I traveled the last couple of days and, as I went through Jasper National Park, I came across these two elk. They were just off the side of the highway and have a full rack of antlers.
This one was by himself eating.
This one was not as cooperative in showing his face.
The shy one decided the grass was greener over in the other one’s pasture and began to move over.
The interloper begins to push the original out of his pasture. You could hear the clash of the antlers and the intruder seemed able to push the first one back.
I was closer to an elk when we were in Yellowstone several years ago. There is a story to the picture I took as I climbed down the embankment into the ditch and a moment later one of the other tourists we were with tumbled down the embankment. I told her it was OK because I thought could run faster than her.
I was probably 50 or more feet away from the ones in Jasper. I was only about 15 feet from the one in Yellowstone.
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Beautiful animals…thank you for sharing your photos!! 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend!
You are welcome and thank you Skye.
You are so welcome…you are such a blessing here!! Thank you!
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Such a unique experience and privilege to be up close to these wonderful wild animals. Nice photos too.
Thank you on both counts Vicki.
I can’t believe how intrepid you are – getting so close!! These pictures are as amazing as the animals themselves!
Thank you Mimi. I am usually pretty non-intrusive and move carefully to enter the space. These are wild animals and I always remember this.
Wonderful to be close to these animals.
It can be and it is necessary to be careful, which I try to be. I am always struck by the number of people who take their children for a closer look.
beautiful photos.. Thank you for sharing .
groetjes, Francina
You are welcome and thank you Francina.
Oh that must have been amazing. How lucky you saw it and thanks for much for sharing this piece of heavenly nature at its best.
You are welcome. They are usually down in the valleys at this time of the year as it begins to cool down.
So lovely, Ivon 🙂 Beautiful.
Thank you.
Looks like a peaceful, magical fairy tale. Very beautiful.
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I am glad you are back. Thank you for stopping by.
Always a pleasure.
Beautiful photos of magnificent animals. Glad you were being careful as they can be very dangerous. One large elk upset a truck my friend was driving.
They are big animals and it was early in the rut, so I was a ways away. Others ran down into the ditch and were only 20-30 feet away. Far too close for animals like that