Elk On the Other Side of a Hillock by jgpittenger

Elk On the Other Side of a Hillock

Black Pearl and I were hanging out in the house after a hike and she suddenly started barking insistently which is pretty rare for her. Before I let her out, I looked out below the garden to make sure she wasn't barking at elk visitors. Sure enough she was. Her barking spooked them enough that they went lower in the yard before I got my camera out but I was still pleased to get a few shots. The young bull has three more in his harem but they wouldn't fit in the frame.
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You live in the most amazing place - humming birds and elk in your back yard! The bull seems to have one horn which is slightly deformed so he should be easily identified. Do you get the same group visit or are they nomadic?
March 29th, 2019  
@robz I suspect we will see more of this group. Last year there was a group of females with a bull with a huge rack. I fear a hunter finished him off
March 29th, 2019  
It must be hard not to identify with them and feel as if they are your elk (we have the same feeling for the roos on our place) and then find it upsetting when that happens to them. I'm afraid I find it difficult to see any pleasure in hunting. I hope this fellow's deformed horn may save him from a similar fate.... Thank you for your answer. :)
March 29th, 2019  
WOW! What a sight to see out your property! I'd have to fly somewhere to find something like this. Fantastic window into your area.
March 29th, 2019  
All this and hummingbirds, too! Wow - I'd never leave the house. What a wonderful scene.
March 29th, 2019  
@robz I totally agree...though the deformed horn probably won’t save him...meat you know! I don’t get the hunting thing. One year we had a black bear that was being dangerous to Jim and me as well as our animals and nothing we could do persuaded him that there was no reason to hang around our house. He came up on our porch to the door and wouldn’t be chased off. Jim bought a rifle and eventually killed the bear and we both sobbed
March 29th, 2019  
Wow, what a site. That would be exciting to see that many out there at once. I'm happy to see just one deer out back. :-) Great shot.
March 30th, 2019  
That’s a few elk in your backyard.
March 30th, 2019  
Oh wow, you do live in an interesting place. Nothing like that in our backyard. No wonder Pearl was sounding off. Are elk dangerous? Sorry to be ignorant.
March 30th, 2019  
What an amazing sight and capture! I hope they do not do any damage there. Fav
March 30th, 2019  
Wow, you have these at the bottom of your garden! Now I'm jealous
March 30th, 2019  
@golftragic occasionally a bull elk will take on a dog who is chasing them. Otherwise only dangerous to gardens. We have an 8’ fence around our vegetable garden
March 30th, 2019  
@ludwigsdiana they would eat and trample our vegetable garden if it weren’t for the 8’ fence around it
March 30th, 2019  
@jgpittenger What a sad ending to a stressful situation. He must have learned that people = food.......
March 30th, 2019  
In your yard! What a sight! Good thing Pearl alerted you so you could grab this photo!
March 30th, 2019  
What a wonderful scene. Fav!
March 30th, 2019  
@jgpittenger Thanks for the clarification Jane. Sounds like they're a real pest in the garden department.
March 31st, 2019  
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