Elk hunting pictures

[Rocky998]

Yeah, always some pretty strong mixed emotions with a kill: Sadness at removing a beautiful animal from the flow of life, a sense of accomplishment bordering on euphoria, relief at providing some meat for the winter, deep gratitude, and some other things that are hard to hang words on.

Yah... That's good to have though! But luckily you know that all or at least most of the animal will be used. So it didn't die without purpose.... Still a very sad process

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Interesting thing about pronghorns: According to fossils, there used to be several species, as there are now with deer. These are the only ones left. Why are they so fast? There is nothing that can come remotely close to outrunning them, even wolves. They're like Ferraris in the land of pickup trucks. Well, there also used to be cheetahs (or something very similar) in North America, and something called a short-faced bear that many paleontologists believe could run like a cheetah. So, pronghorns are a remnant of an ecology that no longer exists.

They are also known as being rather easy to hunt. (Notice I didn't tell a story about this hunt? I drove up within a couple hundred yards, got out, and shot him, all while wearing my boot cast.) They rely so much on their speed that they'll stand there and watch you, sometimes even come toward you to see what you're up to, confident in their ability to sprint out of danger. This strategy doesn't work well against firearms, obviously.

...unless they're being hunted a lot. They learn very fast, and their vision is equivalent to a human with 8x binoculars. Once they figure out that the hunt is on, they'll have you spotted from miles away, even if you're trying to be sneaky, and they're gone almost before you see them. I guess that's why they're still around.

 

[Rocky998]

Really amazing, the history of our planet's ecosystems

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Well, I would have killed a bull yesterday if I didn't have this crippled foot. As it was, I had a couple bulls moving toward me at sundown, and I couldn't move quickly enough to get the wind in my favor. (You can often fool an elk's ears, and sometimes you can fool its eyes, but you can NEVER fool its nose) Even then, I almost got a shot...but they were a little too far away so I passed.

My hunting buddy got a really nice bull, though! His first one. He was happier than a little kid at Christmas. He has a lot of mouths to feed, and he wants to learn to tan hides, and those antlers will look awfully nice on his wall. And we had a lot of fun stuffing a bull elk into the back of his suburban, in the dark.

 

[Valkyrie_Lips]

Didn't hunt him, just shot a photo

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Didn't hunt him, just shot a photo

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Oh, those big bulls are SO fun to see, aren't they?

 

[Valkyrie_Lips]

Oh, those big bulls are SO fun to see, aren't they?

Defintiely! During rutting season they tend to come really close to town to collect females.

 

[Fishmanic]

what's with the covered wagons?

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Didn't hunt him, just shot a photo

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That's a beautiful photo! Those trees and mountains, and the colours!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

what's with the covered wagons?

Tourist rides, most likely.

 

[Fishmanic]

@WhistlingBadger got chased by an elk

Caught on video: Agitated bull elk charges man in Colorado national park

A tourist at a Colorado national park got more than he bargained for while trying to photograph a herd of elk, with one of the bull elk becoming agitated and charging.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Valkyrie_Lips]

what's with the covered wagons?

They are used for wagon rides up to the steak fry site. The photo was shot in front of the barns of the ranch I worked at the time.

 

[Valkyrie_Lips]

That's a beautiful photo! Those trees and mountains, and the colours!

Thank you! Right? Such a magical place, it's even better the further away from town you get. This is what I'm working to get back to after I get my degree. I belong in the mountains

 

[WhistlingBadger]

@WhistlingBadger got chased by an elk

Caught on video: Agitated bull elk charges man in Colorado national park

A tourist at a Colorado national park got more than he bargained for while trying to photograph a herd of elk, with one of the bull elk becoming agitated and charging.

www.foxnews.com

That moron got a lot less than he deserved. I'm with the lady cheering for the elk! ha ha

 

[Valkyrie_Lips]

That used to happen all the time in the National Park the elk photo was taken. That same bull regularly chased off tourists and cars that got too close to him/his ladies. Mess with the bull you get the horns/antlers lol.