My sweet neighbor lady gave me a quick phone call today and let me know that the wild elk herd was down from the mountains and viewable in one of the area fields. I grabbed my camera, hopped in the car, and made the mile or so drive to the area she identified.
You can click on the image for a larger view of the photo. Pretty neat! I could see that some were bulls with still two horns in place, and could see that others were bulls that had already lost one of their two horns. I never get tired of viewing wildlife!
Such a great photo. How lucky you are to be able to see all this wild life. I forget, what State do you live in? Edna
Posted by: Edna B. | December 12, 2014 at 01:17 PM
SWEET! What a beautiful sight :)
Posted by: Liz | December 10, 2014 at 11:29 AM
So cool Anna! i've never seen Elk in the wild! We saw moose in Glacier, but never elk, so disappointing!
Posted by: Queen Mary | December 10, 2014 at 10:23 AM
How cool! I love seeing Elk like this. So where exactly were these elk? You know I heard that a lady once came into our post office and asked the gal behind the counter,
What time of year do Deer turn into Elk?
I know she had a hard time keeping a straight face.
Posted by: Ida P. Krause | December 10, 2014 at 09:06 AM
A herd of Elk a grazing a flock of geese a flying, what's the rest of that song? Yes and that is a heck of a good sized herd of Elk too!
Posted by: Dan Wight | December 09, 2014 at 10:34 PM
Anna, *whispering*, it's antlers, not horns. :)
Great photo! always nice to see things where they don't "belong." Like finding coins on the sidewalk.
Posted by: s. Carter | December 09, 2014 at 09:59 PM
Wow, that is awesome! I'm so glad she let you know they were there. Elk are one thing I have never seen in the wild myself...you are blessed! Thanks for the photos!
Posted by: diane mcvey | December 09, 2014 at 05:10 PM
WOW, great to be able to see wild life like that. We visited Estes Park, CO. Elk EVERYWHERE. It would be hard to play a round of golf with all the Elk on the course some days. Feel free to snap pics of the cool critters in you neck of the woods and share with us any time. :)
Posted by: Carol Dee | December 09, 2014 at 02:46 PM
Wow! That's an awesome sized herd!!!
Posted by: Yvonne | December 09, 2014 at 02:08 PM
Wow! What an amazing time that must have been. Thanks for sharing. (I won't tell my hunter husband who failed in his search for one this season!)
Posted by: Troy Louise | December 09, 2014 at 01:50 PM