What happens when you stop scratching an elk's nose?

Dear Board,

My wife Theresa and I along with our granddaughter Allie visited Lake Tobias Wildlife Park in Halifax, PA on Thursday 7/2/15. You ride around in converted open top school buses and stop to view various animals while the tour guide gives you details on the species you are seeing. The animals have free range of a couple hundred acres but when the bus stops people start throwing feed to them so they come close to the bus.

Here is a shot of a young bull elk right after I stopped scratching his forehead and nose. It's not a technically perfect picture but I think it captured his mood quite well as he looks pretty satisfied.

Taken with a Panasonic FZ200, as I didn't want to drag a DSLR on the bus.

Regards,

Tim Murphy
Harrisburg, PA

Cute shot!

That's one happy Elk. Thank you for sharing.

Don't stop scratching. The elk is a little too close. Your hand may taste good.