20:07
That is a great shot. A magnificent creature, for sure.
boomer1959
12th of January 2005 (Wed), 21:35
His Majesty is right. Big bull Elk are the most majestic animals in my mind.
Awsome shot RJ :D Thanks for sharing
IanD
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 03:07
Beautiful Wapiti. Big bulls are really big epically up close.
dewmuw
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 03:57
Great shot. How tolerant are these guys of humans?
ssim
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 05:04
Very nice shot. Whenever I've seen these in the wild they are very hard to get close enough to to get a decent shot. Great work.
IanD
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 05:13
Great shot. How tolerant are these guys of humans?
Very

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dewmuw
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 05:35
Any excuse! :)
IanD
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 05:37
Any excuse! :)
Pretty much
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ssim
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 05:38
Oh yeah... she was in the wild alright. She was only wild in your own mind.http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gifhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif
KartGirlsMom
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 08:06
I'll say what I've said before about that shot, ewwww. :)

RJ, your photo is beautiful
robertwgross
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 10:29
I liked the question that one gal made when watching elk.

She said, "How old do deer have to be before they become elk?"

---Bob Gross---
RJSorensen
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 19:57
They (the fish and game folks) have a wintering station for Elk at Jackson Hole, Wyoming and one here at Hardware Ranch. They have been coming down and in to these places for many, many years. With the snow so deep and the rut over . . . they are not very scared of the feeders nor the visitors. So you can get pretty close I suppose. I don't know quite what to say regarding the included photo above, lol. but sounds like fun.

Regards and thanks everyone . . .